THANKS FOR PUT THIS UP FOR ME.

I often have nightmares. I sometimes sleep with the tv on or in extreme times when i can't get my mind to turn off I have even slept with my ipod on.

Tylenol PM also sometimes helps to quiet my mind a bit. Also, I have had a little luck thinking of the dreams I want before I go to sleep. While I am trying to fall asleep i concentrate on the visual images i want my dream to be about.

Hope you can get some sleep sweething - I know you need it.

I think she should listen to soft music or watch something really funny right before bed. Sometimes I repeat what I WANT to dream about over and over while I am falling asleep. that sometimes helps me.

This reminds me of Lucid Dreaming. I used to be able to control my dreams. Stop the bad things chasing me and either defeat them or just fly away from them. They are similar to thinking about your own dream before falling asleep. I think this is the reason why I haven't had a real nightmare in decades.

chronic nightmares could be a sleeping disorder. i don't know much about it because i don't watch much tv. but i heard something about a lady who had a sleep disorder and had nightmares when she would wake up screaming. she had too much deep sleep or something. it may not have anything to do with that. i wouldn't know i'm not a sleep expert by any means, i can't sleep at night myself. but you may want to go to a sleeping center if you think that's the problem.
and that will either make me sound smart, or ignorant. either way, i'm trying to help.

It really seems to help. Have you started any new meds lately? sometimes they can give you nightmares. Mishka

if you are taking meds sometimes that makes you have nightmares. they do me.talk to your dr about the nightmares you are having.
hugs to you love donna

Sent you a hug mzsweetthing

THANKS EVERYONE. YES I AM ON MED. ANTI-DEPRESSION ZOLOFT 100MG.

Sometimes those can trigger nightmares. call your doc honey. Love, Michele.

i did but it is only for depression.

Try this tea before bed. You can buy the herbs and just mix them together:

Chamomile
Lavender
Lemon Balm

Stop drinking caffeine in the afternoon and make sure you get a relaxing bedtime ritual going. Do some yoga, dim the lights, read a book, take hot baths...whatever is appealing. Avoid tv, eatting, and loud noise for about an hour before bed.

hmmmm...well, I have very little experience with this.....

but certainly I have had nightmares

What I do is speak to myself immediately upon awakening from the terror......saying "It's just a dream, it's not real....it's just a dream, it's not real" and I turn on a light and walk the whole house (sometimes with a weapon).

I get myself a drink, and then I lay back down and think of something else.....even if I have to think OUT LOUD, I think of something else.


Sometimes I picture myself telling this dream to someone the next day and realizing how silly it is.

best wishes for your friend, and all those who suffer nightmares. xoxoxox

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You could try learning lucid dreaming techniques. Some people get really good at them. I'm not great, myself, but I can get out of a nightmare. Quite useful. You can find books at the library.