Had the most fucked up dream and cannot stop thinking about it!

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Last night I had a dream that one of my children died and I there, watching helplessly. It was a horrible, painful death as well. I woke up, cried and was in physical pain, my heart felt so heavy. I checked on my DC and stayed there watching for a little while because it really messed me up.

I have no idea where that came from and I cannot stop thinking about how upsetting it was.

Does anyone know why I would dream of such a thing? It has made me not want to sleep ever again it was so traumatising.

Aww, it's OK.

It's just your brain processing stuff in the weird way it does when you're asleep. You might have seen or read something, even if it's about an adult, that mentions the parent.

Thank you, I've never had a dream that has affected me but that certainly did.

I don't know why we sometimes dream of something so painful and traumatic but I think it happens to most people at some point in their lives.

My step-dad died a few years ago of something cancer related and about a year later I dreamt dc 1 had to go to the same hospital and that he had the same thing but he didn't know. In the dream he kept asking when could he go home and I kept telling him soon, all the while knowing that he wasn't going to leave the hospital. In the end he died and I woke up and cried.

I recognise that strange feeling you have: my dream haunted me for weeks but eventually it faded away, life took over and now I rarely think of it. Hopefully it won't last long for you.

I had a dream last week that my ex’s car got stolen with our 14yo son in it. I woke myself up screaming. It really played on my mind for days.

I'm getting funky dreams too, OP. I had such a terrible dream about my kitten getting mauled and maimed it left me shaky the whole next day. I was shocked that my own brain could serve up something so dark.

I find I have dreams like that if I've been reading something unpleasant before I've gone to sleep or I have something on my mind. Even if I didn't realise that something was on my mind (iyswim)