A Sleep Expert Explains What Happens To Your Body When You Have A Bad Dream

1 Aug 2026

Dream

I had a dream i was living with my family in a cozy cabin and we had my dog hoot with us too just laying there. It was around evening and we were outside talking about school pictures and there would be this one guy who would just be there like i had a bad feeling about him but he didnt really do anything. Yet. The weird guy dissapeared. I looked up at the night sky it was so nice perfectly cold air but not cold it was like warm cold and surrounding us were full of plants my grandma planted. Then the weird guy came back… so basically our environment instead of a tent outside I was sitting on the middle, we had a bed where my grandma and sister was sitting down, forward of me were my mom and dad (not on the bed) and the left had a white plastic kids chair. The weird guy came back shortly, and he was on all fours to the right of the white chair like he was mimicking a dog. It was creepy af. Then he was doing some sort of acrobatics onto the chair near us and he did a handstand and started maniacingly giggling threatening that he will kill us (without using his words) like he didnt say anything but he was pointing a gun to my grandma and my other family members. He did threaten us one time but when he did it another and tried stabbing my grandma with a pencil i took action and tried to pull him away like i grabbed his arm and leaned back off the bed but he wa smiling and then this jackass fucking stabbed my grandma in the center of her chest so i got REALLY mad and i got like superhuman strength i guess cuz i pulled him away and put him in supine position i took the pencil and stabbed him hardly in the neck this creep was still smiling giggling how he stabbed my grandma and then i flipped him over into prone position he was now facing the bed and i did this to have him bleed out faster and he did. I saw blood stain the mattress it was crazy. My mom walked in and asked me “omg you killed him?!?” in a shocked manner and I said “yes” in a way to be like obviously this was the right choice he attacked my grandma!! but i remember i was also feeling guilty because I chose to kill him instead of calling the cops—but if I risked that my grandma couldve gotten several punctures from him and died. Thankfully the stab in her chest was small, didnt bleed, and he survived. and then my mom replied “well we cant call the police and you can’t go to jail” so she was implying that we should hide the body and i woke up paralyzed for 5 seconds but no sleep paralysis and i went like “fuck..”

31 Jul 2026

Dream

I was at a convenience store and I needed to use the bathroom, so I went inside the bathroom and started putting tissue on the seat. Then the door opened, I got startled. It was a little girl and her dad. The little girl’s father apologized and was going to shut the door back when I said it was fine and his daughter could come inside with me so I could help her pee. There was a line of people waiting outside the bathroom for some reason. I don’t have a daughter, but I have a son. So I didn’t mind. I went to pee first and as I was about to wash my hands to help the little girl pee next. The door opens again and she tells her dad “all done.” I was confused, until I looked down and saw that she peed on the floor. So I asked her, “why did you pee on the floor pretty girl?” And she said “because pee peeing is good🙂” and she ran out lol. Her dad didn’t even offer to clean it. He just left with her.

31 Jul 2026

Dream

I dreamt that I was in some sort of custody battle for a kid and it was making me late for university courses, my teacher was Samuel l Jackson and he was giving me life advice about the situation as well as telling me not to be late for class.

31 Jul 2026

Dream

I was working at a daycare it was a big building with slides and what not. I bumped into my boss while I was heading to the restroom, he grabbed me by the waist so I won't fall and we had this intense feeling. I moved to get out of his way but then he followed me to the restroom, I was nervous then he kissed me it was the most amazing kiss I ever felt. He was an older man then I pushed him away telling him we can't but then he grabbed me and kissed me again. I couldn't stop it was addicting then we made love in the restroom. When I left the restroom I tried to work and ignore him. I saw him coming to the same direction as me and I turned around to avoid him before he saw me. Then I heard something I turned around and he was on the floor, I grabbed him and he was touching my cheek. I was so afraid, that I told some people around me to call the ambulance but his friend was there and I had his wallet and his friend to come along I had to ask another worker to cover for me so I can go help. I had to go in another car I had 2 other people helping me. We went to the hospital and couldn't find him and I called his friend and he said he went to Mexico with him. When we got there he said that he was long gone, but he killed my boss out of revenge then someone called my name when I was going back to my car and they said it was my boss's will and that whatever he had he gave it to me.

30 Jul 2026

Dream

I parked my car and went into the mall. I couldn’t find my car after I returned. I’ve had this dream before

30 Jul 2026

Dream

My family and I had moved to a small home or town house that had its own washer and dryer. My mother and I walked out into the backyard to scope it out and we loved how spacious it was. As I was trying to get my mom’s attention to tell her something, my mom ended up being in the backyard two houses down. As I was catching up to her, I briefly looked into the houses that I passed—I noticed the windows were open because I could here Spanish music playing clearly but there were no lights on so I couldn’t see inside. Once I caught up to my mother, we were standing in the backyard, four houses down—there were no fences seperating them. We couldn’t go to the fifth house because there was a small canal stopping us, so we just looked over—it was a beautiful country home with a big backyard. After admiring it, what looked like a big bear appeared to be under attack by a big group of smaller animals. Most of these animals were cats—there were at least 20—and I watched more of them running to the scene to help attack the “bear”. Some of these animals were half cat half rabbit and many different sorts of breeds. Some of the cats were full bred but bi color—literally half of their body was one color and the other half of their body was another color. One of these cats looked like a cat that used to belong to me before he went missing—he was a tuxedo cat named Mistoffelees. I studied him, and once he noticed me, he gracefully ran around the canal to meet me where I was standing (I didn’t realize that he had been missing in my real life; I usually always realize this phenomenon). But before he was able to reach me, but dog Jasper came up from behind me and started to attack him (Jasper was my dog that died in my real life; I didn’t realize this phenomenon either). I called out to my mother to help me separate them, and I ended up bearhugging Jasper which seemed to calm him down as he started whimpering and licking my forehead–I ended up kissing his chest to reciprocate his love. My mother finally was able to wrap up Mistoffelees in a blue towel–he was soaking wet from being attacked by Jasper. She decided to hand him over to me to hold, but once she did Jasper grabbed him again. All of a sudden I lost my strength and could swoop him back into my arms until finally I did—I ran back to our house with him where he could be safe. I remember laying him down on his back—the towel disappeared—and I watch him stretch his upper right arm up toward the ceiling with his right leg following the movement but stop. He was alive and not showing any signs of pain but he just stayed in that position. It was odd but nothing strange.