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T ME OUT OF HERE! If you’re unsure about how to act in a situation in the real world, your dreams can be about being trapped in an enclosed space, such as a cage or a locked room, unable to escape or scream for IO

GE help. Someone who has regular dreams about this may be feeling trapped in a doomed TER SCENAR What a disaster! You have wandered into the middle of a battle zone with explosions going off all around you. Or buildings are collapsing, or you are about to be swamped by floods, or frizzled in a fire… This is one of the most frightening types of dreams. It leaves you quivering with fright for a long time after you’ve woken up, un
relationship or a dead-end job. DISAS

FREE-FALLING Balancing on scaffolding over a vast, empty space, you’re unable to look down, but the next minute, you’re falling… Running along a cliff, the ground stops suddenly and, oh no! Over you go… Nightmare! Falling is a common dream theme, reflecting inner insecurities and a feeling that there’s a lack of solid grounding in your life. Thank goodness you wake up before you hit the ground! THY TERRORS TOO Have you ever dreamed that your teeth are crumblin

With jellylike legs and a pounding heart, you’re running as fast as you can from the monster whose hot breath is bristling the hairs on the back of your neck. This nasty nightmare seems stressful in itself but could in fact be your mind’s way of dealing with any stress in your waking life.

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NO E DANGEROUS DR Behind the wheel of a car that is speeding dangerously out of control, unable to use the brakes or steering, this nightmare may drive you around the bend. And, strangely, you don’t have to be a driver to experience it. Psychologists think that this nightmare is caused by anxiety about the inability to control events in real life.

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