Experience description:

For as long as I remember I’ve had incredibly vivid dreams. They involve all my senses. There are some dreams I have approximately 4-5 times a year where I feel like I’m an observer and I don’t know anyone in the dream.  I’ve also had a dream where I observed a woman In the dream, became the woman and was running from a man shooting a gun at me. I put my hand on my back to shield myself from the bullets but a bullet shot in my hand and then I became the observer again. When I awoke I had a bruise in the shape of the circle on my hand. I took a picture of it which I still have. The last one of 'these stranger dreams' just occurred last Friday into Saturday (10/25-26). I was sitting on a sofa perpendicular to another sofa speaking with a man named Ray who had a son Bobby. He was waiting for his estranged wife to appear at the air bnb we were both staying at. She walked in with a white lab coat. I could describe in detail how they looked (all 3 of them) yet I don’t know them. Today Monday while having lunch with a colleague I felt compelled to tell her about my dream. She almost fainted! Her brother whose name was Ray and which she was estranged from committed suicide several years before. This past Friday she had just come across a baby book from another brother (Bobby) who died before she was born and remarked to her husband that she felt Bobby’s death 'broke' Ray. I also described Bobby and she confirmed that he looked as I described. He couldn’t get his life together and was going to be moving into a relatives air bnb and didn’t want and that is when he ended his life. This is the first time I actually had any connection that I could confirm of my 'stranger dreams'. This only happens in my dreams and not all the time but when they happen I somehow know it’s me observing real people verses my regular dreams from stress or the days events. How can I speak to someone about this? How can I further develop or understand what is happening?



Any associated medications or substances with the potential to affect the experience?      No     

Was the kind of experience difficult to express in words?          No     

At the time of this experience, was there an associated life threatening event? No     

What was your level of consciousness and alertness during the experience?    Dream state

            Was the experience dream like in any way?  Yes

Did you experience a separation of your consciousness from your body?   Uncertain     I feel as though I’m leaving my body and observing other people

What emotions did you feel during the experience?          Neutral as an observer, always an observer. It’s almost like I am there to 'run interference' for these people. I really don’t know how to articulate what happens

Did you hear any unusual sounds or noises?         I hear, smell, taste, feel, see and will often awake with evidence of dream like a lingering scent or bruise

LOCATION DESCRIPTION:  Did you recognize any familiar locations or any locations from familiar religious teachings or encounter any locations inhabited by incredible or amazing creatures?         No           

Did you meet or see any other beings?         Uncertain          Other people I don’t know

Did you experiment while out of the body or in another, altered state?         No     

Did you observe or hear anything regarding people or events during your experience that could be verified later?          Yes    For the first time my dream was verified with a conversation with a colleague

Did you notice how your 5 senses were working, and if so, how were they different? Yes    All my senses are really heightened when I am in my 'stranger dreams' 

Were you involved in or aware of a decision regarding your return to the body?          No      Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience that you did not have prior to the experience?         No     

Did you have any changes of attitudes or beliefs following the experience?     No     

How has the experience affected your relationships? Daily life? Religious practices? Career choices?   Not sure

Has your life changed specifically as a result of your experience? No     

Have you shared this experience with others?       Yes          My best friend and my husband know of my 'stranger dreams' but until today I never knew anyone they were connected to and/or was able to confirm the people were real.

What was the best and worst part of your experience?          The worse one was one I had in Switzerland where there were a lot of horrible tastes and smells and I was very upset. It was the only one that I was not a neutral observer as all of my other ones were and I was panicked and running with these strangers. Not one person did I recognize.

Following the experience, have you had any other events in your life, medications or substances which reproduced any part of the experience?       No