icky feeling after dream

last night i had a really horrible dream, i remember crying in it a lot, and someone close to me had died, i cant remember who except for that they were male, may have been my bf, anyways thats abouts all i can remember of this dream, and when i woke up i really felt absolutely horrible and just wanted to lie in bed for a couple of hours, i just felt so icky and sad and upset and all sorts inside, was just wondering if its normal to feel like this sometimes after a bad dream or if it was just me!

Reply 1

foxiroxi

10

I felt like this after having an awful dream about a death that upset me.

Infact I cried whenever I though about the dream....

Reply 2

e_clark

OP

13

it was made worse by the fact i was all confused cos i cudnt remember what had happened etc when i woke up and panicked when my bf wasnt next to me(he didnt stay at mine, but we stay at each others a lot so sometimes when i wake up and hes not there and im still half asleep i panic)

Reply 3

wackysparkle

14

I've had a dream where someone close to me died - it was awful - I woke up wondering whether it had happened or not - didn't cry or anything - but major panic attack it was

Reply 4

Angel_Cake

2

I go through stages where I have a lot of bad dreams and nightmares, I totally sympathise with you. It's completely normal to feel upset about a dream the next day. If anyone has any ideas for how to stop a bad dream hanging around with you all day, please let me know, because I've never managed it so far...

Reply 5

sparkler

11

oh god yeh...

i often have bad dreams and i don't know if some things happened in real life or dreamland. makes me feel sort of queazy and on edge all day until i remember that it actually was a dream or i just forget about it.

so yeh, you are normal... :smile:

Reply 6

santogold

15

dreams can really mess me up, so you certainly aren't alone in feeling like this.

Reply 7

white water lily

I once had a dream that my Dad died and when I woke up it took me ages to realise that it wasn't real! I was crying so much, and even then when I realised it hadn't actually happened I couldn't stop crying partly out of relief, and partly because I remembered it was someone else who had just died :frown:

Reply 8

Angrybanana

11

I seriously believe that what you dream about can have an effect on how you feel for the rest of the day. When I have a nice dream, it's great and I'm serene and happy for the rest of the day. But of course when you have a nightmare like that, obviously it screws with your head :hugs:

But don't worry about it, because you know you will feel different after you've been to sleep again and dreamt something else. I've heard you can encourage good dreams by eating certain foods, like turkey and peanut butter (serotonin boosters apparently) and unwinding before bed with mellow music and good mental imagery. Give it a go. :smile:

Reply 9

Spiffy

11

Yeah, I've been there many times but the good dreams definately outweigh the bad.

I once dreamt that I was kneeling on the floor and a faceless figure came up to me and slit my throat, wont go into details about what happened after but weird thing was I felt so strongly after that the figure was a friend of mine.

Reply 10

kestral

I've had those types of dreams.
I've also had dreams where i badly injure myself, and the pain makes me jerk awake and grip whatever is hurting in my dream, only it doesn't hurt in real-life and i'm left just feeling really awake.
I also had a dream not long ago that they had started advertising TSR on TV
:rolleyes:

Reply 11

Fishfinger Sandwich

1

kestral

I've had those types of dreams.
I've also had dreams where i badly injure myself, and the pain makes me jerk awake and grip whatever is hurting in my dream

I do that all the time. Wake up with like an adrenaline rush and need a few seconds to calm down.

Reply 12

Angrybanana

11

kestral

I also had a dream not long ago that they had started advertising TSR on TV
:rolleyes:

Lol, that is exactly the kind of mundane thing that you dream about and then have a lot of trouble working out whether it's real or not when you remember it later :p:

Reply 13

Louise88

Everyone has dreams like that, don't worry. If I have had a dream where something has upset me, I often wake up nearly in tears but i'm never really sure why. It leaves you feeling awful for a little while but it'll pass in a little while.

Try not to focus too much on your dream, it was a dream and it's over, nothing happened. It doesn't matter who it was, or what happened during it, everything is fine.

Reply 14

kestral

Angrybanana

Lol, that is exactly the kind of mundane thing that you dream about and then have a lot of trouble working out whether it's real or not when you remember it later :p:

Yeah, but the fact i dont have a TV was a bit of a give away :rolleyes:

Reply 15

Lek

I often have dreams that make me wake up crying, at least once a month. Only a few days ago my boyf woke up to find me properly crying because of a horrible dream, but luckily he was there to cuddle me and remind me that it was only a dream. But sometimes its really hard to seperate the dreams from reality and they affect me for the rest of the day. For example, a while back I had a dream that my boyfriend cheated on me with my housemate, it was horrible, and something I had never even thought about before. Anyway, the first time I saw her the next day I found myself being angry with her even though nothing had happened except in my head. And I have really clear memories of when I was younger, about 8, having dreams that people in my family had died and having to get up in the middle of the night just to check that they were still breathing. Sometimes I still have to check that my boyf is breathing if I wake up after a horrible dream. So OP you are definitely not alone!

Reply 16

Angrybanana

11

I feel sorry for the poor housemate, she was probably wondering what she'd done wrong if you were there giving her evils because of a dream you had.

Reply 17

Purple

18

I have woke up a few times actually crying because of a dream.

Reply 18

Jillie Boe

14

Yeah. That's normal. Last week I dreamed my Dad died. And I actually had to ring back home and speak to him just to convince myself he was ok. I was crying and everything.

Reply 19

Vampyrcorn

14

white water lily

I once had a dream that my Dad died and when I woke up it took me ages to realise that it wasn't real! I was crying so much, and even then when I realised it hadn't actually happened I couldn't stop crying partly out of relief, and partly because I remembered it was someone else who had just died :frown:

Aw. that's sad. :hugs:

After one of my good friends died I had a dream that she hadn't died after all, and it was all a big mix-up and a nasty joke that someone had played. I felt so happy in the dream. Then I woke up and I cried for the rest of the night.

Last night I dreamt that my boyfriend had AIDS and woke up twice during the night because of the dream. But it's ok, because it's not real. :biggrin:

Seriously though, if you can't just dismiss bad dreams as meaningless then how will you cope with real problems? :s-smilie:

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