Anyone else here have regular zombie dreams/nightmares?

[DEAD BEAT]

Ever since I've been little (probably after seeing NOTLD for the first time) I've regularly had some absolutely messed up zombie dreams. Usually I forget them soon after I have them, but I usually have some really atmospheric music happening in my head during these nightmares as well (it's like Goblin is doing the soundtrack to my nightmare, wicked). I couldn't tell you any real specifics off the top of my head right now from any of these dreams/nightmares but I know I usually have a good zombie nightmare about once a month or so (quite regularly). Usually I'll have one of those: "Hey, I'm having a dream" moments during it, but there are times I can remember waking up thanking God that I'm in my bed under my comforter and it was just an awful, and vivid, dream. I'm not going to lie though, some of these nightmares really freak me out... but I think the subconscious really helps us prepare for worst case scenerio situations in real life by putting us into imagined situations in our dreams/nightmares. Jung would probably have something interesting to say on it (ego and sub-ego and all that). I used to have some really intense nuclear war nightmares too (and still do, although much less frequently). Anyway, anyone else here have regular zombie dreams/nightmares? If so, don't be shy. Speak up, you'll make those of us who do feel a little less crazy. j.p. I've had regular wet dreams? Not the same thing? ookie dokie!

[JonOfTheShred]

I remember reading some article about a scientific study proving that cheese caused zombie dreams. Nope, they didn't say nightmares. They didn't say dreams with horror themes. LITERALLY, FLAT OUT zombie dreams. I am sure it wasn't an Onion article, either. I can't seem to find it now.

[Thorn]

Ever since I've been little (probably after seeing NOTLD for the first time) I've regularly had some absolutely messed up zombie dreams. Usually I forget them soon after I have them, but I usually have some really atmospheric music happening in my head during these nightmares as well (it's like Goblin is doing the soundtrack to my nightmare, wicked). I couldn't tell you any real specifics off the top of my head right now from any of these dreams/nightmares but I know I usually have a good zombie nightmare about once a month or so (quite regularly). Usually I'll have one of those: "Hey, I'm having a dream" moments during it, but there are times I can remember waking up thanking God that I'm in my bed under my comforter and it was just an awful, and vivid, dream. I'm not going to lie though, some of these nightmares really freak me out... but I think the subconscious really helps us prepare for worst case scenerio situations in real life by putting us into imagined situations in our dreams/nightmares. Jung would probably have something interesting to say on it (ego and sub-ego and all that). I used to have some really intense nuclear war nightmares too (and still do, although much less frequently). Anyway, anyone else here have regular zombie dreams/nightmares? If so, don't be shy. Speak up, you'll make those of us who do feel a little less crazy. j.p. I have been having them my entire life, since I was a young lad... less these days but every now and again they pop back up.

[facestabber]

Yes and I love it. I love waking up covered in sweat. I want to fall back asleep and rejoin the dream. I have had some epic zombie dreams that felt friggin real. One reoccuring problem though is my guns wont fire. I pull the trigger and nothing. My girlfriend thinks Im nuts for enjoying them. I have turned her into a zombie fan. Though she curses me for making her a fan when she wakes up scared from a zombie dream.

[kaushalsingh]

I don't but i think may be after this post,I am definitely going to one !!

[zomtom]

I have zombie dreams all of the time. It's almost like being in a good episode of The Walking Dead. It pisses me off when I wake up. I actually try to get back to sleep and get back into that dream. However, I have one zombie nightmare that still scares the hell out of me. I have it every so often. Basically, it's me running around in those dark tunnels from Day of the Dead and the bastards are waiting around every corner. When I wake up from that one, I'm usually a sweaty mess. Needless to say, I usually have trouble falling back to sleep afterward. Jeez, just writing about this will probably bring that one on tonight!!

[babomb]

I have them. Not real frequently, maybe once every few months. I've always had real vivid dreams regardless of the type, most I don't remember, as is usually the case with everyone. But a few times a month I have very vivid dreams that I do remember. Not usually zombie related. I had one last week. It wasn't a real zombie type dream. Took place at work, and all these people were turning, but they weren't dangerous at all. A long journey through the snow ensued, and we found ourselves at various hotel rooms, collecting food that all I can compare it to is chocolate chip cookie dough that comes in the plastic tube. I know it was a zombie dream, but it wasn't really like a zombie dream. Not freaky or eerie in any way, just one of those stupid nonsensical dreams. I posted about this very thing a few months ago. I had a zombie dream that a there was a roaming salvage crew driving around town picking up useable junk. They'd broadcast their presence over a loudspeaker. I was in the local Caseys with a bunch of other people staying out of sight. Once the salvage crew was close enough to get to, they refused to pick us up because we had to be pre-approved for rescue, they had the radio station to contact them on spray painted on their vehicle. Outside the Caseys we were approached by some zombies, someone was killed, but I was saved by a girl of about 7 or 8 years old. Our goal at that point was to get to the bridge leading out of town. Once we got there we had a trail of zombies following us keeping us from returning to town. At the bridge, there was a bunch of stands that were like a farmers market but were all picked clean. That's all I remember offhand, it's been a few months. I'll try to find the original thread and post it.

