Is it normal to have the same reoccuring nightmare, but only in one place?

I moved into a small cabin in Virginia. It was different then what I was used to, but I wanted to experience the world in a way I never seen it before. I wanted to live in the country, since it was always something I dreamed of doing. Anyway, the first few days in my new home were very quite and very boring. I felt isolated and distanced from everyone else, and it wasn't easy getting used to. After the first week I began having the same reoccurring nightmare, and every time I'd wake up in a pool of sweat and my nose would begin to bleed. The nightmare took place in an old kitchen around the 1950's era, but I can't be sure. A little girl would come in and fix herself a sandwich and a glass of milk. As the girl eats her food turns into maggots and blood, but she keeps eating it. She quickly stands up and pukes all over the floor. Then, she rams her body into a white wall and everything goes black. I went to a psychiatrist to be put on some medication, thinking they would prevent the nightmares from coming. But nothing worked and I continued having the nightmare. Three months had passed and I couldn't take it anymore, I was beginning to lose my mind. Eventually it became so unbearable that I moved into a motel for a few days. The 6 days I stayed at the motel I had no more nightmares, so I thought my troubles were over. I went back to my cabin the next night and expected none other than a peaceful nights sleep. Then, it happened again. I realized that I couldn't live in the cabin anymore. It had to be the cabin, there was no other explanation. I no longer have that nightmare, and I'm positive I never will again.

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  • Terence_the_viking

    Was it a cabin in the woods?

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  • tonj

    AndA possible explanation that doesn't involve anything paranormal could stem from the fact that it was a new place, which you identified as making you uncomfortable (isolated, wary) prior to sleep, or with your brothers room something in that space may creep you out, or perhaps you have a subconscious feeling like you aren't supposed to be in there. Those feelings of anxiety or forboding can do some strange things to our minds without ever really being noticed by us. After the first bad dream, which you may yourself have caused due to the stress and anxiety you did not even know you were feeling, it is natural for you to associate the nightmare (as I'm sure they are rare) with the new location. This may explain why the dream is recurring. You are anxious before sleep because you don't want it to happen again, but you have already decided the two things are connected, which explains why you slept well at the inn. The hotel afforded you peace of mind because other people were nearby, so if the dream happened again (I assume you would begin to speculate something paranormal had attached itself to you, more so than the cabin, and perhaps the timing was a coincidence) others were near who could come to your aid if need be. Just as you had suspected, it must be the cabin, and now that you have 'proven' it doesn't happen elsewhere (your mind ignores the unbalanced nature of its own test) you instantly assume it will happen again, which due to that thinking, it will.

    ps I slept with my ligt on for 6 months thinking a demon was tormenting me, only to find out I had a few episodes of sleep paralysis which is so terrifying your amygdala which controls fight or flight in your brain actually creates a humanoid figure because it neess a source or reason for your intense fear to begin functioning properly.

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  • KnightTemplar

    Well my story is almost the same, I'd have the same night mare too, but only if I sleep in my big brothers room, my brothers have moved out so now I live alone with my mom.. I'd sleep in my room which is originally mine, one point I'd sleep in my brothers room, I slept for 2 weeks, I couldn't take it anymore, I went back to my room and no more night mares! And it would be the same night mare, but it wouldn't happen night after night, maybe like a day or two would pass then I'd get the night mare.. Only in my big brothers room. Its naturally quite dark though

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