I frequently have terrifying dreams. I think every family member and friend I have has been killed at least once in a dream. I have died numerous times and numerous ways.
I have a few dreams that have reoccurred for as long as I can remember. Though they may change slightly they are basically the same dream over and over. Here are a few examples:
One involves myself standing on the ground and looking up to the sky. I see a large commercial airplane flying by that suddenly starts to fly directly upwards (nose pointing to the sky/tail pointing to the ground). The plane then slowly rolls onto its back and continues the roll/flip until it is heading straight for the ground (nose pointing to the ground/tail pointing to the sky). I then watch as the plane crashes into the ground. i usually wake at this point but there have been times when I find myself at the site of the impact before I wake up. I can't count the number of times I have had this dream. The location sometimes changes, sometimes in a city, sometimes out in the country, but the plane always crashes the exact same way.
Another reoccurring dream finds me in a World War II like battle. I'm not fighting but there is gun fire, bombs, airplanes, etc going off all around me. This dream usually seems to last a while and mainly involves me going from place to place trying to find cover. The dream ALWAYS ends with me looking into the horizon and seeing mushroom clouds from nuclear blasts. I quickly find shelter behind something (building, rock, etc) as the fire and wind from the blast races past me. This is when I always wake up. Again, the bulk of the dream always remains the same but the location changes. I am almost always in a familiar place (childhood home, vacation spot, etc) and the people with me tend to change. I never die in this dream but the people I am with rarely live to the end.
There are a few others that 'repeat' but I have these two dreams the most.
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