If you have recurring dreams do they bother you? Any nightmare-grade that frighten you?

 Oh. I have two recurring dreams O. Have had them for years. In one I'm getting ready to leave the house..for work or school or an appointment. And I can't seem to leave. Something keeps preventing me. I don't like to be late for anything. As I keep try to get ready I see the clock moving forward and I get very tense because I KNOW I'm going to be late. The other dream is of being stranded somewhere that is unfamiliar to me. I am surrounded by strangers and I keep looking for someone I know. I'm there wherever there is and I have no way to get home. I've had that dream since I was a child. I think it stems from worrying about what would happen to me if my parents died. I was 10 at the time. I remember it very clearly. I don't know for sure if that's the reason of course. It's just a guess. The other dream about being late I started having as an adult.  So how do I resolve those issues? I[m 79 and have been retired since April 1999 but who remembers.? So I will never be late to work!  Both my parents have long-since died. How do I stop having those dreams? D'ya know? They are just part of the fabric of my life. Part of the tapestry. Thank you for your reply. Did I give you TMI?

Like you said you dread being late. It is an issue for you still. You must convince yourself not just in mind but also in spirit that there is no such thing as late anymore. You are retired and you get anywhere when you get there or not at all. Up to you.

Hmm. I have two and in my response to O I detailed them Zack. Neither really applies to me any more but I still have them.  I don't know how to turn mine off either. SIGH. Thank you for your reply! :)