Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Re-thinking the intro to this post because it will likely sound alcoholic/self-destructive/nutty...

But here goes: Last night I told my friend it's good for me to drink before I go to sleep. This way I "sleep hard" and don't have dreams.

She, on the other hand, was upset at the lack of dreams she's been having lately because she felt her dreams were revelatory or more connected from Above.

I only have one dream: Someone is trying to kill me. I've never seen his face, but it's a man. Not always the same man. Sometimes, I swear to God, he's dressed like Freddy Krueger. 

This man is always very close. I can never hide or outrun him. Sometimes he is in my childhood home or the church behind that house. Other times the man is in eerie, warehouse type buildings or very large houses with lots of stairs. Often it is the same dream over and over, and the settings repeat. I kind of believe they are places I will visit at some point in my life. 

My friend told me to visit DreamMoods.com. They have an entire page dedicated to chase dreams, which are obviously a common theme. Here's their freakin' analysis of the monsters in my head:

Chase dreams are one of several common dream themes, stemming from feelings of anxiety in your waking life. Flee and flight is an instinctive response to a physical threat in the environment. In such dreams, the scenario often features you being pursued by an attacker, an animal, a monster or an unknown figure, who wants to hurt or possibly kill you. Consequently, you run, you hide or you try to outwit your pursuer. Your actions in the dream parallel how you would respond to pressure and cope with fears, stress or various situations in your waking life.

Instead of confronting the situation, your dream indicates that you have a tendency to run away and avoid the issue. Ask yourself who is chasing you, so that you can gain a better understanding and insight on the source of your fears and anxieties.

The pursuer or attacker who is chasing you in your dream may also represent an aspect of yourself. Your own feelings of anger, jealousy, fear, and possibly love, can manifest itself as the threatening figure. Or the shadowy figure can symbolize the rejected characteristics of your Self. You may be projecting these feelings onto the unknown chaser. Next time you have a dream of being chased, turn around and confront your pursuer. Ask them why they are chasing you. What are you trying to run from?

Consider the distance or gap between you and your pursuer. This indicates your closeness to the issue. If the pursuer is gaining on you, then it suggests that the problem is not going to go away. The problem will surround you, until you confront and address it. However, if you are able to widen the gap between your pursuer, then you are able to successfully distance yourself from the problem. In essence, the problem is fading away.

And there we have it.