Thread: Two nights in a row now..

For the last two nights in a row, I've been waking up in the middle of the night, (I usually fall asleep around 10-11 PM) and seeing spiders crawling up my wall as well as my head & feet, although my chest and legs are clean of them. I'll get up, and normally throw the covers off and run into the bathroom, which is just one door down, and kick and rip my shirt off. (I've ruined 2 good shirts this way -.-). Then to realize, It didn't really happen.
This has happened in the past, but very rarely. Now it's been about every other night for a month, and now I've had them two nights in a row.
It's beginning to become annoying, and a bit scary at nights when all the lights are off. They are so real, I can actually feel them on my feet, and crawling on my head, although I swear they aren't real. Sometimes I am frozen in my bed whilst they crawl on me. (Which never happened before, but happened last night). I do not know what is causing ths and want to really get to the bottom of the situation. Can anyone help me with this problem that I am having?

Any help will be appriciated.
Thank you,
-Derek.

well it says on www.dreammoods.com if you see a spider crawling up your wall it means your desires will soon be relized. But two nights in a row? Oo thats freaky. My dreams seem to get more intense every night I try this lucid dreaming stuff man. Like crazy intense, maybe it's your brain just getting used to dreaming a lot or something, I'm not sure. let's see what some others say, I'm actually quite interested.

I'd say there hallucanations, but they usually happen when you're in SP, which you weren't because you could get up.

You're sure you're awake? It's not a false awakening?

I'm sure, because I get up and run to the bathroom, and realize that It just happened again. (The hallucination of the spiders). And I'll return from the bathroom to my bed, and fall asleep. I'll even pet my dog a few times .
This is beginning to scare me. The day after I wrote this the night before,
I went to school and after finishing all my work, put my head down and fell asleep. I jolted up, and had another hallucination of a spider nesting right next to my binder which I had my head layed on. I ran into the hallway, and the teacher freaked out and called the principal down. I told him what happened and the situation and everyone thinks I'm basically crazy now.
I don't know what to do and now it's getting involved with my social and educational life.

Still could have been a false awakening. Make sure to RC asap.

I suppose You're having these hallucinations because you expect them to happen: you go to bed hoping there won't be any spiders, but because you do this you'll see them. That's why you've had them three times in a row now. You'll have to find a way to not expect it to happen. Maybe repeating a mantra like "I won't be visited by spiders tonight" as in the MILD technique before going to bed works.

Originally Posted by DerekG

I'm sure, because I get up and run to the bathroom, and realize that It just happened again. (The hallucination of the spiders). And I'll return from the bathroom to my bed, and fall asleep. I'll even pet my dog a few times .
This is beginning to scare me. The day after I wrote this the night before,
I went to school and after finishing all my work, put my head down and fell asleep. I jolted up, and had another hallucination of a spider nesting right next to my binder which I had my head layed on. I ran into the hallway, and the teacher freaked out and called the principal down. I told him what happened and the situation and everyone thinks I'm basically crazy now.
I don't know what to do and now it's getting involved with my social and educational life.

I actually had this same experience. I was about 5 or 6 years old (I'm 17 now) but it was so intense, that is something I will never ever forget. it happened 2 days in a row just like you. This also happened to me while I was awake one afternoon. My dad made me go into my room and go lay in my bed. I wasn't asleep, I'm sure of it. But there were spiders crawling up my legs. The night before I had a horrible nightmare about spiders crawling all over my body. It felt so real. Like I said, it's something I can never forget and I never had a good explanantion for it other than it just being a bad dream.

I'm guessing so.