by gah1992 on March 11th, 2014, 4:41 am
So, every time i'm alone at night and go to sleep, i have the same bad dream every time. This happens when my boyfriend goes to work in the mornings and i get to sleep in, or when my mom goes on a business trip and i'm left home to house sit. Usually I work or study during the night time, so i usually sleep in the daytime. Anyways, when occasionally i do get to sleep at night and only when im alone, i have this terrible dream. I've been having it since i was little, i'm now 21 years old. So in this dream, I'm home alone during the daytime, sometimes night time but rarely this dream takes place at night... . I have a dog and 2 cats. All of a sudden in the dream, i get this uneasy, worried, anxiety feeling. Next, there is someone trying to break into the house. they circle the house, try to jiggle the handle, open the windows, and keep trying to enter. in the dream i haven't looked out the window or tried to open the door to see who it is, i usually either try being super quiet and try calling the cops, which never works, the phone is usually not working or my hands are so shaky that i can't every dial 911. the feeling of helplessness and being scared intensify thought the dream and i end up running out the back door and jump the fence. Usually i have my dog with me. By the time i jump over the fence, and start heading across the street to my grandmas house barefoot, whoever was trying to break in is hot on my heels chasing me. in real life, my grandma lives across the street about afew blocks away. In the dream, i try hiding in my grandmas neighborhood or sometimes make it to her house, but once again, there is never anyone there so by that point my heart rate is so high, it wakes me up. I'm tired of having this dream and can't seem to control it. I would like to know what it means and how to overcome this dream. While i'm dreaming, i know it's familar and it's happened before but i can't ever realize im dreaming in the dream and go make myself stop freaking out and go outside and hunt the person down who is trying to break in. In real life i know i would just go outside with knife or open the door and dare them to enter. what does this dream mean and how do i face it?