~*Operation Corey_*_Recurring nightmares

[Andali27]

Hey.  I'm Andali and I've never posted in the dreams forum before.  Actually, I'm here for someone else.  A friend of mine, Amie, has been having recurring nightmares for at least a year.  These aren't just the general nightmare nightmares that wake you up and freak you out for fifteen minuets, these are more vivid and rather distrurbing.
With her permission, I'm going to post several of them in the hope that someone can analyse them and try and see what's going on.  We're hoping to find a solution to the issue as no one else has been able to.  Hold off on the psyc analysis because my friend is perfectly sane; okay, here goes.

WARNING:
The following content may contain elements of horror, and the reading of is taken at your own risk.  No responsability will be taken by the dreamer or the poster for experiences/dreams resulting from the reading of this post.

NIGHTMARE 1

the nightmare begins and I am entering the house at mornington where my mother lives, when i walked through i looked around the front room, no one was there except for magenta my 6 year old sister. I looked down at her, she had jeff, my pet rat in her hands, she was lifting him up like she did with the baby at one she killed once in front of me. she then looked up at me, and bit jeffs head off, blood splatterd everywhere and i heard him faintly squeal before blood spewed all over the front of magentas clothes. i stood up and covered my eyes, and then called out to my dad. no one replied, ' mum ' i cried out almost ready to cry, i walked out into the kitchen in the kitchen i saw benson my saint bernard, he was gutted on the floor, i knelt down and touched his face, it was cold, ' dad' i called out again. i started to cry as i moved out of the kitchen, i heard the back door swing open and wind howl outside. when i went out side it was the back yard in nyora. Nyora being the location where I grew up. when i went outside i see kate, my 8 year old sister, in the paddock. i started to walk through the back fence and I move toward kate. kate started to run away up near the trees near the rail way station. before i started to follow her emma another one of my sisters (13) interupted me. I turned around, she told me ' ( i can't remember something to do with people hating me ) ' i looked at her for a second and said kate shouldn't be playing in the paddock, i started to jog up to wear kate was sitting, she was sitting on a tree log. I asked her wear dad was, she shrugged. I then told her not to go inside ( because of benson 'i didn't tell her that' ) she looked at me and a tear fell out of her eye, when she opened her mouth blood flickerd out onto my face, the climate changed it was now the side of a road, kate was crushed inbetween two cars, her arm was reached out toward me and blood was falling out of her mouth, she was dead. I walked away from the car past mum, peices of her hair shaved off and she was in hysterics over the accident. I kept walking as i walked it started raining

CONTINUED...

in the gas chambers. the chambers wern't like the ones i saw on the discovery channel they had a pure white background, the floor and roof were coverd in holes. no one told me what it was, i knew what it was before i entered the room. two boys were in there with me, Seth and Cory, ( characters in my stories ) (cory's about my age with longish blond hair and dark brown eyes like magenta my younger sister and seth has pale white skin and jet black dyed spikey hair seth also appeared to be a character from a few movies, not my own creation ) they were arguing about a necklace of some kind. the one cory was wearing. i keep telling them that we needed to get out of hear, and that we will die if we stay hear. I also mentioned that i wanted to look for my dad. i soon got involoved with the argument as the necklace they were arguing over i had recalled seeing before, and made the mistake of mentioning it. I said i saw seth wearing it at the orange beach. Cory all of a sudden looked at me as if i had just shot him. Then the dark green door at the end of the room shut. then from the top of the room drops of red water started to fall out, eventually it got heavier until it was teaming like hale. The red water started to raise about a foot on the floor, then i heard dads voice. I looked up and saw his face through the small window on the green door, he was calling me, i started to slowly walk through the water and red rain coming from the top of the gas chamber room. when i reached the end of the room i pushed the green door open, when it opened the drops stopped falling, and i pulled me head out of the room and called out ' dad' he was already gone. I turned around and saw cory and seth laying down in the water. I rememberd my heart pounding fast when i saw them like that, the water was still deep up my pant legs. then i started to run toward the two boys. when i reached them i knelt down and started calling out there names. i was getting angry that they wouldn't answer me. the red water finnished draining and now there was nothing but puddles on the white floor. I flipped seth over and shook him a little bit, i started to yell at him. i told him not to leave me, and to answer me. then i saw cory was facing the floor so i moved over and flipped him around, he was so heavy.  yelled out his name and touched his wet face, i started to get more upset and kept yelling. Then i shook him, when i shook him it was like the entire world went silent and i heard that snap. it was the sound of a rib breaking, i let go of cory and stood up and screamed.
there was a corridor, the one alike in the gas room chambers ( previous dream ), this time it was coverd in a dark turquiose color with a slight glare, there were stains in the corners of the rooms and splattered all over the wall were brown or dark moron blotches. I had no idea what i was doing, i was just starting to walk. i started to look into the rooms, in one there was just a bath tub, in another there were dead animal carctuses hanging on hooks, there was wet blood on the floor in that room. i remember smelling it, the smell was overwhelming so i kept walking a bit faster.
for some reason there was a small fog reenacting as the scent, it started to cover me, i coughed a few times and jogged faster. The fog slowly evaporated, i was little soaked in red driplets, as if the fog was the blood evaporated from the room, and now had clouded and rained over me.
i started to furiosly whipe at my skin trying to get the red of my skin, when i looked ahead i saw the end of the corridor it ended with just a square room. I walked inside of it to meet a long queue of people. the only person i recognised was my dad.
i walked over to dad and held onto his arm, his hair was long now. he smelt like the old dairy he use to work at with me. it didn't bother me. what then bothered me was that i realised that i smelt like the bloody stench of the abbitor ( the one dad used to work at after the dairy ). I told him not to leave me. and he patted my head, the way he does when i have a headache. he told me that it was okay, that he was going to be fine. so i let go and wondered a little up the queue, trying to find out what they were lining up for, as i walked the people in the queue staired at me. i turned back around feeling arkward and went back to dad. he told me they hated me because of my skin. he then pointed down the end of the room, there was a small enterance leading to a bathroom. I looked back at him and then started to walk fast toward there, hopefully not leading people to stair at me.
when i got there i turned the shower tap on, without taking my clothes off i started spashing water on myself. my hair was drentched and when i looked in the mirror i saw my eyeliner was running just a little. then i turned around,
two officers were linking arms with dad and pulling him away, i ran out of the bathroom and followed then screaming ' no don't take him please don't ' they didn't listen as they kept pulling him away,
they pulled him behind the receptionest and into a room closing the door. i then started to get angry and questioning the people, telling them to tell me what they were going to do to dad. kates voice interupted me ( kate my little sister [8] ) as i turned around to see her behind me, she was wearing her pajamas, she started to run back down the corridor. I screamed out " kate " repeatingly telling her not to go down there. when she got to the dead animal room kate walked in there, i ran up behind her, before i could enter the room the door closed, kate was screaming on the inside, and i repeated 'let her go intill' i woke up,

