Pretty Messed up dreams..

[Far From Perfect]

So i dont know for how long, but at leas one or two weeks in all my dreams I'm either having sex with someone, most of the time being my ex boyfriend that i just broke up with but i dont miss him cuz we had an emotionally abusive relationship and I'm a lot happier now (im not a slut and i never have sex dreams) or I'm being chased by someone trying to kill me, or both. and one time it was even rape. idk why i keep having these messed up dreams, what does it mean? :/

[Katrina]

Hey there.

It sounds like you're having some really scary dreams, my goodness. You mentioned that this recently started, right? Is there anything else that has changed in the past 1-2 weeks? Are you going to sleep at the same time as you have been? Has your nightly pre-bedtime routine changed? Are you getting the same amount of sleep? Are you sleeping in the same place? I would imagine that all of those factors could, at some level or another, affect what you may be dreaming about.

There's a lot of different theories about what dreams could mean, but I don't think you should place your confidence one hundred percent in any of them, simply because dreams are such a hard thing to gather research on at this point. However, it looks like the University of California at Santa Cruz has written up a nice little summary here about some of the many dream theories and some other FAQs about dreams. (: It might be interesting to look into, but like I said, I wouldn't put ALL my energy into dream interpretation.

Good luck to you, and I hope you find more pleasant dreams in your future!