Dream of becoming possessed

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My husband and I have been in search of the original Christian religion, and have been this studying Catholicism. We are both baptized Protestants.
I have recently had a series of extremely disturbing dreams. They are extremely visceral and involve smells.
The first one: I am walking around and there has been this big rain. There is some kind of like a street fair and tons of people are out having a blast, but there are huge puddles where the sewers aren’t draining the rain waters well, and the puddles are deep and black. And I see a gal I knew from church walking and she stops to talk to some family and says “I am gonna do what I do” and shrugs and dives into the black water. And I am like, “oh man! I wish she would not do that it’s so dangerous”. And she stands up, puts her hand over her nose and mouth and throws herself backward into the black water, kind of like baptism. Then I am transported to this kind of weird play room kind of thing, and there are these stuffed animal toys being thrown down from the second level. Yet I know no one is there. And I realize it is an evil spirit and so I raise my head and make the sign of the cross, which angers it, and it jumps on my head and knocks me down, and seems to take control of my body. And it has me to crawl around on the ground as a toddler. Then I woke up, super disturbed, and I could feel this cold feeling in my head like when I had the IV labetolol in the hospital for high blood pressure.

This dream was extremely scary and has seemingly opened the gates to more scary dreams.

The themes have been:
My son being killed
My son being lost
My daughter being lost
My husband being murdered
Getting lice
Smelling feces
Smelling vomit

To sum it up: They are very scary dreams.

I guess my main concerns:
  1. Is it a legit demon that entered my body in a dream?
  2. Is it still there?
  3. Is it an illusion of the evil one? Am I being manipulated?
  4. Why these additional terrible dreams?
  5. Under what conditions are demons permitted to possess someone? Even though I love Jesus? And am Baptised and searching for Him- can I still be preyed upon like this?
  6. What can I do to stop these dreams?
My husband and my son have both had several bad dreams lately too. But nothing to the level of intensity as mine.

I want to add that I have the spiritual gift of prophetic dreams. I have had many prophetic dreams. It adds to the anxiety I am having about the dreams.

Anything you can suggest? Any resources to me? How can I pray?
 
Hi first of all I have to tell you some of the images are familiar to me from dreams too - the sewers, the little girl jumping backwards, the stuffed toys and me knowing that someone will be forcing childish behavior on me as a mockup for “God’s love for His children”.
Hammhill said:
  • Is it a legit demon that entered my body in a dream?
    No. The devil sends dreams to delude us and make us despair. Dreams are not to be taken seriously or live our life according to them even when they are nice and seem/feel prophetic (Church Fathers teachings)
  • Is it still there?
    No, don’t worry about it. Christ told the Apostles first time after Resurrection “Do not be afraid.”
  • Is it an illusion of the evil one? Am I being manipulated?
    It is just an illusion, it doesn’t mean you are being manipulated. Concentrate on prayer and go to church more often,
  • Why these additional terrible dreams?
    God let us be tempted so our faith can become stronger.
  • Under what conditions are demons permitted to possess someone? Even though I love Jesus? And am Baptised and searching for Him- can I still be preyed upon like this?
    Weak faith. But I read of many people who became saints having nightmares and illusions. The point is to move forward and fear only God.
  • What can I do to stop these dreams?
    They stopped after a while after I prayed more often and stopped feeling sorry for myself for having these dreams. Our path to Heaven is through a Cross and that means suffering. Spiritual torment is also a cross. The Church Fathers say this is what we should make of these dreams - nothing.
    The best moment for me was when after a nightmare I could immediately just wake up and pray (read Psalm 51) and not stay and contemplate the additional visions the dream had produced.
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May God help you and bless your family and may you grow stronger in your faith!
I pray for you!

P.S. NOTHING bad or unusual happened in my life after having these dreams with this weird city. At one point I had a vision a distant friend of mine was about to die or was commatose and I couldn’t help her because she is in Canada and me in Europe. But none of these perceptions were real. They are delusions.
 
Some useful prayers:
Prayers in Time of Need
Almighty God, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, come to my help and deliver me from this difficulty that besets me. I believe Lord, that all trials of life are under Your care and that all things work for the good of those who love You. Take away from me fear, anxiety and distress. Help me to face and endure my difficulty with faith, courage and wisdom. Grant that this trial may bring me closer to You for You are my rock and refuge, my comfort and hope, my delight and joy. I trust in Your love and compassion. Blessed is Your name, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen.

