Feeling afraid during dreams, can anyone tell me why?

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For the past couple months I've been having scary dreams or even just regular dreams almost every night. Regardless of what the are about, I feel scared during them. Like a sensation almost. And when i wake up i still feel it but it goes away within a few minutes. And no its not sleep paralysis, it's just the feeling of being horrified and extremely scared during dreams. I haven't had any changes in medication for the last 5 almost 6 months. Does anyone know what this is? Again this isn't just a typical scared feeling, this is a very horrific terrible kind of scared.

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Dreams are our subconscious' way of dealing with reality. Do some online research on what your dreams could mean and keep a dream journal since these have been ongoing. Best of luck! Also try to control your dreams. Remember that it's only a dream before you go to sleep. I tell myself before bed if I'm scared or whatnot that it's only a dream and I can control what happens.

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Has anything traumatic or life changing happened recently? I had dreams like this for a couple months after my grandmother died. I would wake up screaming every night in horrible terror. It eventually went away but it sucks when it's happening.

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Are you pregnant? If yes, what trimester?
If no, it could be your way of grieving the loss of your grandpa (I think that's who you said) passing. Allow yourself to grieve. Study the steps and make sure you're moving through them. Suicide is a bit more difficult to grieve because there are usually some pretty deep rooted unknowns. Part of grieving is finding closure in a different way than having answers.
If it's a result of things that happened to you, you'll also be grieving in that aspect. Same advice.

One thing that helped me when I had nightmares was to remind myself each night that I am in control of my dreams. You can alter what you are dreaming about. You can alter how you're feeling as well. 
If you pray, pray to be watched over and to feel peace. Pray to remember that you are in control of your dreams and feelings. 
If you don't pray, just remind yourself that you are in control. Fear usually comes from feelings of the unknown or lack of control. You are in control.

Best of luck in upcoming nights. Peaceful dreams! 😴

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I've had those.

For a period of about 4 months I had constant nightmares. To the extent that even when I woke myself up from one when I fell back asleep it either continued or started a new one.

I have no idea why it happened. But it was awful.

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I have those if I eat before bed. I need to fast for 4 hours before sleep. I also had these when my repressed memories of my rape were trying to surface but you can also get them for normal stress. I get the same thing during stressful times. My honest opinion is you need a mental health break but that is just because that is what it means to me when I have them several nights in a row. Oh also I found I was more likely to have them on antidepressants, I no longer take any and the frequency of the dreams has decreased significantly.

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I've always had them :( sometimes I don't even know anymore if it was just a dream or reality. It's pretty frustrating.

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I believe you're having night terrors. Sorry! Hope your situation changes and you can work through it. If you have good insurance definitely consult a psychiatrist.

Feeling afraid during dreams, can anyone tell me why?

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