For the past three nights this “monster” has been a feature in my dreams. In my dreams the monster is HUGE, and it is in the shape of a person (a big wide person) made up of brown strings or a potato sack. Kind of looks like the Stay Puft Marshmellow man, in size and shape.
At the beginning of each dream it is walking threw a town or city or someplace like that, sucking up evil. The more it does this the scarier it gets and the more panic I feel. I am me (I think) in the dreams and it my mind in the dream it is coming for my youngest 10 month old son. In my dream it’s coming to unleash the evil onto my son and make his evil. It never gets him, and for whatever reason the monster will fade away and my focus will be to some other part of the dream that is not really scary at all.

Last night was the worst one. The same start happened, with the monster coming and so on, but then I am in my car on a familiar road and a car swerves towards me (a silver Volkswagen beetle), I swerve to miss it only to hit an SUV head on. I am not wearing my seat belt, and I somehow end up flying out of my car and landing in the ditch on the side of the road. This is where I woke up.
It bothers me because of how real this one seemed to be, and how I felt when I woke up. I was terrified really. I woke up my husband so he would roll over and cuddle me, and it took a very long time to fall back asleep.

I feel like this “monster” means impending death or doom. At least that’s how I feel in the dream when I see it.
I want to add that I have been dealing with an illness for months that was just confirmed and diagnosed yesterday, and that maybe the dreams have something to do with that in some way. I started having very weird dreams a few weeks ago, but the past three nights have been featuring the monster. I am also having reoccurring dreams that are not that significant, but repeats of dreams I have had in the years past.

I am usually one to realize when a dream is just a smash up of stuff from the day, things I saw on TV or whatever, but this last one really spooked me. Just wanted to get this one off my chest, seeing as how the world is kind of simmering to a boil and such I feel that my dreams are reflecting the anxiety in some way.

I remember about 5 dreams a year, and thats only usually because i ate to close to bed time lol, try not eating 3hours before you go to sleep, works a treat . unless you are on medication or something then you're stuffed

I sometimes have recurring nightmares as well. Not to make light of your situation, but your description of this monster reminded me of




Next time you have the dream pull his strings and unravel him.

This monster could be an internal creation of your mind or an external entity. If you are preoccupied with negative current events, it is likely internal. An external entity you will often "feel" even after you wake up, especially in the middle of the night. The room may seem "alive". The internal manifestation of negative thoughts can be eliminated by changing your outlook and dwelling on positives. The external entity you can tell to leave you alone, and it probably will. Or, you can embrace it and show it unconditional love. That works too, because you actually feed BOTH the internal and the external with your fear.
No joke.

Originally posted by lilowl53
At the beginning of each dream it is walking threw a town or city or someplace like that, sucking up evil. The more it does this the scarier it gets and the more panic I feel. I am me (I think) in the dreams and it my mind in the dream it is coming for my youngest 10 month old son. In my dream it’s coming to unleash the evil onto my son and make his evil. It never gets him, and for whatever reason the monster will fade away and my focus will be to some other part of the dream that is not really scary at all.

Lol, that's a typical nightmare, especially the way it grows and disappears.

Everything requires your attention to exist in dreams, and the more attention you give something, the the more related detail it creates. All nightmares start when something dangerous or scary captures your attention. They capture your attention because they are dangerous or scary. Then once you are focused on whatever it is, your attention causes it to grow out of proportion. The more attention you feed it, the more it grows out of control. The more it grows out of control, the more attention it demands. Doesn't take long before things spiral out of control.

Originally posted by lilowl53
It never gets him, and for whatever reason the monster will fade away and my focus will be to some other part of the dream that is not really scary at all.

If you look at your dreams, I'm sure you'll find that your attention didn't go to something else because the monster faded, but that the monster faded because your attention went somewhere else.