NIGHTMARE 2

all i can see is seths( seth being a character based on a movie star I saw in some movies, he was involved a few f my childhood stories) seths head, it's laying down on the floor, i can't even see myself, i could only watch. i could see a cut on his head, it drew a slight line of  blood, than as i watched a crow apeared, it started to peck at his cut, than a large gash about 10cm wide was opened near his bloodied up hair, the crow started to peck at the reddy pinky brain showing, then i watched it tear parts of his brain out of his scull all in one line, than it started to get coiled up in the line of brain, it eventually got so tangled it couldn't move, than it died, after it stopped moving seth blinked.

NIGHTMARE 3

i was walking through, for some reason my wrists were bleeding and my hair was blond, and i started to move over these rocks
  it wasn't scarry more strange
than i saw something
it was a horse
i moved towards it, i like horses and we used to own one like her, she was a light chesnut and she had a black main, alot like horry ( our old mare ) and when i approached her
i flicked her forlock inbetween my fingers and down her long face when i reached her nosel. she licked my hand,
i left my hand there and she started to lick furiosly at the dry blood splattered on my forarm and wrist, i watched, than i moved my arm because she was hurting me, she backed away from me and sprinted down the rocks,
i started to chase her, half way down she fell and twisted down the rocks and climate, i sprinted down after her, when i got to the bottom i knelt down next to her and watched her die,
when i lifted my head i saw there was a dry climate and puddles of dead people, the horses were drinking out of the puddles of blood, at that point i lay down next to the dead horse, and when i blinked i woke up,


Sorry about the duration of the post but can someone please give their honest opinion on these and anything my friend may do to stop having these nightmares (aside from never sleeping again)

Andali (on behalf of Amie)

[scarecrow]

Wow! Masses of stuff. I won't even try to interpret anything I read because I believe that dreams can only properly be interpreted by the dreamer especially in dreams as complex as these.

I believe that the majority of characters (people, animals etc.) that appear in our dreams actually represent parts of our own personalities and conflicts between these characters within our dreams represent conflicts within ourselves (such as guilt, anger etc.). Sometimes a part of us really wants to express itself but another part of us won't allow it - perhaps because of how we were brought up to perceive good and bad, right and wrong etc.

The one suggestion that I would offer however is for your friend to use a technique called free-association in attempt to get at the real meaning of these dreams:

Pick one significant part of the dream - something that perhaps stood out - and focus on what that makes you feel; what it reminds you of; memories; people; your childhood; whatever. Then take that train of thought as far as it will go. Then pick another significant part of the dream and do the same. I find it quite remarkable how I can find things out about myself that I was not previously aware: guilt towards someone, feelings that have been repressed for years etc.