[Revil3000]

I wish I did. I just have the cliché nightmares where I fall off rooftops or where a witch chases me through a cornfield. I think when I was a younger I had some after watching the NotLD (90s remake). No zombie nightmares lately though.

[Wyldwraith]

Been thinking about this phenomena some more, I think it goes deeper than our exposure to actual zombie films, or basic unresolved psychological baggage being worked out by our subconscious while we sleep. I can't really back this up, but I have a hunch that somewhere in our DNA there's a mechanism that causes us to have dreams where we're pursued/the prey, so as to at least minimally prepare us psychologically to deal with a real predation event. After all, for 90% of humanity's history on Earth we were a prey species. We lived in caves not necessarily for shelter, but to keep our backs and flanks secure so danger could only come from the one direction. Post-controlling fire, our first uses for it even before cooking was as predator deterrent. Just because we've had a really great 2,000+ year run as Masters of the Food Chain (so long as we have a firearm in hand, or live under the protection of those that do)...that's just not long enough for our physiology to "forget" what being a prey species was like. It makes a weird kind of sense if you think about it, that there would be such a genetic reminder in our physical makeup. Just an off the wall idea, please continue.

[Thorn]

Interesting theory , though I am not sold yet

[RichW]

Hi All! I have some quite vivid dreams occasionally, one in particular sticks in my mind from several years ago.... Basically, I'm running through a horde of Z's in a field, looking for somewhere safe to hide out, when I come across an old stone church. I burst in through the doors, slam them shut and throw the wooden baton down, locking the doors. Inside the church is really bright as there are literally thousands of the old style electric bulbs hanging from the ceiling, all switched on. (The type with the brown fabric covered twisted flex and a little chain to one side to turn them on/off) A live priest is inside the church, he approaches me and starts talking to me. I can remember saying to him "We need to switch all of these lights off" Slowly, I wonder around the church (with the priest permanently at my side talking to me, I can't remember what about) pulling each chain, one by one, switching each light off. After some time, I reach the very last light bulb, right at the front by the pew. Just as my fingers touch the chain to switch it off, the priest grabs my arm and says "Not that one" I ask him "Why not?" The priest replies "That one's you!" Cue rapid sweaty wake up !!!! It's like I've killed off all the other remaining survivors and I'm the only one left. (But that doesn't make sense because the priest is still there??? meh, the wonderful world of dreams eh?) woohoo, I finally got around to making a first post, been lurking here for years! Hello fellow Z fans, Rich.

[Neil]

Basically, I'm running through a horde of Z's in a field, looking for somewhere safe to hide out, when I come across an old stone church. I burst in through the doors, slam them shut and throw the wooden baton down, locking the doors. Inside the church is really bright as there are literally thousands of the old style electric bulbs hanging from the ceiling, all switched on. (The type with the brown fabric covered twisted flex and a little chain to one side to turn them on/off) A live priest is inside the church, he approaches me and starts talking to me. I can remember saying to him "We need to switch all of these lights off" Slowly, I wonder around the church (with the priest permanently at my side talking to me, I can't remember what about) pulling each chain, one by one, switching each light off. After some time, I reach the very last light bulb, right at the front by the pew. Just as my fingers touch the chain to switch it off, the priest grabs my arm and says "Not that one" I ask him "Why not?" The priest replies "That one's you!" Cue rapid sweaty wake up !!!! It's like I've killed off all the other remaining survivors and I'm the only one left. (But that doesn't make sense because the priest is still there??? meh, the wonderful world of dreams eh?) Wow! That's super freaky!

[krakenslayer]

I work in retail, my waking life pretty much is a zombie nightmare.

[Rancid Carcass]

Be honest, how many of you have had this dream, lol.

[Neil]

The one on the left is cuter, but you just know the one on the right would be down right dirty But joking aside, that was madder than a bag of hammers!