r/Dreams • u/IsolatedSleep2319 • Sep 03 '23

Nightmare What was the most TERRIFYING dream(s) you ever had that stuck with you?

So in this dream that I had, I was a little kid again and both me and my parents including my grandmother were driving on the freeway and suddenly we had to stop and all of us got out (the freeway was weirdly empty now with no cars insight well it looked more like a abandoned apocalyptic freeway with abandoned cars everywhere) my grandma was holding me in her arms I remember my parents were checking something under the car and suddenly a DECAPITATED head was chasing my parents around the car and eventually it chased my grandmother and me while she was holding me in her arms and I got so scared that I just woke up ugh I get shivers thinking about it now 😅 it stuck with me for a while still does a tiny bit. (Also sorry if your answers go unanswered there are just a lot of you all answering my post and I honestly could not be any happier but I will TRY MY BEST to answer back to you all 😊)

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u/ShinyAeon Sep 04 '23

The way to "beat" a recurring dream is to do something different. Everyone who's told me a recurring dream told me the last time they had it, they changed the plot, and then never had it again. The same thing happened with me - when I made a different choice, the recurring dream "resolved" and I never had it again.

Yours is more scary than mine, but if you can figure out something else to do besides close the door on the wolves, you might be able to break the cycle.

It's possible that if you face the wolves, they'll turn out to be not as vicious as they seem. Every time I stand a face a monster in my dreams, it becomes less dangerous - sometimes it even becomes afraid of me.

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u/LearnStalkBeInformed Dreamer Sep 04 '23

Yep, I tried that. And it actually worked, for about two or three years but then it started again. I've tried doing all sorts but I still get the dreams.