I had terrible nightmares for most of my life. I even dreamed some really horrible things happening to myself or loved ones that actually turned out to be prophetic. I would dream things like my brakes going out on my car and careening out of control (brakes went out on my car and I careened out of control a year later).
Had a nightmare of my bf shot in the head, laying dead in the bed next to me. There was blood on the wall, on floor, on the dresser, on the bed. When I touched his bare chest his skin was cold and clammy. I was in a stage somewhere between sleep and wakefulness, because he felt me touching him and woke up. I totally freaked out! I jumped out of bed screaming, fell over my own feet and did that crawl/run thing people do when in an utter panic. He turned on the lights and everything was as it should have been. He was 21 or 22 at the time. He committed suicide when he was 30, gunshot to the head, in his bedroom, with a 9mm pistol. It was very graphic and messy.
I dreamed about a crush who also happened to be a co-worker in 2003. He was extremely upset about something and totally freaking out, tearing up the room he was in. He ran into another room and continued to act like a maniac. This guy was a male dancer who worked for the same club I did. We were very close friends, had been for years. I had never seen him behave like a person in a drunken rage, so this dream scared me very much. In the end of the dream he ran off in his insanity and I tried to catch him to help him. At the time of the dream I was in love with this guy. Turns out his brother and best friend had been in a car wreck and died the very same night I dreamt about my friend. He was later institutionalized. He had a nervous break down within a week of his brother's death. I only saw him once after that. I still miss him very much.
Of course I've had other random nightmares through my whole life. They tend to be worse when I'm experiencing PMS. I found that smoking pot helps keep the nightmares away quite effectively, even in very small amounts. I became a regular pot smoker after the last prophetic nightmare. It is bad enough to dream about death and destruction, but it is even worse when those images come back to haunt you in reality. I just wish there was some kind of prophetic dream disclaimer, like before you watch an explicit tv show or something: "The graphic images in the dream you are about to experience will portend future events. Dreamer discretion is advised."

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