Is it normal that i have a reoccurring dream about murder?

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So recently I sustained a pretty bad concussion, and I've been having these really vivid dreams. The one that terrifies me is a continuing story about me murdering someone. Now the first one was before my concussion and I don't want to get into detail because it's pretty gruesome, but pretty much the first dream I murdered someone. This first dream scared the crap out of me because it felt like a memory or a flashback, and it took me the whole day to convince myself it was just a dream. The second one I had today and it was about the after parts, and I had the body in my shed out back (In reality I don't even have a shed). I've rarely experienced such extreme feelings of guilt, anxiety, and fear before in a dream or in reality. What really scares me is that these kind of feel like a glimpse into the future, and sometimes they feel like a look into the past. I can't tell what's real and what's a dream anymore, I always have to check when things start to get weird. I'm getting really freaked out, any advice?

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  • [Old Memory]
    9 years ago

    My advice? You don't have a shed. Compare reality to your dreams and the answer is clear.

    Been through this myself and still do, however being afraid of it is pointless, just embrace the experience in a zone (dreams) that accepts those behaviors.

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  • pixie_dust
    9 years ago

    Don't necessarily take your dreams to be literal. You've been thru a difficult, extreme mishap. My guess is that it's more related to that, as a metaphor. You can try to ask yourself for clarity before you go to bed, tell yourself that and wait. If it doesn't work, keep trying.

    My mom said that she told herself before going to sleep that she would find out if she was getting a job she had applied for and it had to do with a rectangle. She dreamed about eating a delicious candy bar she was enjoying and it did indicate the future because she DID get the job.

    Just like anybody can tell themself before bed they need to be up at a certain time and they do. If it doesn't work at first, be patient, it's part of being human, just in our society we haven't been taught to embrace that part of us.

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  • alextsang08
    9 years ago

    You have a lot of anger inside you. Do something about it. Play some God of War. Beat the shit out of something.

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  • [Old Memory]
    9 years ago

    I have had homicidal dreams as well. I think anything goes in dreams.

    To give some advice though I have worked on being aware of myself when I am dreaming and making better choices when I dream. I try to treat the dream reality the same as I do here. In either world you cannot be certain of what is real outside your perception.

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