Why do I want my parents to die?

Question

Just to clarify, I absolutely LOVE (and I mean LOVE) my parents...I really do. But for the past 3-4 weeks now, I've constantly been having dreams about them dying, me causing their death, or them just being dead. Honestly this is kinda scaring me. I know this isn't normal, but WHY would I be dreaming about killing my parents all of a sudden? I haven't had a fight with them, nothing between us has changed...everything is fine. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Actually, I know a little bit about dreams and what they mean. You are just worried about something bad happening to your parents. That's all. You are not a bad person. You are just subconsciously releasing your fears into dreams. This is actually a good thing. By releasing this fear into your dream, you aren't walking around like a nervous wreck thinking something is happening to your parents. I hope this helps.

Answer 2

I WOULD suggest you get some professional psychological help/advice .......BUT ........I think you should wait until you talk with a therapist before you tell your parents the WHOLE story of your dreaming that you have killed them.

They may understand some of the dreams about their deaths and their dying..... ......a little more..... at first........ than about any dreams about your responsibility in it.


THAT IS ASSUMING that you be open and honest with them and ask for their help NOW !!!

The mind is a VERY complex thing.... and from your description, you should not worry too much about WANTING to hurt anyone in your family. But what needs to be worked on immediately is the SLIGHT possibility that you may be having problems that are "beyond" your control.


SO..... to be safe, try to make a quick appointment this week with either a school counselor or get your parents to take you to a good therapist. You can probably work most of the "scary" stuff out pretty quickly..... and you'll be relieved that you aren't a threat to yourself or anyone else.


JUST DON'T WAIT ANY LONGER !!!


You've already had a month to think and worry about this.



The worrying can stop once you know the problem !!!!

Answer 3

Well I knew why I wanted mine dead but they were abusive. As for you dreaming about your parents dieing and sometimes with you killing them can mean something totally different. Maybe your subconscious is longing for more attention or maybe you are surpressing something that happened when you were younger. It can be nothing at all also or something very serious. You say you love them and I assume you have a great relationship with them? If so then maybe you are trying to relate to someone elses loss of a loved one? Our dreams (I am told) never mean what we see but there are things in them that we need for what ever reason. If you have thought about (how) you are going to kill them or planned something (while you are awake) then you need to speak to a professional immedietly, other wise try not to read too much into what you are dreaming about or you will drive your self crazy. As long as you are not planning to harm them in any way, give your mind a break. Go to sleep tonight thinking about something awesome like winning the lottery and how you would spend it, or your future wedding or think about all the wonderful times you and your parents spent together. I am saying to redirect your thoughts and try to remember good things. Again, if you think you will act on your dreams, please get help!

Answer 4

I would not worry too much about it.... If it is clear to you that you love your parents and do not wish them dead, then those dreams probably only express your fear of having one day to face your parents death. These dreams might be all the more recurrent and vivid if one or both of your parents has been diagnosed with a potentially fatal disease or has just been in an accident. You might want to confide those dreams and fears to them and then decide together if you should go ahead and see a therapist. Good luck to you !!!!

Answer 5

I'm not a therapist or anything, but a dream could mean a number of things. It could be that you are seeing your parents deaths in the future. Or this could be a way for you and your parents to get even closer. You should tell them you love them every day and live every day like it was each and everyone of your last!

Answer 6

first of all, you're probably just overeacting, there's no way that you could say supposedly kill your parents by just dreaming. The dreams, if you really have 0 problems with your parents, was brought on by an event that is imprinted in your mind (it doesn't even have to be tramatic, it could just be a reaction to a bad movie). Also, don't react unless you start hearing voices in your head that don't seem to be remotely your personality.

Answer 7

I'm not an expert on dreams, but I bet you feel guilty over something you did.. the death in your dreams represents disappointment or something like that.. or maybe it represents the death of the relationship you used to have with them after some incident happened..

Answer 8

Dreaming that you are somehow involved in your parents death does not mean you WANT them dead! In fact, dreams are always abstract like some earlier posts have suggested. You just have to figure out what they mean to resolve them.

Answer 9

i believe that dreaming about the death of your parents, whether you are the killer or something or someone else is, reflects you wanting to become independent from them. the fact that you are killing them in your dream means that you want to end yourself being dependent on them. maybe for most of your life, you depend on your parents for many things, but now you want to start living a more independent life. hope i helped!

Answer 10

CONSTANTLY think about it?You need to get busy-go out with friends, get a girl friend a job anything something else-Go out and have some fun, come home to the people who probably pay your bills take a good look at them, see who cares about you more than anyone else. You are not going to do anything to them. Linda