Fart Smella
Bronze Member
Over the years I've had many dreams and nightmares. Some I can understand (maybe) why I'm having them, some I have no idea what the significance is.
At the age of 18 (1977) I was involved in a horrific motor vehicle accident, I received head trauma, frontal lobe, left temple and facial injuries. All the operations, reconstruction surgery and eye surgery went well and I've lived a pretty "normal" life since ... not worrying too much as there is little disfigurement. I've also suffered a coupla near death experiences and am the son of a Vietnam Vet. I used to read the casualty list in the daily paper waiting to see my fathers name within that list. He did come home safely but was a very strict parent with some emotional problems himself after the stresses of war.
For about ten years after my car accident I had nightmares where I hit my head/forehead, this takes place at the same place every time, the dream/nightmare never changed and I probably had the same one about 5 nights per week.
I since have had many pleasant dreams where I fly and can even talk myself asleep knowing I can recapture that "pleasant" dream ... this has not happened for about 5 years.
Just recently I've had a few nightmares that awake me violently, they're not all the same, some I don't remember but others I do and recall them vividly even today (some weeks later).
One recent nightmare is - I'm in my own home with none of my family around. There is some kind of party going on, there are only strangers around but I can see their faces, they aren't all caucasian, some are Maori ... I must add here that I'm caucasian Australian and am married to a caucasian New Zealander, we don't associate with or have any Maori friends.
The place becomes hectic and cramped for room, I become squeezed and then violence breaks out, baseball bats get involved and a gun is placed under my chin. I awake as the trigger is squeezed, I don't actually see myself shot however as I wake I feel as though I have been.
As one could imagine, my heart is racing, my head is throbbing and I'm in a panic. I get out of bed and go for a long walk to calm myself down as well as take some medication.
I'm a reasonably "tough" kinda guy (although recently diagnosed PTSD and extreme anxiety) who doesn't fear too much but this nightmare has scared me.
Not sure if there are any PTSD members who suffer similar nightmares or any who can help decipher my violent nightmare ... but I'm glad to be able to get it off my chest, even if that's the only thing to come out of this post.
Al
At the age of 18 (1977) I was involved in a horrific motor vehicle accident, I received head trauma, frontal lobe, left temple and facial injuries. All the operations, reconstruction surgery and eye surgery went well and I've lived a pretty "normal" life since ... not worrying too much as there is little disfigurement. I've also suffered a coupla near death experiences and am the son of a Vietnam Vet. I used to read the casualty list in the daily paper waiting to see my fathers name within that list. He did come home safely but was a very strict parent with some emotional problems himself after the stresses of war.
For about ten years after my car accident I had nightmares where I hit my head/forehead, this takes place at the same place every time, the dream/nightmare never changed and I probably had the same one about 5 nights per week.
I since have had many pleasant dreams where I fly and can even talk myself asleep knowing I can recapture that "pleasant" dream ... this has not happened for about 5 years.
Just recently I've had a few nightmares that awake me violently, they're not all the same, some I don't remember but others I do and recall them vividly even today (some weeks later).
One recent nightmare is - I'm in my own home with none of my family around. There is some kind of party going on, there are only strangers around but I can see their faces, they aren't all caucasian, some are Maori ... I must add here that I'm caucasian Australian and am married to a caucasian New Zealander, we don't associate with or have any Maori friends.
The place becomes hectic and cramped for room, I become squeezed and then violence breaks out, baseball bats get involved and a gun is placed under my chin. I awake as the trigger is squeezed, I don't actually see myself shot however as I wake I feel as though I have been.
As one could imagine, my heart is racing, my head is throbbing and I'm in a panic. I get out of bed and go for a long walk to calm myself down as well as take some medication.
I'm a reasonably "tough" kinda guy (although recently diagnosed PTSD and extreme anxiety) who doesn't fear too much but this nightmare has scared me.
Not sure if there are any PTSD members who suffer similar nightmares or any who can help decipher my violent nightmare ... but I'm glad to be able to get it off my chest, even if that's the only thing to come out of this post.
Al
