For my first post ever on Bored Panda, I wanted to do my own Ask Pandas!
The strangest recurring dream I have had was when I was really young, like 3 or 4. I would have this dream where a monster comes into my room and I have to hide under the blankets and pillows to stay safe. It always ended with the monster exiting the room and saying he would find me next time.
So, what is your story?
#21
I'm 5 years old in the dream and I'm really upset and crying. Someone wearing really long and baggy sleeves (almost like a blanket) picks me up and holds me tight and tells me that I'm safe and that everything will work itself out. I start to feel really calm and light and when I close my eyes and just stay there cuddled up with the person, I wake up staring at the ceiling wrapped up in all my blankets. I still have that feeling of calmness until I realize it was a dream. I've kept having that dream since I was 5
11points
#22
I was planting some plants in my awesome dreamland and there were fairies and mermaids and stuff and one of the fairies gave me some kind of brown rock. I planted it and watered it hoping it would grow. then, my mom came and dug up the plant, and revealed that the 'rock' was just poop ;-;
Then the dream switched to me being chased by some glowing guy in a fancy house made by fancy Persian rugs
11points
#23
I have a speaker and drink every once in a while, I’m with my family and I walk into like a museum, and the museum director take my family like your back room where they all keep their stuff. Then my family disappears and I’m in a hallway by myself. Sometimes the hallway is different and last time I had a dream I went to the bathroom and one of the rooms, I think it was like a hotel room. And by the end of the dream I walk out of the door like a clear glass store and I’m in a different time period and my family’s there. This dream usually occurs when I am having a difficult time in my life
10points
#24
I have had many recurring dreams but one stands out above all others. I had the dream dozens of times. It's not very clear but it's about trains and train tracks. If the train was too big or small for the tracks it was absolutely horrifying for some reason(I mean HORRIFYING to the point where I would wake up in the middle of the night and sometimes sweating but when I wake up I just feel stupid for being scared of such a weird thing). I was not on the train but hovering above the trains. I saw everything in darkish colors like black, gray, and brown. I recently stopped having them. I don't have OCD or any medical problems(that I am aware of), I'm was not sick or anything.This made me feel a lot better knowing there are other people that have weird recurring dreams.
10points
#25
Exacting revenge on the scummy manager and her cronies who forced me into retirement. They still win in the sodding dream too!
It’s almost 15 years ago this happened but I suppose it’s the anger I still feel that drives my dreams.
9points
#26
I haven't had recurring dreams, as much as recurring places. One of the most common places is this huge Barnes and Noble combined with Kroger. I've had dreams about food, books, friends, and many other weird things IN THE SAME PLACE. There is actually one recurring dream I had, but first some background. I hate P.E. My gym teacher was horrible they made me walk laps when my knee hurt, turns out it was limes disease so HA. In the dream, It starts one of two ways, one with me strapped to the Basketball net. The other way I would find my self in this white room. everything was white. There were these gaping holes in the ground that probably went to the underworld with swinging platforms above them. I would be looking around and then suddenly there would be this lady, strict looking. She would command me to jump across the swinging platforms, I would try, and then just as I was about to fall into the abyss, I would wake up. I had this dream so many times, I cant even count them all. I once had a dream where I was being hunted by Vikings (I love reading Norse Myths) and I was in the closet in my bedroom. MY heart was thumping really loud and I could hear them outside of my door. I heard them talking and then they stopped and slowly turned towards me... Just as they opened the door to the closet I would wake up.
Those were all old reoccurring dreams, lately, my dreams have been getting more vivid. The only way I can tell it is a dream is that my vision sorta fades in and out. It's actually really frustrating, yet sometimes I still think the dream is real.
Ugh, sorry that was long, I guess I had a lot to say.
Those were all old reoccurring dreams, lately, my dreams have been getting more vivid. The only way I can tell it is a dream is that my vision sorta fades in and out. It's actually really frustrating, yet sometimes I still think the dream is real.
Ugh, sorry that was long, I guess I had a lot to say.
9points
#27
I'm walking down this never-ending boardwalk, and it's like my vision is switching from walking down the boardwalk to looking at myself walking from above. Then, suddenly this giant fish the color of sewer water with a human face jumps out of the water, and it sails over me. Then more of them jump, until it creates a literal canopy of jumping humanfish. I just keep walking, and sooner or later, the dream ends. And for some reason, the human face is always Jack Black. Imagine.
9points
#28
Maybe this one I had when I was about 10 years old.
There would be this deer, but it had wings, and "Magical powers" it gave off through its antlers. Whenever it did that, the antlers would glow a bright blue-ish colour.
There would be these people from the government or something that would chase and try to trap/kill it for some reason.