I'm not big on ascribing meaning to dreams. If there is any meaning to be found, then it's why you focus on the things you do. In the case of nightmare scenarios, it's no big mystery, simply a survival instinct. I'd blame the triple rerun on the emotional impact those dreams had on you, nothing more. That and the fact that you're still focusing on it even now while awake, which is sustaining that creature with your attention. Remember, everything requires your attention to exist in dreams. Forget about it, laugh it off, and it won't bother you again.

I want to add that I have been dealing with an illness for months that was just confirmed and diagnosed yesterday, and that maybe the dreams have something to do with that in some way. I started having very weird dreams a few weeks ago, but the past three nights have been featuring the monster

Yes the monster could represent the dis/ease


The monster is just an aspect of yourself you don't like.

Originally posted by getreadyalready
Attack your real-life monster and the dream one will go away.

Actually, that's the worst way to deal with dream monsters. Ignore them and they will cease to exist. Although fighting them is more fun, you need to focus your attention on them in order to fight them, which makes them stronger.

Originally posted by SurrealisticPillow
This monster could be an internal creation of your mind or an external entity. If you are preoccupied with negative current events, it is likely internal. An external entity you will often "feel" even after you wake up, especially in the middle of the night. The room may seem "alive". The internal manifestation of negative thoughts can be eliminated by changing your outlook and dwelling on positives. The external entity you can tell to leave you alone, and it probably will. Or, you can embrace it and show it unconditional love. That works too, because you actually feed BOTH the internal and the external with your fear.
No joke.

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When I woke up from the dream last night I did have this feeling that something was in the room, and it was very cold. I got up, and went to the bathroom and so on, but when I went back into my room the feeling of something being there was still there. I hate to think some nasty spirit is attacking me in my sleep.
Oddly enough my middle child (3 years old) has not been sleeping well at night, and ends up napping during the day more. My instinct told me he was being bothered by something, especially since he's been drawing a "ghost" on everything lately. That is another post intirely, i've been thinking on making, with the photos of his ghost drawings.

Originally posted by The Cusp

Originally posted by getreadyalready
Attack your real-life monster and the dream one will go away.

Actually, that's the worst way to deal with dream monsters. Ignore them and they will cease to exist. Although fighting them is more fun, you need to focus your attention on them in order to fight them, which makes them stronger.

edit on 16-11-2011 by The Cusp because: typo

But if they have a basis in real-life, and you have real-life stress, then you need to rectify that stress. The dream monster is just a symptom of your real-life stress, and it needs to be alleviated for the good of your own health.

Originally posted by lilowl53
Oddly enough my middle child (3 years old) has not been sleeping well at night, and ends up napping during the day more. My instinct told me he was being bothered by something, especially since he's been drawing a "ghost" on everything lately. That is another post intirely, i've been thinking on making, with the photos of his ghost drawings.

Halloween was only 16 days ago. Don't underestimate the impact Halloween has on children, how much it captures their attention. If he's still obsessing over ghosts after Christmas, then you can worry, but I'm pretty sure Christmas will eclipse any residual influence Halloween had on him.

Originally posted by getreadyalready
But if they have a basis in real-life, and you have real-life stress, then you need to rectify that stress. The dream monster is just a symptom of your real-life stress, and it needs to be alleviated for the good of your own health.

Yes, but it's the same principle that creates nightmares. You stress over something because you are focusing too much attention on it. Just like nightmares, if you can learn to ignore what's stressing you, it loses all power.

The thing that I got about the monster is that it is the disease (because it is sucking the life out of the city or attacking it) and you are worried about your son getting it. The monster is chasing your kid. But the good news is that he gets away. The SUV sounds like a surprise in your life (you didn't see it coming and bam!)

Try looking at your watch(buy one if you don't own one) every 15-30 minutes. You will eventually condition yourself to do this reguarly enough that the behavior will manifest in your dreams as well. That will let you know when your dreaming and should hopefully trigger the thought process of "I have seen this before in a dream, Oh wait I am dreaming!". That should enable you to lucid dream to a degree and deal with the pest*





*Lucid dreaming doesn't always work when dealing with pest's. I would say it works 3/4ths-9/10ths of the time.