Two of my most common dreams are basically nightmares...
The first is losing teeth. It's always different variations as to WHY it starts happening, but I've been having that dream on and off since I was either in my teens or early 20's (I'm 33). Apparently it has something to do with "fear of loss" (big shocker there), or "loss of power", etc., etc.
But the one that gets me is my "abandoned house" dreams. They're not always "nightmares", per se. But they are often filled with a bit of fear and concern.
In these dreams, I'm typically with my significant other, and we're "squatting" (illegally attempting to live) within a house, apartment (and once, mansion), and usually places we used to live in, but are now attempting to "hide" in without the owners/landlords knowing.
The most intense version of this dream involved a mansion, the electricity wasn't working, but there was a powerful lightning storm outside that was periodically illuminating the interior through windows. My wife was on one side of a large room, when I heard a person coming down the hallway. I hid, and watched the hallway entryway. A shadowy figure appeared, and I presumed it to be an old, homeless guy, so I started making bellowing noises, to try and scare him away, but the thunderstorm grew louder outside, and he slowly walked into the large room.
The lightning strobe-lit the room, and the man was wearing a torn and tattered suit, with a sackcloth bag over his head (more Elephant Man, pre-Batman Begins Scarecrow), and I grew angry with fear. I kept making the noises, and when I saw that he either was not hearing me over the thunder, or was not afraid, I screamed, "Get out of here!"
I woke up due to making guttural noises in the waking world, which was a bit embarrassing, but there you have it.
Usually, the owners, visitors, landlords aren't quite as disturbing or bizarre as that one, and they're typically more "realistic" (though they involve things like, living in attics, etc.).
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