Nightmares & Terrors

Have you had strange dreams? What could be creepily lurking down there? Some would say that dreams are completely random, but I don’t believe that to be the case.

However, dream interpretation can be quite hit-or-miss and overall unreliable. It is not, at all, guaranteed that the precise meanings commonly attributed to the symbols and the patterns that emerge in your dreams will give you accurate insight into a present or future situation in your life. They might, though, prompt you to pay attention to what you could have overlooked and have a few new realizations that are founded in reality. Am I saying there’s no magic to it? Not necessarily. And recurring themes are definitely worth reflecting on.

The subconscious is unmeasurably complex, endlessly intriguing and fascinating, quite inexplicable as well. And if you are the kind of person who often has and remembers dreams, you might have noticed that it can sometimes give you the most beautifully soothing dreams but also the most horrendously upsetting ones.

Typically, having bad dreams indicates a restlessness in one or more aspects of your being. What worries you? What scares you? What do you fear? What do you dread? What has caused you intense pain and/or suffering? What is threatening and dangerous to you? All of this is likely to show up while you’re asleep, as if you no longer hold the door closed to them and they can pass over to torment and torture you. If not just to remind you that they are there.

Horrifying as it can be, they are an opportunity to dive in, face, and overcome what could be holding you back or even sabotaging you. Anything that makes you nervous is an area where confidence is lacking. And confidence, the true kind, gets you through anything.

Maybe there is trauma to work through, possibly stored shame, and possibly stored guilt. Wounds you are yet to properly tend to, too. Illnesses as well. But maybe the enemy isn’t within. Maybe it is outside yourself.

You could be under stressful and overwhelming circumstances, absorbing tainted energy from your environment, sensing toxicity going around or even your way. Perhaps something is wrong and you’re picking up on it. Whatever it is, it is messing with you and your ability to rest.

For all we know, it could be dark entities visiting to drain, consume, and possess you. That sounds crazy, but something could come out of it.

If this is you, get to tackling it all because, yes, you can stop having bad dreams if you get to the bottom of them. Resolve what you can and come to terms with what you can’t.

CREDIT: AI-Generated Examples done on Leonardo.AI