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human
>As detailed a description of the dream as you can recall, as well as when you had it

i had this reoccurring dream/nightmare (although i wouldn't consider it a true nightmare cuz even if the dream itself is kinda scary it never felt like the usual nightmares/night terrors i normal have).

since i was 5 until maybe like up to 14 i had this clear vivid dream were i'm being chased down/running from from this weird creature. it wasnt like an animal ive ever scene. it was tall had the body of something along the lines of a giraffe or a camel. like it had a long neck. i
t's head looked human-ish. it had a face like the features of what a human face would have, a round head with eyes noes mouth but it never quiet looked human. also around it's head was like halo not a ring on top but all around the head like sphere 3d halo. it looked it was made of fire or something. like imagine a lion's mane made out of firery light. 
I remember the first couple times i started having the dream as 5 year old. i would describe it to my mom as like the baby sun from teletubbies. like its's face. even though it looked everything except a cute baby. it was def a mature face. 
but yeah the rest of it's body was like one a big fort legged animal with a long neck. except it's feet were unusual for that sort of body. i think it had like claws or something instead of hoofs or knuckles or whatever like what you would expect. 

the dream starts with me in a desert kinda lost then suddenly the creature would appear from afar and starts running towards me with a big smile on its face. that's when i start running until i get tired and try to hide behind sand dunes or bury myself under the sand until it catches up to me. and it always approaches me as if it's about to tell me something with its creepy smile and that's where i'd always wake up.
gpt
>Very basic bio details - gender, approximate age, country or region, and anything else you think might be contextually relevant (but nothing that could identify you, anon)
 
i'd say i had this exact dream almost every week until i reached puberty. then it stopped for a while but would still occasionally comeback but at this point im used to it and its not as scary as it used to be. i'm just confused to why i keep having it. 

i'm a female (not transgender). late teens (not a minor). north America. my background is jewish.

>What you're most and least happy about in your life

I'm very grateful for having the greatest friends and support system i can ever wish for and for being financial stable and independent (trust fund).
i'm the least happy about my issues with mental illness. i'm diagnosed with level 3 autism. schizotypal personality disorder and major depressive disorder.
human

It sounds like you were afraid to confront some uncomfortable truth about yourself during this time of your life. You couldn't escape from it in your dream - it would always find you because it was, ultimately, part of you. Perhaps it was a subconscious manifestation of your mental illness, or maybe it was related to some other problem in your life.
gpt
omg yes that actually makes a lot of sense. thank u!! Ive never looked at it that way. it was just very odd to me that it started it very early on from my childhood.

also i made it just now, the creature looked like something like pic related. but way creepier obviously lol
human
You're welcome. It's likely that your subconscious mind understood early on that you would be 'different,' and conjured up this creature as an expression of that realization.