This doesn't always work and it takes a bit of practice but I hope it helps some.  

[redcatherine]

It seems there are some issues ,some emotional angst and some unresolved fears that could be sorted out with the help of a counselor that has some ability with dream analysis . I would tell her to examine her relationship with anyone that might have threatened her to mutilate the animals or suggested that if she told he might be arrested and it would hurt others in the family . I feel this is of a deep and personal nature and she could use some prompt professional help . Thanks for sharing . I hope you can help her to find a way to resolve these nightmares . Nightmares have a way of coming in streams and repeating themselves if we do not take the time to interpret them and to sort the issues they represent out . These are horrible nightmares . Raining around a family member suddenly without reason can mean an omen of their sudden death or departure from the family. There are a lot of separation and responsibility issues here . Your friend has the right to feel safe and the right to pursue happiness .

[CaCoDeMoN]

Maybe she was playing "Silent Hill" computer game?

[wisp]

Just as redcatherine states, a dream repeats until the issue is identified. It doesn't necessarily have to be resolved, only recognized. The gore is to get the dreamer's attention, not literal.

Amie is most likely exposing herself to traumatic injury.If she is sincere and intelligent, she can beat this thing.

Is she having separation anxiety? Are things in her life and family changing?  Is she having to make decisions? Most likely, yes to all these. Is she resisting change?

Dream 1
Animals in dreams often represent habits. Habits are those things done routinely, it's not about good or bad. If routines or changes occur it threaten these comfortable habits.

Although I rarely have nightmares, I've had a small dosages, enough to get it's an awful feel, to say the least. There's a sense of uncertainty and impending doom,lack of control, and vulnerability.

The nightmare isn't as awful as it comes across, unless of course it's a prophetic one. When a dream doesn't follow in a sequence of events normal to reality, more than likely, there's symbology representing the issue. For instance, someone eating a rat's head means that more than likely,it's not a literal dream.

I think of the saying, "Biting his head off".

Besides habit's, animals in dream represent the instinctual nature of the person. Death of something is what the dream is about. Death in dreams mean the end of something. Perhaps an end of an era in which Amy is familiar with? It could be physical changes whether health related, or not.

She enters the house of her mother. She is in the realm of maturing and life is moving on. She is following in her mother's footsteps, generational-wise that is. Higher self's place. She's dealing with sister issues. Is she close to her sisters? Is she the older sister and protective of them?  Does her mother have sisters? Alot of emotional fallout in this dream. Rain is natural, a shaven head is done by mechanical means.

Gas chambers take your breath away. Breathing difficulty? Is she paralysed or not breathing normally? Anxiety?

Not sure what to make of the boys. Corey sounds like a guide or a regular dream character for her. The other boy may make it a team of "brotherhood" (symbol). Again, the boys didn't suffer a literal death. I have a feeling they will be back. More blood and more passion. Corner of  a room can mean several things, cornered, two walls coming together, or maybe something manifesting, or not. Instead, the blood and stains. Not sure what this means. I have had similar dreams but no answers yet.

Same thing about animals as mentioned earlier.

Bathtub may be about a cleansing ritual. Remember, animals often represent habits and rituals (not bad or good).

The fog seems to have a contaminating effect on the skin. A feeling of some kind. This awful feel is something I cannot identify either in dreams. I've had a similar feel or fear of being touched by bloody animals. The fog suggests a breathing in concern, along with the skin.

In this last part of dream 1, I'm a bit stumped. I've had similar dreams like you, except they were about my son and daughter. Their both still alive. They have their struggles though.

Dream2
The way the bird just appeared and how it removed the brain is not realistic.This is another symbolic dream more than likely. The identity of Seth sounds like a dream character. It looks like he survived this latest traumatic event. This dream character seems like an aspect of Amy"s. Her male aspect is really going through some tough times. Is Amy getting caught up in female, or other role confusion situations? Is someone taking advantage of an injury?

I think of the saying of "picking one's brain".

I remember a dream with a large black bird in it. The bird stood next to a phonagraph next to my bed. The bird used it's beak to play a record (music) on the machine.

Dream 3

Did horry die? Amy may be re-playing  the sadness of the loss of horry. Horry licked her wounds but died too. Cut wrists suggests self inflicted wounds.

Horses besides the common things associated with them may also be a spirit guide (or totem). Horse is an animal and still fits in the habit and intutition area. Horses often represents Spirit. If you replace the word horse with Spirit it always fits.This dream also involves death, an end of something, not physical death. Since horry did exist (and possibly died) the meaning can be more involved. Since horry didn't survive in the dream, Amy may be suffering from a weakened Spirit. She may be experiencing others (other horses/spirits), lapping up her energy.She may need to consider this for her own well being. She has a choice as demonstrated by her "self inflicted" wound (cutting wrists).