Do you have bad dreams when you're sick???
By vega83
@vega83 (6342)
Bahrain
May 29, 2007 7:58am CST
This is almost like asking "do you feel cold in winter?" Because I'm sure everyone experiences those nightmares when we're sick.. But I guess one thing in common would be that these bad dreams are usually very similar...
Whenever I'm sick, I usually have the same kind of dreams, depending on the sickness of course..
If I have a really bad cold, which I haven't had for so long, then I always dreamed of these giant rocks that for some reason I had to hold up.... I guess that would account for the heavy headedness I felt.
If I have stomach problems, I always dream of those acidic equations in my head, the ones from chemistry class, even if I don't wanna puke, those equations would definitely give me that extra nudge...I'm always thinking HCL+ H2SO4=blah blah blah blah blah... It really creeps me out actually.
So do you have bad dreams when you're sick? Any recurring ones? Do share..
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@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
30 May 07
When I'm REALLY sick...its not uncommon for me to have horrible nightmares, serious panic attacks and even sometimes hallucinations..BUT I have always been one of those ppl who runs very high fevers...for me to have a fever of 105 isnt unheard of at all and was the norm when I was a kid, still is...so I figure thats where a lot of the creepy stuff comes from....
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@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
1 Jun 07
I used to have hallucinations only when I was sick as a kid. Don't have them anymore, my mom says that I used to say that there are bodies hanging from the ceiling fan or something like that whenever I was sick. I don't remember it myself, but that must have been freaky.
@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
30 May 07
I have problems with my lungs all the time, but when I get a cold or a lung infection obviously it's a lot worse. At those times, I dream about drowning a lot, which makes a lot of sense.
The funny thing is that when I was a little kid, I would always tell my grandmother that I dreamed of drowning in Lake Superior, which I had never been to and not even really studied about. So where do I live now? The Upper Peninsula of Michigan, which extends into Lake Superior! =p
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@Dumpertaker (1187)
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1 Jun 07
It's wierd I know so many people who have awful dreams/nightmares when they are sick, and I know my little sister does as I have stayed up all night caring for her once when she was waking up screaming during the night a few years ago....but I don't have bad dreams or nightmares then...in fact it is actually the only time I do not have them! I guess I'm some kind of freak!
Incidentally, did you know one of my favourite movies was inspired by dreams broughon by fever? James Cameron was suffering high fever and in a dream he saw a robot emerging from flames....it was The Terminator.
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@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
1 Jun 07
Hey I didn't know that. hmm.. interesting. That movie does literally looks like someone's nightmare. I gotta say, some of my usual nightmares, not when I'm sick, are so awesome too. They got storylines I can't imagine. I write those down, for my screenplays when I become a movie maker, someday, hopefully..
@nowment (1757)
• United States
30 May 07
I don't usually have bad dreams, they are extremely rare, and I haven't had one in years and whether or not I am feeling sick doesn't effect the dreams. Often when I have a bad dream it means something, or I try to put my lucid dreaming into effect and change the dream so it turns into a favorable one.
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@complexvanilla (653)
• India
31 May 07
God, that bit about the acidic equations was really funny!!! When I'm sick, I usually have a most disturbed sleep, but sometimes, I become delirious and am even known to talk in my sleep (only when I'm running a high temperature) I also get extremely vivid dreams. The quality of the textures and shapes is so good, that it is hard to realize that it's a dream, however irrational and unbelievable the dream is. I usually even remember what I dreamt about. R.L Stevenson is supposed to have written his famous book, 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' based on a vivid dream he had when he was having a fever induced dream. Maybe I'll do something like that someday and become famous too!!!
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
29 May 07
I can't really remember, vega. Being sick is not some candy memory that you will store for posterity. I am inclined to think that I won't normally remember dreams when sick. But of course, some portion would be bad dreams. I can't recall if good dreams are part of the equation.
No one wants to be sick. No one wants to remember being sick. Get well soon, vega. :P
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