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Nightmare Evolutions?

arfie
arfie

Sleep has been fragile here in my psych-trigger-filled grief for the unsung poet brother who shared much of my childhood trauma in the Kiddie Whorehouse life. I haven't been remembering any of the dreams which have woken me, but I find myself wondering if they would have been nightmares in the more reactive years of my youth. Have I built a tolerance against nightmares? Somewhat like one builds tolerances for meds, drugs, etcetera, etceteri.


Am I making sense? Thoughts? Borrowed theories? Reality checks?


I still haven't made it out of the isolation of the job site. The echoes are pretty loud. Spinning my proverbial wheels pretty hard.

Community LeaderLeo
Leo
I think, for me, it's that my reactions to the nightmares change. I think. I dunno. But that's my thought.
LillyPotter
LillyPotter
((((((arf))))))
arfie
arfie
That's my prevailing theory, Leo. The stuff of nightmares is still there and are behind the continual waking up as I process my grief for Big Brother's death. I am just not as easy to surprise as I once was. Age has its perks?
jennyoo7
jennyoo7
After a death it's common to remember more and think about stuff you hadn't even remembered because we grasp at the only thing we have left...memories. A lot of people run for the photo book and each photo tells a story, good or bad, which starts messing with our psyche on a subconscious level, well and conscious too. They say dreams are mainly manifestations of your thoughts that day but then there's the ones where you're like where the eff did that come from.

They also say certain dreams resemble certain things. The certain things have a few theories too so I don't know how much credit to give it. I will say that I have a recurring dream of my teeth breaking off or just falling out whenever my life is chaotic. That disturbed me more than crazy nightmares lol.

Anyways got way off topic there, I think after this many years of being on this earth and experiencing all that we have we do become a bit numb to what would of made us shit our pants as kids. I think you're spot on with tolerance. The shock value ran its course. If someone jumps from around the same corner every day to scare you, you begin to expect it and accept it.
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
My understanding of nightmares is still a work in progress with the aid of Prazosin, so the jury's still out on that one for me and I can't really add any insights quite yet. But in your post your description of your brother as the "unsung poet" touched me, and I said a little prayer for him wherever his spirit may be, and for you, too today, arf.
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