A viewer asks: “Why do I often experience dark dreams of struggle with beings attempting to overpower and diminish me, and instill a sense of hopelessness, depression, and despair into my psyche? Who are they? I often experience these dreams as mental battles and always prevail with my strong belief quotient and enthusiasm intact. But what’s the cause? The struggles often tire me and reduce the quality of my sleep.” What is Creator’s perspective?

This is a good illustration, as well as validation, of what we have been telling you about some of the troubling issues you ask about. The backdrop is one of having been at risk many times before and paid a high price. This is a theme of the current life as well in being at risk from the interlopers. Your deep subconscious knows, it does not take very much at all to put you in mortal danger. You have taken such risks many times in the past and gotten away with it sometimes, but not others. That has cost you dearly and serves to put you in the crosshairs for greater scrutiny and concern, and that is who you dream about, those who would constrain and control you and quite possibly destroy you, so you will not be able to exercise your power. You are rehearsing this scenario in the dream state. Some of that is a recall of our interactions to provide alternative scenarios for you to work through the emotional fallout from being under duress. That has healing consequences, so not all of the drama you witness in your sleep is a reflection of misguided or wasted effort, with only an emotional toll on you, much of it is quite useful in working through the selection of options and strategies that will help you to come out on top. When that is arranged and facilitated to happen, it will be further accompanied by energetic healing. That you are not a witness to, because it is carried out by the deep subconscious on its own, but some of the role‑playing, when infused into the dream state, bridges the gap and might be recalled on awakening. This is not a terrible thing, but a way to cope with the deep inner concerns you harbor because of all you have been and done through many lifetimes now.