Posted on Mar 19, 2016
Does Anyone Else Have Recurring Dreams About Being Back In the Military?
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I retired from the Army with 24 years of service back in late 2011. In the last 3 years, I have had dreams that I had to go back in the Military and I am now unable to keep up with the young troops and all the changes to the equipment and gear. The dreams are unsettling and very real to me. I know they are not about having an unsettled life that needs structure again, as I have an excellent job and great post-military career. I am finally settled in one spot and am very happy, so it can’t be an unhappy thing. Anyone else have these dreams?
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I dream I'm back in and I feel happy about it but then I start to feel anxious because some part of my uniform is missing. I dream like this often, I have no cover or sometime no belt or boots. Usually that's the only problem but lately I dream I'm lost and can't pass because the spaces are to small and I don't fit inside so I have to stay behind.
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I still have that while still being currently in. I wish I had dreams vice versa!
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I was honorably discharged in 2004 from the Navy I spent some time on 2 separate aircraft carriers, I have never gone beyond the shores of Virginia on trainings. Although I have never seen battle or have been on any missions I always dream I'm back on the ship and in tge middle of some conflict. If I'm not dreaming about that I'm on the ship and don't have all of my gear (cover, my id, boots etc). The dreams always make me fearful. It's atleast twice a month this happens.
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I sure wouldn't call them dreams. More like nightmares! I woke up many mornings and thought I had overslept morning formation!
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I have dreams of being back in the service all the time. I miss the comraderi of my shipmates that "sand crabs" don't understand
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I got medically discharged in 2007 and have been having reoccurring dreams of being in and sometimes being back in basic it's so real to me and I am a lucid dreamer I can take over and do whatever I'd like in my dream like a video game, but when I wake up I'm uneasy and confused I do suffer now from PTSD anxiety iv had three tbi's and now have severe narcolepsy and sleep apnea from that idk why I have these either but I am kind of ok to find out I'm not the only one
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I dream about being back in the service all the time. I retired over 25 years ago. Senior Chief
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Happened for about 20 years. I kept dreaming the Army grabbed me again and sent me to Germany without my family, used to happen a lot, been a long time now. But I would end up at "The Rock" again doing another tour counting the days till I could get home to my wife and kids.
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I left the military in 2000 after only 4 years of active service in peace time. Now every now and then I dream of being activated because they need me back or I dream of signing up for more years.
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Capt Ray Lummus
I retired from Marines over 20 years ago. Had dreams about it for ago of 5 plus years then they pretty well stopped.
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