I suppose it’s not a good sign when you dream of being repeatedly shot in the head. It certainly makes for a weird feeling when you wake up. It was yet another weird, highly detailed, and graphic dream courtesy of my strangely wired brain. I was in an outdoor shopping mall kind of setting, people all around, when a female sniper started opening fire. I saw the woman pop up with the gun, aim, and fire, all too quickly to react. I even saw the bullet clearly as it came directly at me, striking me in the center of the forehead. I felt the impact, but no pain and my body flew back, falling but my consciousness didn’t move with it. Instead, I watched myself fall; blood, skull fragments, and brain matter scattering. It was very gory. People around me started to panic and run as the sniper kept firing. One of the people in the crowd brushed against my “spirit self” and I was suddenly inside that body. Instead of fleeing, i turned and started running towards the sniper, with the idea that I should stop her. She saw me coming and shot me again. Again, I saw the bullet coming and was hit square in the forehead, my spirit staying as the body I was in fell. This time, I jumped into another person who was fleeing, taking control and turning to try to get at the sniper. Predictably, she saw me coming and shot me yet again. Same pattern, saw the bullet, shot in the forehead, body falling. This happened about half a dozen times before I got the bright idea to try to get at her while still in “spirit form”.
This time, I was able to get to her and I leaped into the sniper’s body to stop her from shooting any more people. Only, instead of simply taking over her body as I had with the others, as I entered her, I was transported to this weird surreal landscape that was very reminiscent of the Nightmare Realm as seen in Marvel comics. My subconscious probably borrowed it for just this occasion. Anyway, as soon as I entered this realm, I was locked in battle with this huge Lovecraftian creature, complete with tentacles, multiple breasts with razor fanged mouths instead of nipples, talons, the whole bit. Unfortunately, that’s where the dream ended. The whole scene froze like the last panel in a “to be continued” comic book. The whole thing was just very weird.
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May 8, 2008 at 7:36 am
Shann
Yeesh. Your recall of the detail in this dream is amazing. When you woke up did you still smell, taste, feel anything? I ask because I had a dream like this many years ago (only Martin Lawrence was the shooter), and when I woke up I felt the pain in my head exactly where the bullet was stuck in my dream, smelled something burning and tasted blood in my mouth. Just wondering if that’s a shared experience or something unique?
This sounds like an anxiety dream. From what I know of the symbolism, getting shot in a dream can be a reflection of both conscious and subconscious feelings of helplessness; a situation that, try as one might, one feels powerless to change. The repeated jumping from one place to another could be a manifestation of the desire to not give in to those feelings; the desire to stay strong and not give in to despair. I’ve heard that there could also be a message in these types of dreams, as if they’re an omen of more adversity in the making, but I don’t necessarily believe that. Instead of containing some mysterious message from an unidentified source (or deity), it’s been my experience that nightmares like this are a manifestation of stress, anxiety and whatever painful situation may be present at the time. Worry, sadness, helplessness all play a part.
The good part is that you were fighting back. Aggressively and tenaciously. You haven’t lost all hope and you have plenty of strength in your emotional reserves even when all seems lost. If the dream recurs, you will probably kill that monster.
May 10, 2008 at 2:21 pm
kathy
I used to dream about being shot a lot, especially as a teen and then later in my 20’s. Shann might have a good point!