Hey all,

First time posting here, I was looking for a community that might help explain my latest dream.

First off, I'm a guy in his mid twenties, no partner though I have had girlfriends in the past and recently moved on in a relationship. I have a good, stable job in a tech company.

I usually don't dream at all, but recently (past two weeks) I've had a strange dream of lying on a hospital bed unable to move. While on the bed a shadowy woman (i think) with hazed facial features stands looms over me. She pokes me all over my body, and it feels uncomfortable, which i didn't think could happen in a dream. Then the weirdest part- the thing starts brushing something over my face with a kind of really big brush, like one used for makeup only bigger. The thick, tickling thing on my face makes me feel like I'm actually choking, and has a cloying smell that made me almost want to gag. Soon after I wake up and need to breathe, like I've been holding my breath during the dream.

I know this is incredibly strange, but I've had similar dreams to this four times in two weeks. I want to know why, because it's starting to become stressful.