Hi, I've been having these strange dreams lately where as I feel as if I'm awake but I know I'm not. The only way I'll get awake is if I kill myself in the dream. The first time it was just voices tell me I'll never wake up when I try to and bind me from moving. The second last one it had voices but this time, I got up from my bed and went into my mom's room and tried to tell her about this voice. However, she gets out off her sleep, annoyed then tell me she's going to kill me and goes to the kitchen and grabs a knife. The voice still has pressure on my body and I'm panicking so I run to my balcony and jump off. Before I land, I wake up.
The more resent one, I'm still in my room (It's always dark or it's at nighttime by the way.) My eyes could hardly open and I couldn't move or speak. When I forced my eyes open, I could see a shadow's hand expanding from the corner of my room from the window and rise over the roof. I closed my eyes again then opened it. It was starting to rise but then stopped. There was no voices in this dream just binding. I eventually was able to get up from the bed and went to the window, still being partly bound. I called out for help in the window but it was like they took my voice box away - it was a low whisper. I felt myself being pulled back to the bed and I got scared. Suddenly, I remembered what my mom said (say a prayer before I go to sleep) so I started to say the Hail Mary. Who ever was in the shadow on my room tired to silence me with it's shadow hand but I kept going until I woke up. It was the first time I woke up without killing myself in the dream.
The strange thing is, I'm not really religious nor do I believe in God but I do being there is someone more powerful than us - either it be human or not. Which reminded me of today in class when we were talking about beliefs and disbelieves in class and I told them I didn't really have one.
After the last dream I thought it was because of that conversation I had that made that dream come today but other times I don't think I didn't talk about the religion.
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To me, it sounds like you are questioning either your spirituality or are having feelings of sadness, darkness in your life.
Is there anything bad going on in your life that is upsetting you?
I also would recommend, if your parents have a priest/preacher, etc., to talk to them alone about it, or even a therapist (if you have one).
I dont think it is so much a therapeutic thing at the moment, as I feel it is yourself questioning things in your life.
Best,
Clyde