Lately I’ve been having these dreams. Not every night, but like once a week. They all have the same things in common.

1. In them I am someone else
2. I am not aware that I am just dreaming until I wake up
3. Someone is trying to kill me
4. Someone is trying to help me. Always a teenage boy.

I am always terrified, and it seems like there is no way that I can live through it. In the dream last night I had to crawl through an air duct and run through the woods barefoot. Is there some meaning in these dreams?

Are you female? You mention a teenage boy tries to help. This is a contrast.

Also, the parts about being someone else or being chased could be that you are running away from a part of yourself. Something in your personality or something in your personal life that makes you either want to escape or change. If you are female, it could be a masculine side of yourself that needs to be expressed more. It could be something as simple as being more assertive to a desire to develop hobby that is considered more masculine in nature such as hunting or car detailing.

Interesting that your saviour is a "teenage" boy. That is the age at which someone would be going through changes (both physical and mental) and would be thinking about what to do with his future.

I am female, and still a teenager. The guy trying to help me is always different like me. The only thing is that he stays about 19 while I range from 7-19. Sometimes he is caught or killed while trying to save me.

Then perhaps the dream is about transition. You are leaving your childhood behind and entering the world of adulthood. The boy personae is helping you with that transition. Next time you have this dream, try and talk to him and ask him what he is hoping to accomplish.

It is also possible that you could be longing for that boy. Now, I don't know weather or not you have a boyfriend, but the Boy who is always saving you could have the traits in which you look for men. Someone strong to save you when you need saving. He keeps changing faces because you don't know what he looks like, you just know that that person is out there, and he would sacrifice his life to save yours.

You say that something is always trying to kill you in your dreams?Well, I'd have to diagnose you as being normal, we all get thoes dreams, and thoes are the ones that seem to be most reacurring. I beleive that the main focus of all of your dreams is the boy and you. No matter how many times he dies, he is always there in the next nightmare to try and save you.

I had another one. In this dream I was in this big building with alot of other people. Like a dorm. In the middle of the night these soldiers storm the building and round us all up in the common room. Usually I am not aware that I am dreaming, but this time I had a thought about it and started to look around for my guy. And there he was. Right behind me sitting on his hands like the rest of us. He looked upset as usual.
Suddenly a main soldier guy comes out and says that they didn't want to hurt any of the students, but they would be forced to if our leaders didn't reveal themselves. I suddenly got really scared. I wasn't one of the leaders of our rebellion (or whatever we were) but the people who had been teaching me were. And they started to stand up and surrender along with my guy. And so, even though the men with the guns were still guarding, I stood up and ran to my guy. I asked him why this had to happen. And what had happened to our ideals, our Empire of the Sun(whatever that means). And for the first time in all of these dreams he smiled.....and then they shot him. I woke up.

Any ideas?

That's good that you spoke to him. He did answer, just not in words. I believe "Empire of the Sun" is another name for Japan. Does Japan mean anything to you?

The thing about Ideals is interesting too. Are you leaving any old ideas, or the way you look at things and life, behind? You may be experiencing a change in attitude or philosophy and if so, you may not need your savior character anymore. That is why he smiled before he died. You actually killed that part of yourself that you no longer need.

I'm studying Japanese in school right now. I wonder why I didn't catch that?

Maybe thats true. The first time I got a reaction from dream guy was when I began to realize that I had a right to oppose what was happening. I wonder if this means dream guy will be out of my dreams from now on. I hope not. I would miss him, not in a romantic sense, but almost a companion. Though I would like to see him in a less scary and saddening dream. The thing that bugs me is that nothing got resolved. Dream guy died along with, I'm sure, the other leaders.