Do any of you have vivid nightmares that jolt you out of sleep and turn into immediate panic attacks

yes very vivid and very realistic i can relate so much to you. I hate how i dont know the dreams arnt real and then ill actually freak out. It got to the point where i actually started yelling physically and woke myself up haha. Dreams can lead to important messages though that mayb your brain is trying to tell you or lead you to. They could be something you worry about or simply something totally crazy, either way in my opinion i always like to research what these nightmares mean so i can reevaluate the dream and see why i might have had it. After my nightmares got very out of place i decided to meditate and do breathing techniques before i went to bed. I also use essential oils and insence to calm my mood for the night. maybe thinking of positive things before you sleep instead of random thoughts. Another helpful thing i use is music, calming music that puts you to sleep peacefully. Also another idea you should consider is a dream journal next to you whenever your asleep so you can remember and describe them before you forget. Youll find that a lot of them kindov all are alike in a different way. after ive been using these techniques to help my nightmares they rarley happen anymore and i get an overall good sleep and understanding of why i got them. If you dont get a positive outcome with some of these tips, dont be upset. Everyone is different and you just have to find whats most helpful for you. Nightmares are the worst so if you ever need to inbox me feel free! I hope you feel better.:)

Yes!! Oh god now I know I'm not the only one. It happens to me in periods of anxiety and I have them when I ignore my thoughts and don't find time to calm down and think about what is happening in my life. I had these very gore nightmares where everything was death, mutilations and blood, no matter where I went in the dream to a school, to my house...and I was all the time trying to escape from the people that did those horrible things and I was having a horrible feeling of guilt because I couldn't save them, I even felt just as if I was doing those horrible things but I was actually trying to save them! Some are just seeing people I really don't want to see. Others about events that are going to happen but they go increadibly wrong. When I wake up from those dreams I feels sooo scared, like if I am insane as you said because I get all tense and every small thing makes me jump and the only thing I wish to do is to fall back to sleep and wish the dream doesn't continue. What I do is to tell myself, "Dreams are just dreams, dreams are just dreams, dreams are just dreams, I'm safe, I'm safe, I'm safe" while I breath and repeat until I'm better, then I read something or watch tv or vent here until I feel back to normal again. Talking about what happened in my dream also makes wonders for me because I get it out of my system.

Definitely!
I have two very different situations that occur frequently. The first is nightmares, where I wake up in a panic state and can remember my dreams. There is that sick feeling of anxiety.
The second is night terrors, and in these cases I have a flight response where I run from the bed screaming. I can never remember what the dreams are in these cases, even if there are dreams. Rather, there is an overwhelming feeling of fright and fear, where I have to get as far away from the bed as possible. One time I ran down the hallway of my house screaming and only 'woke up' when my partner who had been up late doing some work caught me (and luckily he did because I could have really hurt myself).They generally occur when I'm stressed, although someone told me that if you fall asleep on your back you are more likely to have them?