Meaning of weird Dreams?? Any Ideas?

Question

I often have really weird dreams, I have a lot of dreams about falling off stuff, ladders, scaffolding, falling from lifts, roofs, falling out of glass buildings, anything at all you can fall off, etc, its now left me having panic attacks every time I see any of the things I have fallen from in one of my dreams. Its at the point now its starting to affect my social life. My last panic attack happened when I was at the football, my boyfriend isn't aware of this problem and bought seats for the top of the stadium, that was a really bad one, kept on going for about an hour.

The other thing I dream is that I can't use my left leg, its like in my dream its made of solid concrete, I can move but only if I try really really hard, I cant bend my leg and I can barely lift it off the ground.

These things I dream about are starting to affect the quality of my sleep, I jerk awake in the middle of the night, or wake up randomly 3 and 4 times through the night, sometimes I cant get back to sleep.

If anyone can explain these crazy dreams or tell me how to overcome them I would be most grateful.

Thanks!

Answer 1

I think your concrete leg is probably really happening you could be lying on it and making numb.

Falling can mean insecurity.

Answer 2

dreaming of falling means  you feel that your missing something in life or you feel opportunity is passing you by!

Sometimes the body can tell you in a dream that your not using part of your body enough.. it tells you this by making it seem impossible to move.. you apparently aren't moving your left leg enough when you walk  you are overly relying on your right leg! Treat your legs equally when you walk! Your stiff leg dream is telling you if you don't use it you ca lose it!  When one dreams  one is in a state of Astral Travel.. there are many levels to it!  Some people don't pay attention to it  then suddenl;y  they aren't aware of their dreams so they think they no longer dream!  Don't get stressed out about weird dreams..  you can just think of them as if tv show or weird move!   Sometimes there are people that send mind attacks but  with those you'll have a headache or some pain in your head because of them! It is usually your closest neighbor that would send the attacks! The attacks are either to do with love or else hate.  don't let those attacks affect you if you have them act as if you don't get them is best!

Answer 3

according to freud this means you are sexually frustrated, probably...

Answer 4

From an interpretive perspective- dream settings that occur outdoors indicate that your subconscious is concerned with some future event. Falling is an indicator that, for whatever reason, you feel helpless. I would say that the "concrete" leg and restricted movement is pointing the same direction.

To sum up- I would say that you are facing some difficult decision/s in the future that your subconscious is fixated on. I would also have to think that based upon the frequency of the dreams it is something that troubles you in the conscious part of your brain as well meaning that whatever it is that is troubling you is well within sight and will be a major life changing event (at least as you perceive it). This could be triggering the panic attacks.

I had a friend years ago that had to go on valium the final three weeks before his wedding. The guy would get so nervous just thinking about getting married that he would hyperventilate. Once he finally did get married the emotional stress went away. I suspect that it will be the same with you. Once you have come to terms with whatever this future event is or the event happens and passes into history your wild dreams (and the panic attacks) may go away.

From a medical perspective- barring the presence of organic disease, the problem is that stress that causes loss of sleep either through nervous sleeplessness or bizarre dreams that continually wake you throughout the night can lead to a self perpetuating syndrome of sorts. Physical exhaustion takes its toll on mental processes and makes panic attacks much more likely to occur. Panic attacks create fear, fear creates stress, stress leads to lost sleep and so on and so forth until your in this crazy loop you can't seem to break out of.

Because about 95% of people who experience a full blown panic attack end up in ER's thinking they are experiencing a heart attack and you make no mention of this experience I have to believe that you are no stranger to panic attacks. While I don't believe that the presence of panic attacks necessarily indicates deeper psychological issues I do believe that they indicate that you do have problems handling stress in general. Therein may lay the root but I hesitate to go that far because you indicate that you may be developing a phobia towards heights that may or may not be associated with the repetitious dreams. If it is dream related then getting caught up on your sleep will probably help this. If it isn't there may be other issues to explore.

As to the source of your stress, a close personal friend who knows you and you present circumstances well may be able to provide you with some insight as to what is troubling you. If not a counselor could help.

Personally, I would try to fix the sleep problem before I ventured anywhere else. You can take the natural approach with some herbal sleep remedies or, if that fails, go to your MD, describe your problems and ask for a two to three day run of Ambien (works great with no hangover) and plan a weekend of sleep to get caught up.

If you get caught up on your sleep, resolve any stressful issues you face in the future and none of this helps it's probably time to seek out a counselor. Panic attacks can walk hand in hand with other issues so be prepared to go the professional route if need be.

There is also the self-help route and in that case I would recommend www.stresscenter.com. These guys do wonders without drugs and are recommended by a large number of health professionals.

Good luck.