O God, our help in time of need, Who are just and merciful, and Who inclines to the supplications of His people. Look down upon me and have mercy on me and deliver me from the trouble that now besets me. Deal with us not according to our iniquities, but according to Your manifold mercies, for we are the works of Your hands, and You know our weaknesses. I pray to you to grant me Your divine helping grace, and endow me with patience and strength to endure my hardships with complete submission to Your Will. Only You know our misery and sufferings, and to You, our only hope and refuge, I flee for relief and comfort, trusting in Your infinite love and compassion, that in due time, when You know best, You will deliver me from this trouble, and turn my distress into comfort. We then shall rejoice in Your mercy, and exalt and praise Your Holy Name, O Father, Son and Holy Spirit, both now and forever and to the ages of ages. Amen

Prayer Against Demonic Influence
Almighty God, Who delivered Your people from the bondage of the adversary, and through Your Son cast down Satan like lightning, deliver me also from every influence of unclean spirits. Command Satan to depart far from me by the power of Your only begotten Son. Rescue me from demonic imaginings and darkness. Fill me with the light of the Holy Spirit that I may be guarded against all snares of crafty demons. Grant that an angel will always go before me and lead me to the path of righteousness all the days of my life, to the honor of Your glorious Name, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen.

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Thank you very much for the prayers, and advice. I will research the church fathers teachings on dreams.
 
Thank you. As someone who is not ready to enter even catechism, I am not sure what to do with confession, having my house blessed, etc. but I will keep in mind
 
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I’m no expert on this, but dreams like these can mean that your brain is working over time and that may suggest you have to change some aspect of you life. Now , I don’t know what that could be. I used to have horrible dreams like that. Then I changed jobs, focused more on my family, prayed more I asked God to guide my life and they stopped. It took a while but I sleep better now.
 
It’s pretty common to have vivid and disturbing dreams when you are facing a major life change.
In a way, with all your new study and learning, you are “rewiring” your brain, so of course there are going to be effects.
Maybe you can write your dreams into a dream journal and go back and look at them in a future date.

Anyway, blessings on your journey and I’ll remember you in my prayers
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This video may help; he goes into dreams at 3:20. True, it’s not exactly what you spoke of, but approaching your topic with this in mind may cut your problem down to size. Hope it helps!

 
Something similar happened to me some days ago, I dreamt that a demon entered my bedroom and was scaring my sister. Casually, the day before I’ve been praying a Rosary for personal reasons. Don’t worry, as they say, demons desperate when you come close to God and try to scare you, but, I would advise just in case to talk this with your priest and, if they persist, bless your house with Holy Water and pray to Mary and Saint Michael, just so that the demosn don’t bother you.
 
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My son being killed
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To see your son in your dream signifies your ideal, hopes, potential, and the youthful part of yourself. To dream about the death of a loved one suggests that you are lacking a certain aspect or quality that the loved one embodies.
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My son being lost
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To dream that someone else is lost represents some unresolved issues or feelings pertaining to the person that is lost. Consider what aspect of that person you may have lost within your own self. Perhaps you need to recapture and re-acknowledge those aspects.
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My daughter being lost
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To see your daughter in your dream reflects your ideal or your better self.
(see above for lost)
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My husband being murdered
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To see your husband in your dream signifies the waking relationship with your husband and the subconscious feelings you have towards him. The dream may be trying to focus on hidden elements that you are not addressing in your waking life.

To dream that you witness a murder indicates deep-seated anger towards somebody. Consider how the victim represents aspects of yourself that you want to destroy or eliminate.
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Getting lice
Smelling feces
Smelling vomit
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To see lice in your dream signify frustrations, distress and feelings of guilt. You may be feeling emotionally or physically unclean. Alternatively, the lice represents a person, situation, or relationship that you want to distance yourself from. You may be feeling used or taken advantage of.

To see or come in contact with feces signifies aspects of yourself that are dirty and negative and which you believe to be undesirable and repulsive. You need to acknowledge and express these feelings, even though it may be shameful. Release the negativity in your life.

To dream that you are vomiting indicates that you need to reject or discard an aspect of your life that is revolting. There are some emotions or concepts that you need to confront and then let go.

All of this is from Dreammoods.com and pretty accurately describes what you are going through
 
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My thought as well, but I didn’t want to be the only one to say so. 🙂
 
My thoughts too.I’ve had all kinds of dreams and still do ,life still goes on.
Edit to say,I’m able to say to my self in a dream that’s violent 'nope,I don’t need this" and it ends.
 
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I read somewhere on this forum that you should pray for anyone you recognize in your dreams, so that would be a good start.

Anyway dreams do not mean you are possessed. Demons torment us in more ways than possession, and they will usually throw a fit when you’re something that they dislike, like you becoming Catholic.

But don’t take my word for it, do a test. A sure sign of possession is the fear of crucifixes, a possessed person is not able to look at a crucifix. Maybe you don’t have a crucifix since you’re protestant, but I suppose a picture online would do as well. Also you really should get a crucifix if you haven’t already.
 
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