Thread: help!

Now, i'm just making stabs into the dark. Anyone please feel free to correct me.
Sudden scary dreams don't necessarily relate to your life. We all have the occasional nightmare, I think, it's just whether we remember them in the morning or not. Sometimes, it can be caused by traumatic events or stress from your daily life.
If you're looking to combat your nightmares, lucid dreaming is a great way to do it. Many users here have turned a nightmare into a normal dream through the use of lucid dreaming. Asking the source of your nightmare why it appears in your dream can be a great pointer.
As for your second question, if you believe in it, this is called 'shared dreaming'. How it is or would be possible is something that has not been proven scientifically, so I can't really answer that question..
Good luck~

Firstly, don't worry. There have been some cases in the past in which dreamers have recalled the exact same dream. This is bizarre, but it's nothing to be afraid of. Don't run from your nightmare, confront it. The pain you feel in the dreams does not come from actual damage to your body. Pain is, quite simply, your brain saying, "Oh, I appear to be hurt. I had better register this pain to the body, so that it knows that it's hurt." Unfortunately, the brain responds the same way in dreams. This also means that, if you are expecting your dream to be painless, there will be no pain. All the dream is, really, is fear. If you can prevail over that fear, you have overcome your aggressor, and your nightmare. Do whatever you must to overcome the fear, and I can guarantee that the nightmare will go away.

You say that your friend had the same dream. There is, as fOrceez said, something called shared dreaming. If you believe in that stuff, it might be worth looking into.

Do your best to remember your dream tonight, and call your friend tomorrow. If the same thing occurs, feel free to post back here. Others will probably have better answers than I do. Good luck!