Title says it all. I know many people, including myself, who have had some really messed up dreams. For me, the worst is this dream I have every couple of months. I am on the computer when my printer starts up and prints out a set of arbitrary tasks. Some examples: board a specific train, buy a set of markers from the corner store, etc. they aren't that difficult, but when I leave my house, the people are acting strangely. They completely ignore me, just going about their business. but when I get close, I see that they don't have faces. They have no eyes or noses or mouths, just flat skin. They are all dressed exactly the same. Just faceless people walking around.
I do some of the tasks, but most of them require me to interact with people- buying something, or going somewhere, or doing something to someone. Whenever I try to interact with them they seem vaguely annoyed, like I'm a fly, buzzing around them. Eventually they start to get mad and will knock me over on the streets or push me when I get close. Yet for some reason I don't stop. I have to finish the checklist. They always start becoming violent, pulling knives on me, hitting me, even trying to shoot me. Near the end of the dream they start chasing me and I run away, sometimes grabbing a weapon and killing a few in self defense. But there are so many of them that I just have to keep running. They aren't particularly fast, just relentless.
Eventually they always catch me, and one will grab me and hold me down. Another will snatch the list from my hands and burn it with a lighter. It doesn't matter, but it seems immeasurably tragic while I'm in the dream, like they have killed a loved one or a friend. I start to cry and I hear faint echoes of people laughing, coming from nowhere. I start legitimately sobbing and the laughter increases until I can't hear anything else and I'm screaming because it's so loud that my ears hurt. Then I black out in the dream and wake up in real life. I've had this dream for years now, and while it doesn't sound too freaky, it always makes me paranoid and unsettled when I wake up.
I do some of the tasks, but most of them require me to interact with people- buying something, or going somewhere, or doing something to someone. Whenever I try to interact with them they seem vaguely annoyed, like I'm a fly, buzzing around them. Eventually they start to get mad and will knock me over on the streets or push me when I get close. Yet for some reason I don't stop. I have to finish the checklist. They always start becoming violent, pulling knives on me, hitting me, even trying to shoot me. Near the end of the dream they start chasing me and I run away, sometimes grabbing a weapon and killing a few in self defense. But there are so many of them that I just have to keep running. They aren't particularly fast, just relentless.
Eventually they always catch me, and one will grab me and hold me down. Another will snatch the list from my hands and burn it with a lighter. It doesn't matter, but it seems immeasurably tragic while I'm in the dream, like they have killed a loved one or a friend. I start to cry and I hear faint echoes of people laughing, coming from nowhere. I start legitimately sobbing and the laughter increases until I can't hear anything else and I'm screaming because it's so loud that my ears hurt. Then I black out in the dream and wake up in real life. I've had this dream for years now, and while it doesn't sound too freaky, it always makes me paranoid and unsettled when I wake up.
