Hi! I'm new to this message board and I was just wondering if anyone might be able to help me interpret a dream I had last night thats really bothering me.

In my dream, I was in an unfamiliar place, but I was with my parents and I remember walking down a long lit hallway, and it was daytime. The way I remember the dream is only pieces of it, so I don't really remember the order of it, but I kept walking down this hallway many times, and there were older women who were nurses who kept giving me sympathetic looks. I couldn't understand why they were looking at my like this, until one nurse whispered to the other, "Its so sad, her friend died of cancer and now she's going to die too!" and suddenly I realized why my parents and I were in that building. I ran down the hallway back to a hotel room, and started screaming hysterically. I felt like I was yelling at my parents, but I don't remember ever actually seeing in the room with me. I was yelling about how it was completely unfair that I was sick, and then I screamed "I WILL NEVER GET TO SEE MY FRIENDS AGAIN!". I had this horrible feeling of being completely out of control. Then, I turned around and the entire wall in back of me was a mirror. I looked in the mirror and I couldn't recognize myself, and I had no hair. My face was tinted bluish, and screamed again and ran away down that same hallway. I don't remember much of what happened past this point, just that I continued to run and that I felt completely out of control.

This dream is really bothering me because it is one of the most vivid dreams I have ever had, and I can't even think about it too much because every time I recall it I get that same horrible feeling of being out of control, and of fear. It was one of the most real dreams I have ever had.

Just for background info purposes, I am 15 and one of my best friends died of leukemia a little over a year ago. On the surface the dream seems just to be my fear of getting sick and of dying, but I was wondering if anyone thought there might be more to it....

Thank you for taking the time to read this! <3

I'm sorry to learn about your friend. God, that's too young! I understand how you feel. A good friend of mine is going through chemo.

Dreams about cancer are often a metaphor for "something that's eating you inside." This "cancer" could be grief about the loss of your friend, or some other current conflict. Cancer dreams are scary because one isn't sure whether it"s about cancer or inner turmoil. It's a safe bet that it's an anxiety dream brought about by your recent loss.

If you feel good physically and all your systems are working, you have nothring to worry about as far as your health is concerned. It's most likely anxiety. If you continue to have nightmares, then by all means talk to your family doctor. They will give you a physical exam and may perscribe medication for anxiety.