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nightmares?

dazedanconfusedd
dazedanconfusedd
Does anybody else have them? I seem to have alot lately and I HATE them. I used to have what they call night terrors to where I would actually wake up at night screaming.

Last night I woke up in tears, sweating worse then a pig. My heart was beating so fast I thought it would beat right out of my chest! What I can remember somebody was attacking me. I think there was more to it, but unless I write it down right then, I have a hard time remembering the night mare until I lay back down THEN it comes back to me!

I only slept 3 1/2 hours, so I KNOW I will end up back in bed after I run everybody around this morning. Grrr
deleted_user
deleted_user
i used to have them every single night until i was about 30. it was always someone killing me or chasing me to kill me. my counselor told me to go to sleep with the attitude that I am not a child anymore and i will defend myself and kick whoever's ass when they try to hurt me. miraculously, it worked. i still have them sometimes, but not nearly like they were. now, it's maybe once every three months. i watched the movie silent hill about a week ago and it made me have a bad dream. also, i take seroquel to help me sleep. i think taking something helps me sleep deeper so that either i don't have as many dreams or i just don't remember them.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yes, I have had nightmares my whole life, but I learned early on to manipualate them so I wouldn't have to wake up to make it stop. It is not an easy skill to learn though.
dazedanconfusedd
dazedanconfusedd
what is funny is, even though I may get hurt in mine...I am a MUCH stronger person in my nightmares! Weird huh?

just4now...how did you learn how to stop them?
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yeah I have them. Usually about me dying some horrible death like in a fire or something
deleted_user
deleted_user
they got worse when i took wellbutrin. but i do get them occasionally.....i usually am in alot of danger, and often die when i'm dreaming, or i'm escaping from something. i've woken up sweating a few times
deleted_user
deleted_user
I guess I just got so tired of waking up night after night and being afraid to go back to sleep that I started to train myself to resist waking up and try to take control of the dream.

I would start to wake up and acknowledge that I am just dreaming and instead of allowing myself to come fully awake and end the bad dream I would stay in that half-awake half-asleep state just before you wake up and try to change what was happening in my dream. Eventually you are able to stay deeper and deeper in sleep and still control it.
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