It's Not Really a Recurring Dream, but a Recurring Theme...

I've been having some pretty impactful dreams latley that all revolve around one thing... war.

I've never been to war or anything, (not even old enough.) I don't get it. The dreams are very emotionally straining, too.

I always end up shooting, people, too. Not in the over-the-top action scenes I make happen in some of my lucids, but more gritty, realistic skirmishes. It kind of messes with my psyche, but in the moment I know I can't care who I shoot.

I remember in one of the dreams, I had to get to a battle. The squad that I was a part of was going to be in a fight that I was left behind in. I tried as hard as I could to get back to my squad, even though I knew that they were miles away and that the col. gave me pardon not to enter the battle since I would have to go on foot and would be exhausted by the time I got there anyway.

But I tried to reach them anyway. At another time, (in the same basic dream,) I had to stand watch over this big garden thing in the yard of a country persons house. After waiting for a while, I saw a whoel squad of Japanese people enter the field. I was alone and ducked down under a plant, but one fo them saw me. I tried to shoot but my gun didn't work.

I turned to run, and they chased me. They could have shot me, but they wanted me alive or something. It doesn't have to make sense, I suppose. Anyway, I picked up this rock and threw it right at one of thier heads. It crashed down on one of thier temples and he dropped.

They caught up to me and I tried to brawl my way out but they knocked me to the ground and started kicking me and beating me and such... I vaguley recall my squad finally coming and chasing them off.

In the one that I had last night, I had been in a large battle. I remember a girl being involved. I think it started with me being in a normal life actually, but I couldn't say for sure. The only really clear vision was that of me on my knees weeping with an endless graveyard of headstones around me.

Why would I have dreams like this?I don't neccessarily want them to go away if they mean something, no matter how emotionally draining they are. But I want to comprehend. The feelings I get in them are to deep, gritty, and real to be just random dreams I think.

could it be that you have been watching some films? or i mean you might be sad or something or angry, cause alot of my dreams are sometimes based on my overall mood.
if it is, you can try to relax, and think positive.

I have had dreams where I am a superhero and was able to fly. You might have these Manifiestations in these recurring themes. Have you ever been extraspecial in these Dreams? Just think about it.

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I have had dreams where I am a superhero and was able to fly. You might have these Manifiestations in these recurring themes. Have you ever been extraspecial in these Dreams? Just think about it.

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Nope, I haven't been special at all. In fact, I'm a somewhat underaverage soldier.

try autosuggestion to not have the dreams..or to realize you are dreaming when the theme comes up....are you interseted in joining the military..or do you have a friend in the War?

It's not so much that I don't want to have them. I see it as an opportunity to introspect. I've considered joining the navy as a non-combatative position. I know peeople at wat right now, but no-one super close.

I've been performing johnnys got a gun for a dram peice but I think it is deeper than that.

this is a very interseting idea...i wish i had a dream war themed...i always forget to have action ld's....well i have not really had that many long ld's maybe 2 or 3

i really want to have an action ld with guns....i have never had a dream with guns in it....

I had an LD like that in my DJ. http://dreamviews.com/community/show...8&postcount=12

But this wasn't like that at all. It was gritty, brutal, and emotionally impactful. They're awful.

Okay, this threads been gone awhile since my dreams have been gone awhile. I had another one recently. I was at war. My squad was held down behind this wall. We where holding off the opposition well with cover fire, but I was hesitant to actually hit anyone, since in the dream my avatar had never actually killed anyone and this was the first time I'd been in a situation like this.

But I knew that my holding back and not shooting to kill was cowardly and could cost my comrades. I turned with my rifle, peeked around cover and shot at an enemy who wasn't well fortified but spraying bullets at us. I hit him, but was happy to see that I had only taken out his leg.

After that, I let loose and was hitting on target with each shot. Everyone I hit, (in the course of the whole battle I believe I incapacitated somewhere from seven to nine,) I didn't think where actually dead. Most I hit in the leg, arm, shoulder, etc. The one's that I hit in the chest could be revived if they didn't die from shock, so since I had no confirmation of thier passing I assumed that they hadn't.

Save for one. My rifle shot hit him right in forehead, but it didn't go through the front of his head. The bullet got him from the just clipping his brain or skull as far as I could tell, going in the left side of his head coming out the right. I knew he was dead when he dropped. And he was close to our position, too.

I saw clearly the image of him standing, the bullet going through, the modest amount of blood half squirting half spraying out of his head,and the second of pause before his body crumpled behind cover. Throughout the course of the dream, the image kept repeating itself in my head over and over again in slow motion. Even when I knew that I had to push past it and keep my head in the battle, I dwelled on it. Even worse, after waking up I've seen the image of the death in my head as clearly as ever. I know I didn't actually hurt anybody, but the despitism of my plight, the neccessity of me shooting that man has me still feeling... odd. Scared? I don't know.

I've been having the same problem. Not with the war scenario, but the theme over all.

I've been having nightmares that revolve around mass loss of human life, or me in one form or another (it's changed so much the form is meaningless anymore) actually taking human life in abnormally high proportions.
Dreams of war I've had, gotten used the them, over them, and come to terms with the reality of war it's self. I as a person, sorry if it sounds cold, care less about human death than animal. I'd rather see a human kick the can than an animal any day.

Recently, the last two months straight, the dreams have been getting worse. Two nights ago I was driving down a city street, I live in a city so it's hardly relevant, when a person fell out of the sky and hit the ground next to me. The way they hit, the thump, the crunch, blood was so real. At first I didn't care, nor did I care about the next three or four who did the same thing. Then I got curious about the raining people and looked up to see maybe twenty or so simply falling off the roof of the buildings. Much like the way they did in "The Happening" (I watched this movie a long time ago so again not relevant). It was beyond horrifying for me, for some reason. Thank god my alarm woke me up.
Last night was bad too but I think my dreams were related to a story I was reading before falling asleep. Still it was the same theme though...humans dying on a massive scale. Enough to bother me when I woke up. And I agree with spockman, this is beyond random dreaming.

Questions for you though spock.

Has any of your family been in war? Which one? Did they die, have you been thinking about them? Anything in your life relate to death or war in some way, obscure or not?

Any kind of conflict you know of in your future your worried about? Exams, business meeting, even a court date for a speeding ticket?

Has anyone close died? Had you started thinking about mortality before the dreams started?

If you can find a root for anyone of the aspects of your dreams your closer to finding the cause of them. :)

I enjoy the prospect of analyzing another part of myself but this theme....it's beyond me. I don't understand why it's taken up so much of my time or introspection. Unlike you, spockman, yours seem to be getting better? It has to feel better knowing that your not ending lives and most can be saved. Mine are getting worse. They started as people killing themselves, other people killing other people. Then it was me as some kind of monster, and it's gradually escalated to being me more or less exactly who I am in the dreams.

Maybe someone could think of a question I haven't asked myself, I dunno. What bothers me most of all is that I can't control these dreams, I'm locked in. It's gotten to the point I'm sleeping through my alarm because the dream hasn't ended.