re occuring dream related to fear

[mike]

im wondering if anyone else has had nightmares like this

im in a scary place, dark forrest etc and im feeling scared and very vulnerable, but i have a mechanism that i can use that might keep me safe, its to become scary, i start emitting this gosh awful moaning banshee wail and posture my arms like a scarecrow or bear and sway about, the gestalt being that by making this moaning sound i can scare away what ever is threating me.

ive had versions of this dream all my life, and i wonder if anyone else has

 

[Poi]

I remember having one or two of those dreams. They didn't work, but I tried being scarier than whatever scared me. Mostly, I felt foolish. Had one where I just ran like hell.

If you can become lucid enough in the dreams to just surrender to your fear, acknowledge it and face the monster (fear) for what it is, a human construct designed to disallow growth, you'll have passed some shamanic test of will.

Took me years to do that and I had to manipulate the fear bug into a cartoon character that was threatening me in my dreams. But hey, we takes what we can get. I couldn't make myself lucid enough to change the dream so I created a ridiculous face to put on it in my subconscious and told him to go away, that I didn't allow him in my dreams anymore. He had no power and I watched him reluctantly walk away.

Can't tell you that I'll have no more nightmares, but the curious effect of that dream has had on my waking life has been positive. In this quickly changing world of the fast paced everything, I've taken on a different view, one that is much more pleasant in spite of the news we are bombarded with everyday.

If we are being hounded with fearful things such as terrorists around every corner, the tide may begin to turn on the myth makers. We can only take so much before our psyches will rebound and blow fear away through our dreams. If so, fear is a good tool to move us along.

 

[mike]

thanks Poi,
i am interested in whether others have had the same gestalt within a dream.
my experience may just be the reflections of the uncle remus story brer rabbit spills the honey i heard as a lad.
in this story the rabbit character who is normally the one being chased has his appearance changed by honey and dry leaves into something that instills fear in all who see him, and my dreams of this nature have that theme
that i can use fear to manipulate the other elements present in the dream
i dont have any sense of it being sucessful or not, just that i attempt it

 

[Ron Collins]

Ive had a dream where I cower, hiding from something I fear. Typically, I do not cower. So I have interpreted the dream as my fear of being a coward in a life or death situation. I know this sounds strange, but that dream annoys the crap out of me. I wish I could have a dream where I confront or at least try to confront the thing I fear.

 

[Poi]

All it takes is that wish (intent) and some time. But it took me years. I was squirrelly though, afraid of a lot of things. Since a certain amount of fear is necessary to our most basic survival instinct, it's actually healthy. I think we spend a good deal of time trying to discern what is necessary and what isn't.

 

[truthseeker]

I have a recurring dream where I have to take final exams in college but I never studied or even went to classes. Weird!

 

[Raevenskye]

I agree with Poi...learning how to lucid dream is such a valuable tool...no more nightmares...sleep paralysis..and generally freaky things (that aren't real....)
I'm over-simplifying, but you CAN take control of those scary aspects of dreamtime, and learn how to squash your tormentors. I've never done it in the way Mike describes, but I have used "Vulcan Logic" to reason myself out the situation. Sometimes I've had to fight, but those dreams are more rare.