You're not alone. I suffered from nightmares when I first started my recovery. They were so vivid, I'd wake up and think it was real. I talked to my dr about it and I took a small dose of an anti-psychotic medication that really helped. But I've seen other posts in here where people have talked about actually controlling their dreams.

Please be gentle wtih yourself. (((HUG)))

Oh my gosh, just this week-end I have started having nightmares. My abuse happened a lot of the time in our big red barn. I dreamed over and over that my step dad (my abuser) was hunting me and kept hiding and he kept finding me and I would start running to hide, each time I would start to run I would actually get cramps in my calves. I would wake up screaming they were hurting me so bad, my husband would have to help get the cramps out of my calves. This happened several (about 4) times just this past week-end. Today, my calves are so so sore, that I can hardly walk. Talk about freaking me out.

i have been having this happen alot lately. and because i had to see him saturday because of my great grandmas funeral. he was such an ASS to me! he just makes the dreams worse! i hate him! he destroyed me! and im freaking scared he'll do it again! i don't want him near me again!

Yeah I totally know what you mean. I have nightmares where Im having sex with my sister and enjoying it. Then when I wake up I just want to throw up. I cant be around her at all the next day or else I feel like im gonna hurl.

Yes, I have nightmares too. I've not found anything that has been able to get rid of them. I've found things that were helpful to calm me down once I've awaken from one. It helps to remind myself that it was a nightmare and that I'm now awake. I sometimes use self-soothing techniques. Rewriting the end of your nightmare where you get to choose the ending has been helpful. This way you get to have a say so in what happens. I'm sorry that you have them, but glad you're seeking advice. Hang in there. ;)

I have them on regular basis. Nothing works for me so I don't really have any advice. I'm sorry
Hope you're well. hugs

I have had them since my earliest memory. My mother told me that I had them as an infant. She always dismissed the nightmares because they always happened. They are so frightening. Recently, she contradicted herself and said I never had nightmares until I was around 8 or 9.

I tried writing the nightmare down after waking up from the nightmare. This has been very successful for me. So, everytime I awaken from a nightmare I write down as much as I can remember. Night after night until the nightmare stops or changes content to a dream. It has worked to put off some dreams up to a year and others up to a couple of months. Some never stopped but are less frightening from writing them down. My therapist had me do this. He said that it works for alot of people because it brings the unconscious to the conscious. Therefore, making us more aware and capable of handling the nightmares.

i had a dream last night were i was holding my sister's breast, and i was having sex! yuck! i want to take a bath in the worst way, and im having the dreams more often as i found out that he is staying next door for the summer, and now that he is graduating school, he will be here more and more. and it doesn't help that my mom doesn't belive me, and im scared to talk to my councelor because she belives ever dang thing my mom says. but hpefully that will change when i turn 18 in february.

yeah i have nightmares alot too. I still get recuring dreams sometimes but not as often as before, when i get dreams that are memories i try to accept what the dream is telling me and usually i wont have it again, although i might have one that is similar i think it helps you process whats going on inside. don't really have much advice just saying i know what your going through

I have lots of nightmares, I think they ease a bit when I tell someone what they are, I think mine are part of the recovery process but that somehow makes it so much harder. Look after you xxxx

it really does. the dreams just make it harder for me to move on... and get on with life.

Yes. I've had lots of dreams about what's happened to me and about the fears it raises in me. I worked at turning them into good experiences rather than bad ones, through writing them down and acknowledging the messages I get from them. Sometimes its even felt like some level of healing is happening in my dreams. The dreams seem bad and unsettling, but they help me face what happened to me. They also help me realize/face my fears.

My dreams have been a great tool for growth and healing. And I hope you can use yours in the same way.

yea. but i just wish there was a way it would stop. at least, for me, they arnt every night. just like once a week. hopefully i can get rid of them.