Recurring Dream

[Music City Mama]

I have this frequent recurring dream where I am driving alone at night, and I'm struggling to stay awake.

Interesting, yes I have had the dream where I am driving while so tired that I am falling asleep dream, and this is the first time I have heard of someone else having it.

Yes, I started having that recurring a dream when I was a teenager. For me, there isn't any real traction with the road, the car is kind of hovering and I can't stay in my lane (it's always at night with not a lot of other traffic) and I can't keep my eyes open -- it's all kind of in slow motion.

My recurring school dream isn't about not studying for an exam or not remembering a locker combination, but that I'm roaming the halls of my high school (which doesn't really look that much like my high school, but it's supposed to be) and I can't remember where my classrooms are.

Tornadoes -- although, I haven't had one in a while.

I'm on a rollercoaster and the lap bar comes up, I'm holding onto the bar while my legs are on the side of the coaster flapping in the wind cartoon-style.

Does anyone else dream A LOT? I always have. I start dreaming upon falling asleep. If I doze off as a passenger in the car on a road trip, I've been known to tell my family about a very detailed dream, only for them to say that I dozed off less than 5 minutes earlier. I hate that I dream so much -- I'm jealous when people say they don't dream very often or don't remember because they probably are getting better "deeper sleep" than me. My dreams aren't usually bad, just weird/nonsensical.

 

[Stargazer65]

For me, there isn't any real traction with the road, the car is kind of hovering and I can't stay in my lane (it's always at night with not a lot of other traffic) and I can't keep my eyes open -- it's all kind of in slow motion.

Yes, that's exactly the way I would describe my dream.

 

[Stargazer65]

To be honest, I don't put much stock in overanalysis of dreams. I believe it's mostly just the brain unpacking, rearranging, and filing long term and short term memories. But I still find them fascinating.

 

[aby914]

I dream a lot. Sometimes I am so happy when I wake up and realize that it's only a dream! Other times they are actually pretty interesting and I'd love to go back to sleep and pick up where I left off.

I regularly dream that I am running (away, toward) something. Occasionally it's that I'm trying to push my way through something like water. I usually wake up with my heart beating pretty fast. I'm trying to decide if my heart rate is causing the dreams, or my dreams are causing the heart rate. I'm a very stressed out person ~ either is certainly possible.

 

[Stargazer65]

I regularly dream that I am running (away, toward) something. Occasionally it's that I'm trying to push my way through something like water. I usually wake up with my heart beating pretty fast. I'm trying to decide if my heart rate is causing the dreams, or my dreams are causing the heart rate. I'm a very stressed out person ~ either is certainly possible.

I have mild sleep apnea, most of the time not significant. However, there were a few times where I stopped breathing. Sleep apnea like that will cause dreams of holding my breath while swimming underwater, or similar smothering related dreams. Then suddenly waking and gasping in a breath. Of course the heart is racing also, because I was not breathing. It's not really good for you, stressful.

Anyway, I went to the doctor and did a sleep study. Mild sleep apnea...I decided to try a CPAP. I do sleep better with it. Dreams still occur, but they are not the kind that wake me up.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I had the “forgetting to attend class” nightmare again last night.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Darned if it didn't happen again last night. I was back in like 8th grade, we were supposed to be discussing a book before a test, and of course I had never seen the book before. I was in a complete panic.

 

[disneyseniors]

OP, it's so much fun reading about all these dreams!

I hardly ever have dreams, or I just don't remember them.
There is one recurring dream that drives me crazy!
Our entire family of kids/grandkids/ grandma/ great grands are all on vacation at WDW staying in a big hotel. I am always trying to get everyone together so we can go into the parks together (why I don'tknow), and I can never, ever find anyone. I might find one, but there are about a dozen more I can't find. So, I spend all my vacation time trying to round everyone up and go to the parks.
I get this over and over and I don't know why? I've never had trouble with going with a big group at all.

 

[Stargazer65]

I am always trying to get everyone together so we can go into the parks together (why I don'tknow), and I can never, ever find anyone.

I think that's a pretty common theme in dreams, where you are looking for people and can't seem to find them.

 

[citruscurtis]

OP, it's so much fun reading about all these dreams!

I hardly ever have dreams, or I just don't remember them.
There is one recurring dream that driveso, I spend all my vacation time trying to round everyone up and go to the parks.
I get this over and over and I don't know why? I've never had trouble with going with a big group at all.

Mine... and they are not pro Disney family members....they want to linger on main Street... which is usually a indoor shopping mall

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

Dare I suggest it, but perhaps age regression could help?