nightnare yelling can't wake up

[4macs]

I am 49 and have nightmares frequently usually about being held down by a dark figure and I can't wake up. I am yelling in my dream. It is bothersome as I am actually yelling out loud and startling my wife. If she is not there to wake me I can going on for a long time. It is so bad I worry about being alone in a motel room and having the police arrive thinking someone is in distress. The dream itself does not bother me so much as the worry of waking the neighborhood. I wish there was a device that could wake me when I make the noise but have not been able to find anything. Hope someone has an idea. Thanks

[lauren7960]

This should not be a scary experience although sometimes when you do not know what is happening it can be. I have always done this. It is called astral travel. It happens to people who are more in tune or who have a lineage of those more in tune with the spiritual world. Your soul is not a part of your body but more inside your body. Sometime during sleep it leaves but is never unattached. There are so many things in this world that people do not understand and one of them is that we are such a small part of this large universe. We are all souls and we do not die. We inhabit these crapy bodies to do our duties on earth. We sleep to rejuvinate our souls! Sometimes after traumitizing times on earth our souls may leave our bodies to visit certain healing places which we are lead to by our spirit guides...God gave all of us atleast one, however we have many angels. We also may choose, in our sleep ofcourse, to visit past loved ones or even drop in on others! They can not see us though as we are there in spirit. The alarming paralyzing fear happens when we our physical body starts to awaken before our spirit is back in form inside. We are awake but cant move, we hear buzzing, we feel as if we are being held down by an evil force who wants to eat our unborn children.....No.  Does this not all pass? Yes, because quickly, faster than you realize you have returned to your body and can now move again.  I know how scary this is as I used to have the same thing. Now before I go to sleep I say that I only want to leave if I can have a quick return. You can never be lost or not find your way back. We are intricate spirits and way to smart to "get lost". I always ask before I go to bed to have healed whatever damage may have been done during the day in this wonderful world, sarcasm here, to be healed while I am asleep or off visiting the spirit world. Some people can even remember vividly hovering above their bodies or being on the celing to then flying out of the window and into mountains.  I like to think of it as a nice little escape! Have fun!

[Kat08]

Oh my god i have the same "dark figure" in my dreams also. Its like a ghostly dark shadow, I only see that shadow when I'm having a super deep sleep (the kind of sleep thats really hard to wake up). It really freaks me out.  I could open my eyes for a while but it shuts down instantly and the next thing i know is that I'm dreaming again.  

[nevermindu]

I'm sorry but you should go see a doctor and not rely on the "beliefs" of some who post here.Me thinks Lauren7960 watches too many reruns of the  X-Files.

[Connie 1]

me thinks nevermindu is right.  4macs, go see a counselor and figure out why you're having nightmares.  don't think it's an out-of-body experience you need to exorcise!

[caregiver222]

You have very interresting dreams.  Years ago I was under periods of intense stress and had similar nightmares. I eliminated the stress from my life, got up to nutritional speed, began to exercise, and while I had the problem took prescripotion valium for a short time. The nightmares went away, but those dreams sure were scary! I would go for the suggestion about getting regular exercise. It helped me.