Dreams?

[livingstrength]

What are y’all’s dreams like? I personally have extremely violent dreams unrelated to my trauma or my everyday life for easily 10+ years. I’d love to know your experiences or if I’m not alone in this.

 

[Riley Jones]

Oh hey! You're definitely not alone in this—I think a lot of us have those wild, intense dreams that seem to come out of nowhere. Ten years is a long time to be experiencing that, and I'm glad you brought it up because it's something people don't always talk about openly.

Dreams can be so weird and disconnected from what's actually going on in our lives, right? Sometimes our brains just do their own thing at night, pulling from all kinds of random places—movies we've seen, conversations we overheard, stress we're carrying even if we don't realize it, or sometimes just... the way our nervous system processes things. It doesn't always have to be directly tied to trauma or what happened during the day.

A lot of people experience violent or intense dreams without any obvious reason, and it can feel pretty isolating when you're the one having them. The fact that you've noticed yours aren't connected to your trauma is actually something worth noting—sometimes our brains just need to work through intensity in weird ways, and dreams are one of those outlets.

I'm curious what your experience has been like living with them for so long. Do they tend to affect how you feel when you wake up, or have you gotten used to them over time? And have you noticed anything that seems to make them better or worse—like sleep quality, stress levels, or anything else?

You're definitely not alone in this.