This forum is amazing!!

I have kept a dream journal for nearly 10 years and I remember many vivid and detailed dreams. One thing that I have never been able to fully understand is why I have a common theme of violence in my dreams. For example, it is not uncommon for people to be murdered or raped, attacked or bleed profusely in my dreams. These dreams are not nightmares in that they do not cause me to break dream state and I don't wake up with an elevated heart rate or really upset anymore, since I'm used to them. I'm very sensitive to violence on TV and in my waking life in general. I have not been abused or had any violent act by another person inflicted on me in this lifetime. I did have 8 surgeries on my right ear between the ages of 2 and 9. My theory right now is that either these surgeries are the root of these recurring themes or that it is based in a past life experience. I would be interested to hear what others thought. Thanks!

Also, I run a dream forum which you are welcome to check out at : www.dreamnexus.net. It, of course, doesn't get the traffic that this site does, but please come and help it grow!