growing scared of sleeping

[Spider]

For the last 5 or 6 nights in a row I have been having the most horrific nightmares, that seem to be exploiting pretty much every fear Ive ever had. Ive got the stage where Im almost scared of sleeping because I dont really want to have to face what my subconsious is going to throw at me each night. Last night hit was not only terrifying but was totally incomprehensible, and i think the fact that I cant understand ANY of what's going on is frightening me most. I dreamt I was one of my greatest idol, Batman, a sad but truthful confession! It started with me on the beach, just in shorts, playing in the sea, then suddenly a great sense of fear and urgency rushed over me, I ran towards an enormous metal tube, leading upwards, that seemed to be the only exit. As i climbed furiously up the tube towards light and metal grill slwoly closed up ahead of me and I was trapped. I clawed away asection of the tube beneath me and fell through more tubing into an enormous tunnel, much like the london underground, but darker, with filth coating everything and a constant sound like in a warehouse. When I fell i landed next to 2 people who I went to school with, before we could speak, a train arrived, we climbed in and were taken along for a while before getting off, during the journey I realised that I was dressed as Batman, in the black suit. When the train stopped we got off and turned around, at which point a metalic voice echoed out and a black jet of steam vapourised the 2 school friends, but it didnt harm me. I suddenly sensed that i was being watched, being tested, that was perhaps why I had been spared. I continued to explore the enormous tube system, wandering along the wide tracks, when a tube past i had enough time to look through the grimy windows to see that the train was filled with bodies, people all dressed in green gowns, like in a hosiptal. They all had pipes going into their chests, like their dead lungs were powering the trains. I saw the bodies of the 2 vapourised friends amongst the others, with a frozen dead look of horror on their face. I was desperate to get out, desperate to find light. The darkness was so so intense. I saw a manhatch above me and i climbed up through it, into a pitch black tunnel, I climbed up and up and eventually i burst out into an enormous warehouse, filthy and disused, but with some machinery still working, but I was standing on a balcony over looking the works with no apparent way down, but I could see light over the edge, i thought my journey might be over. A middle aged smartly dressed woman was standing by a set of controlls at the edge of the balcony, i thought she would stop me leaving and going down towards the light so i advanced threateningly, aware of the fact that the Bat suit is very intimidating; I demanded that she turned off the machine, she did and started to run away. I noticed a long wooden pillar holding the balcony up, I decided to risk it, and i slid down it, about 40 metres, down to the black, complex machines and the light. When i reached the bottom i realised there was indeed light, but the windows were not looking out to dry land, but I were under water, the windows showed only the gentle flowing of water, seaweed. The water was dirty, mirky, i couldnt see far, we seemed to be deep, but I could see enormous, terrifing sharks swimming right outside. I then realised that the windows had no glass in them, but it was as if the water was held back by an air pocket. So, I could either go out into the water, and risk the sharks, and i had no idea how deep I was, I could run out of air by the time i reached the surface, I could be in the middle of the ocean. Or I could turn back, and try and find another way out back through the tube system. i woke up totally panicked this morning and thought at once of trying to find some help online, anything, any light that any one can shed on the situation would be so appreciated. This is the 5th or 6th terrible nightmare in a row. Thanks so much, Spider.

[jsrnash12]

I am no expert but i can tell you one thing. The more you think about it during your waking life and especially before you go to bed, the better the chances it will happen again.

[kingofclutch]

A little too long for me to read.