Dear GhanaWeb,

I’m writing this with so much fear and sadness, worried that either I or a loved one might lose our lives soon.

I’ve always been someone whose dreams tend to come true, and that scares me.

Growing up, my grandmother revealed a lot to me about life, and those revelations have shaped the way I think. I’m a very prayerful person, and I take my spiritual life seriously.

Most of the time, the things I dream about actually happen. Thankfully, I discuss everything with my mother.

At first, she doubted me whenever I shared my dreams, but after realising how often they came true, she started taking me seriously.

My mother is also very prayerful. She prays for me constantly and offers me guidance whenever necessary.

I lost my grandmother some time ago, and my father is not present in our lives, so I’m left with my mother and my three siblings. I’m 26 years old.

For the past six months, I’ve been having constant nightmares, mostly about death. The worst part is that I often can’t see the faces of the people who die in these dreams.

Sometimes, I dream about my loved ones, my siblings, especially my brother, dying.

I’ve fasted and prayed over these dreams, but they keep getting worse. Just last week, I dreamt that my boyfriend had died.

I was so shaken that I called him right after praying. He noticed something was wrong and asked me to come over so we could talk, but I couldn’t bring myself to tell him about the dream. I was too scared.

We are Muslims, so when my grandmother passed, she was buried immediately. But even after her burial, I continued dreaming that she had died again. That confused me. Why would I dream of her death after she had already passed?

Recently, I had a dream where someone I know was chasing me. When I woke up, I was breathless and terrified.

I’ve heard that not every face you see in a dream is real, that sometimes, other faces are used to confuse you spiritually.

So, when I see dreams like that, I simply pray and try to move on.

But last night, I had a particularly disturbing dream. I saw my little brother die, and in the dream, he came to me crying, saying, “You saw it coming, but you didn’t save me.”

When I woke up, I immediately asked my mother where he was. She told me he had stepped out to get something.

I told her about the dream, and she assured me that nothing would happen, that I should pray and stay calm.

But the truth is, I’m living in fear. I’m scared of losing someone close to me. I’ve started isolating myself because I feel like the less attached I am to people, the less it will hurt if something happens. But I’m also scared of being alone.

I don’t know what to do anymore.

I just want the nightmares to stop. I want to stop seeing my loved ones die in my dreams. Am I not praying enough? How do I find someone to help interpret my dreams? I don’t even understand them myself anymore.

FG/EB

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