It would keep changing subtly though, sometimes the deer would be in a cave talking to something (yes it could speak), sometimes it would be flying.
I wouldn't be the deer, but rather something like a bird or something that wouldn't interact with the deer but could watch it.
There would be this deer, but it had wings, and "Magical powers" it gave off through its antlers. Whenever it did that, the antlers would glow a bright blue-ish colour.
There would be these people from the government or something that would chase and try to trap/kill it for some reason.
It would keep changing subtly though, sometimes the deer would be in a cave talking to something (yes it could speak), sometimes it would be flying.
I wouldn't be the deer, but rather something like a bird or something that wouldn't interact with the deer but could watch it.
9points
#29
I have persistent recurring dreams about the end of the world / collapse of society. I've so many. Some where I was underground watching the continent break apart and slide into the ocean. One were I was waiting in an immense line to enter one of the few cities left. Just dream after dream about trying to survive in some post-apocalyptic hellscape. Not gonna lie, there's a small part of me that wonders if this is something I'm going to have to survive and my brain is prepping me. That, or I watch too many dystopian movies. Or my uber religious upbringing and constant threat of hell and the end time. Who knows.
9points
#30
I've had several dreams involving me insulting/giving the middle finger to people I don't like. I haven't had one in several weeks, but the last dream about it I had was about someone who kept harassing me back in 8th grade. In the dream, he harassed me again, and I told him to "shut up or become the dirt I walk on". I felt powerful, and now I'm kinda pissed that it was just a dream.
8points
#31
I don't have a recurring dream, but a dream location: the abandoned holiday resort (along with the bad weather). The actual 'plot' is always different.
7points
#32
I am 54. I still have a dream where I have an English class in college that I continually missed. I need it to graduate, and I go on the last day to take my final test. I never find out if I passed. Funny, I was an engineering major?!?!
7points
#33
I have had about 4 dreams with my grandmother in them since her death. None of her appearances showed her alive. And I have also had around 2 dreams with my grandfather within them since his death and both times he has been alive.
7points
#34
My high school sweetheart & I broke up 25 years ago. I haven't seen him since 1998. I'm happily married & I understand he is, too. But I have these recurring dreams that he & I are going to get married & his parents try everything to prevent it. I have no idea why.
7points
#35
This is not really strange, but it is pretty recurring:
I am anywhere on earth, like school and home, when all of a sudden I look up and see a nuke heading for me, one time it was just raining atomic bombs and I got blown up and vaporized at school. I have had this dream 4 times so far.
7points
#36
I am in a large room with really tall, 30 or 40 foot tall bookcases. I’m sitting on the floor amid piles and piles of books That I need to put back on the shelves. I am just sobbing at the task ahead.
7points
#37
When I was about 3-5 I had this one dream of an empty white subway station, except it looked more like a grand ballroom with an area for a subway to roll in. There were white columns on the left and right and my family (Mom, dad, sister) all had their luggage and were preparing to leave. I was at least 30 metres away from them, but I was stuck and I couldn't move. I remember it was quiet. It was just us there. Then a train came rolling into place quietly. I watched as they looked at me all at once, and then the doors slid open and they stepped inside. I remember them watching me as the train left.
I always crawled into bed with my dad after the dream. It wasn't exactly a nightmare, but I was afraid.
6points
#38
When I was really little, I often dreamed that a witch tried to burn down my siblings and our house.
5points
#39
It's not a reoccurring dream, more of a reoccurring theme. When I dream that my friends or relatives are in a dream with me, they have the same personalities, voices, and habits, but they look totally different. Like people I have never met different.
5points
#40
I had this dream almost constantly after I first moved from a small little village to a bigger city. I still have it every once in a while.
I'm back in my old village on my way home from school. I walk through the village, make my way to the bus stop and look at the sign to see how long I'll have to wait.
That's when I realize that I don't live here anymore. I live in a city, more than 250 miles away from this bus stop, and I have no idea how to get there.
After that, it varies. Sometimes I go to the train station to catch the next train to my new and current home. Sometimes I go to the place where I used to live and ask my former housemate for help. Sometimes I just sit down at the bus stop and wait for a bus that never comes.
I'm back in my old village on my way home from school. I walk through the village, make my way to the bus stop and look at the sign to see how long I'll have to wait.
That's when I realize that I don't live here anymore. I live in a city, more than 250 miles away from this bus stop, and I have no idea how to get there.
After that, it varies. Sometimes I go to the train station to catch the next train to my new and current home. Sometimes I go to the place where I used to live and ask my former housemate for help. Sometimes I just sit down at the bus stop and wait for a bus that never comes.
5points

