Types of dreams that people with mental disorders have (one of them is very common)

In the dream world there is nothing impossible, because when we sleep, we can literally become billionaires, date a star and live in a fabulous place. But we can also see ourselves robbing a bank, getting rid of enemies or even committing suicide… It turns out that dreams with plots of the second type can be symptoms of a certain mental disorder.

O awesome.club discovered which are the most common dreams that can signal a mental disorder. Of course, we are talking about cases where episodes occur very often.

Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness. A study confirmed that the longer a person suffers from this disorder, the more colorful their dreams. The tones become lighter and the emotional experience more intense.

For example:

Amazing images unrelated to each other. Harsh and violent content. Dreams in which a person sees himself in the eyes of another, whether in the form of a small child, a dead man or an animal. Objects moving backwards, such as people or cars. They experience long-forgotten emotions and feelings. Unreal or parallel worlds, hell or heaven. The same recurring plot. Doctors have revealed the fact that with acute schizophrenia, the same dreams are repeated several times during a single night. Dreams in color with clearly visible details. People with schizophrenia dream about colors 20 times more often than healthy individuals. They experience an absolute reality of what is happening in a dream. After waking up after such an episode, they cannot understand for a long time whether it was a dream or whether the experience really happened. The phenomenon was first described by Fyodor Dostoevsky in the novel The Brothers Karamazovwhere Ivan Karamazov couldn’t understand if he was really talking to the devil or if it was a dream.

Bipolar disorder is a manic-depressive psychosis characterized by an atypical mood swing. As a general rule, schizophrenics are terse in describing their dreams, but, on the contrary, people with bipolar disorder describe them in detail:

They experience indescribable happiness. Such dreams are called manic, as they are most often observed in states of hypomania. They are very bright and colorful, so they remain etched in memory for a long time. For example, you can become a divine being adored by all and feel the power and happiness of what is happening. Neuropsychology explains such dreams as the transition from depression to a manic state. Dreams that are serial or that can last for several years🇧🇷 Plots are a type of series where each new “chapter” starts where the last one left off.

Sometimes the symptoms of depression are difficult to notice. But, if you are haunted by scary dreams every night, then you might be suffering from this disorder.

A dark place (eg a cemetery) or even the funeral itself. During this dream, and after waking up, the patient often feels guilty. Dead as if they were alive. It is curious that, if during the dream they come to understand that these people are not alive, they adopt the appearance of dead people. Nightmares accompanied by an indescribable sense of horror. Upon awakening, the person takes time to understand that everything was a dream, but the moment he understands, he feels relieved: “Thank God, I only dreamed”. Such episodes are considered the equivalent of panic attacks. Parallel dreams: there are several unrelated dreams, and each one replaces the other during the night. dream within a dream🇧🇷 It happens when you dream that you want to sleep, then you sleep and have another dream. You see what happens in this one as if it were reality, clearly recognizing that previously you were also dreaming. But when you wake up, it is difficult to understand if you are really awake or if you are still dreaming. By the way, for the first time such dreams were described by the Russian writer Nikolai Gogol in his novel the portrait, where the protagonist’s awakening turned out to be just part of a nightmare. Dreams about the experience of reduplication of self-perception. Deciphering: for example, while they are burying you, you can see your own funeral. At the same time, you feel dead and alive. You can also dream of participating in something and at the same time realize that you only dream about it. What’s more, you can dream about something and analyze it at the same time.

Mental anesthesia is an incomplete loss of the ability to experience positive and negative emotions, not just during wakefulness, but during sleep as well:

Loss of self, body or emotion. For example, you feel your soul in the dream, but you do not perceive your own body. Or you look in the mirror, but you don’t see your reflection. You dream that you die several times during the same night. Sense of “unreality” of what is happening in the dream. That is, you are clearly aware that everything is just a fantasy. Lack of any feelings or, on the contrary, experience forgotten emotions that have not been present in their real life for a long time. You may dream, for example, that a dog attacks and bites you, but you are not afraid. Depersonalization dreams: familiar places and close people are perceived as strange and unfamiliar. For example, you dream of your own house, but it seems that you are seeing it for the first time. Loss of sleep sensation: you can completely control it and even wake up whenever you want. Perception of what is happening with other people’s eyes, but without losing the feeling of your own “I”.

The urge to wash their hands 10 times a day or constantly go back home to check that the iron is off are symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder, which never lets patients rest, not even at bedtime.

Post-traumatic stress disorder is different from usual in that it occurs as a result of a situation following a trauma. And, as a rule, it causes nightmares.

People with this syndrome repeatedly dream about the traumatic situation. So a man who has survived a war often dreams that he is being shot, and at that moment he runs out of ammunition. Recurring dreams equal and meaningless. You can remember them and even know how they will end, as well as change their ending. Interrupted dreams that always end in the same place. The perception of parts of the images that appear in the dream. For example, you could dream of half a man or a mouth speaking in an ominous voice. Dreams in one color. You’re running away from someone and you feel like you’re slowing down. View the recorded image in “slow motion”. It usually doesn’t see its pursuer, but most of the time it guesses who it is. Reincarnation into an animal or a tree. Usually, such dreams are without words and thoughts. Dreams you control from start to finish. Sex change dreams. A woman, for example, might see herself as a man with a mustache. Dreams in which you identify yourself as a criminal, even if you just “steal” a bar of chocolate. Such episodes occur in 30% of those convicted of illegal acts.

Have you ever had any of the dreams we mentioned in our post? Let us know in the comments section and share your weirdest experiences with us.