Night Terror: Vacation

Experiencing dreams in such a vivid manner has really changed the way that I sleep. When I go to bed, I feel like I enter another world and, often times, I am able to do whatever, wherever, whenever, with whomever. I wake up the next morning feeling like I have been awake for hours and remember all of my thoughts, feelings, and senses incorporated with each dream. My dreaming had been going great and I was really excited about how much I had learned about dreams and about how often I had been having them. My opinions on these experiences, however, changed a bit after last night. Apparently, as my dreams had become more vivid through the use of these various dreaming techniques, so had my nightmares...

The dream began with my roommate and I going on vacation with his family. Though I had met his mother before, she looked completely different in my dream. On the trip was me, my roommate, his mother and grandmother, and his little brother (which he does not have). The dream was going fine and everyone was enjoying themselves on the trip until his grandmother started acting strange. She became very ornery and curt with everyone. Though we could not understand what was wrong, we all decided to go to bed and to deal with it in the morning. That night, as I lay exhausted in the bottom bunk of a bunk bed underneath my roommate's little brother, I heard the door open and the grandmother walk in. She was speaking to the little brother and was saying strange things. Because I was so tired and pretending to be asleep, I recorded the conversation on my phone to listen to the next day. That morning, forgetting about my recording, I went about my day as usual. The little brother, however, started to act strange. He too became easily irritated and closed off from the rest of his family. A little concerned at how the grandmother and little brother were acting, I went back to my room to listen to the tapes. I can still hear the conversation. The grandmother was screaming curses at the little boy. She was telling him that she was a demon who was possessing his soul and that she planned to possess and kill the rest of us after him. He fought back but was unable to escape. He screamed for his life. The tape was horrifying and I was immediately scared. I went to sleep and woke up to find that my roommate's mother, too, was acting strange. As we were leaving, I finally caught my roommate alone. I broke down and began crying trying to tell him of everything that I heard. As I tried to tell him to listen to the tapes, I was suddenly unable to speak. No matter how hard I tried, I could not voice my warnings or tell him what was going on.

I woke up in the middle of the night screaming. I sat in bed shaking in a cold sweat for an hour before finally getting back to sleep.

Interpretation:
To see a tape recorder in you dream means that there is a message that I need to learn and incorporate into my daily life. To see someone possessed or to be possessed indicates a feeling of helplessness. To dream of demon possession indicates ultimate helplessness.
While I'm uncertain of what this dream means, I hope I never have it again...

Night Terror: Safari

Shortly after my terrifying dream about demon possessions on a family vacation, I was able to fall back to sleep for a few more hours. The next dream I had was equally scary and stressful...

For some reason, another one of my roommates, my girlfriend, and I were at a safari park. We parked my Jeep and I turned in my keys to the main building. Everything was going fine until there was a stampede of wildebeests. Somehow the animals broke free and were running wild throughout the park. The main building was knocked to the ground killing everyone inside. Luckily the three of us survived. After all of the wildebeests left, however, the big cats came. I watched a child's head crushed in the mouth of a tiger. His mother was helpless and could do nothing but scream as the tiger carried her son away. In a panic, my friends and I rushed to the rubble of the building to find my keys. The keys were everywhere and were pressed in the mud from the hooves of the stampeding animals. As I searched in a frenzy, I turned around to see a massive, blood covered lion staring us down and coming our way. Scared beyond belief, I had to make a decision. My roommate and I looked at one another and stood up in order to defend my girlfriend from certain death. Somehow, we were able to chase the lion away and find my keys. I woke up as we got back safely to my Jeep.

Interpretation:
To dream that you are on safari represents a desire to break free from the rules of civilization. To see a stampede signifies a need to show restraint. It represents wild and erratic behavior. To dream of a tiger represents power and an ability to exert this power in various situations. To see a key To dream of mud indicates that I am in a tough, stressful situation. To dream of a lion represents strength, courage, and aggression. To dream of being attacked by a lion represents challenges and self-destruction. Though I am still unsure what to make of the dream, I am glad its over. Both dreams were extremely scary and vivid. While I am usually able to control my dreams and avoid nightmares through lucid dreaming, I was unable to do anything in both cases. They were incredibly realistic. They were unbelievably terrifying.