Ever dream you're already dead?

**Maroon_Sweater** · 09-02-2008 02:33 AM

I mean, not dreaming that you die. I have lots of dreams where I die, and they've never scared me. Sometimes I get shot, sometimes I get pushed off a building and don't wake up even when I hit the ground.
I don't care. These don't scare me.

Last week I had a dream that I was dead. Like, there was no time, nothing moved. It was black and there was no sound. All of a sudden I could hear my thoughts, and I was going "Oh my god, I`m dead! I`m dead and there's nothing! This is how it's going to be, forever, I can't come back!"

And it was one of the scariest things I've dreamt in a while.

Has this happened to anyone else?

**Njd1990** · 09-03-2008 05:52 AM

Hmm...maybe once? I can see how that would be rather unsettling...especially if it was long.

**ray** · 09-07-2008 01:48 AM

ever had a dream where this was the afterlife? scary thought i know.one of my more horrible nightmares.

**Oneironaut Zero** · 09-07-2008 03:22 AM

One of the most powerful dreams I've ever had was a dream in which I was already dead. I've written about it a couple of times, so here is a copy/paste from the last thread that was started on the subject.

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

I've died in a few non-LD's, and have even started some of them as a ghost. My most memorable one was pretty similar to the one you described, Korn.

I've written the whole thing out a few times, so, for the short version:

I started one dream on an airplane. I had no idea how I'd gotten there and asked someone where the plane was going. The person said the plane was going to Heaven, and that everyone on the plane, including me, was dead. They told me I had died in my sleep.

I then had a false awakening, directly after that dream. I was so glad that I wasn't really dead. But, then I rolled over in bed, and saw that I was laying next to my body.

My parents came in the room and could see my body, but not the one that I was actually experiencing. They saw that I had died in my sleep and sat there, grieving over me. As a ghost, they couldn't see me or hear me, and I could only sit and watch as they cried.

It was the single, most powerful dream I've ever had. I never felt so happy to be alive, than I did when I woke up, after that dream.

And, also, one of my most epic dreams had an incredible twist at the end. It's pretty long, but definitely worth the read (IMHO), even if just for the way my brain constructed the ending.

Here's a link to it: 04/27/2007 - "Ghost Story"

I believe I've had a few other experiences like this, but I know some of them began with me as a living human, so I'm not sure - right off the top of my head - which other experiences would fit with the idea of the OP.