I've had dreams/nightmares that destroyed my entire day. I rarely ever talk about this because most people dismiss me right off the bat and tell me that dreams don't mean anything, but I have had several dreams that became reality much, much later in my life. I can tell the difference between one of these dreams and the normal dreams where my brain is just arranging and then cataloging events/facts/emotions I've experienced. They scare the absolute shit out of me.

For instance, I dreamed my bottom front teeth shattered and fell out. Two weeks later we get a call that a member of my husband's family passed.

Six months later, I had a dream that my father was a white horse and I was trying to lead him through a river. I called him to check on him (after not speaking to him for more than a decade) and discovered he was in the local hospital with a laundry list of health problems.

They are always incredibly intense and sometimes I just can't shake them. When they're really intense, I write them down in a dream journal and don't really talk about it. But, if it's something that only mild upset me, I'll immediately tell my husband. Lately, he's been dreaming that I'm going to leave him. He never remembers his dreams and so those are particularly disturbing to both of us...I'm rambling now. less