Welcome back. I hope that we are as helpful as you found before. J.

sorry about your dreams i havce trained myself not to dream , my dreams become true everything before you go to tell yourself you well not dream keep doing it hope the dreams get better ,

death is not the answer , but you do need friend my family i grew up with are all gone it suck i feel alone

Gentle support. I have dreams that make my shrink do a double-take, and I think my hubby has a permanent impression of his body on our bedroom ceiling from how I scream. It. Is. Awful.

Maybe if you journal the dream images or draw them? Then change the drawing so they are something else? I try that sometimes. And other times, just getting the image onto paper helps me not repeat it.

oh freaky scary!! I had a black orb appear in front of me and seemed to sap all my energy and made me feel nauseous. The only thing that made them go away was saying the name Jesus. I hope your nightmares go away. I take lavender massage oil on my hands at night and usually helps calm me down before going to bed.

Hi Wally. Welcome back.

I am not quite sure how, but my 3 years (give or take) on DS make be feel older than being a Viet Nam era veteran. My favorite theory of that is, "Relativity." The internet moves much faster than real life so, relatively speaking, 3 years on the internet is shorter than the nearly 40 years since I was discharged from the Army.

Okay, okay. . . Putting away nerd glasses now. . .

Guess I oughta warn ya, I get even nerdier about dreams. Before I started taking my therapy program seriously, my nightmares were bad enough to make sleep deprivation pretty close to normal for me. Hallucinations were a natural result. That has been under control since ??mid 90's?? but the subject still triggers my hyper-expression with the greatest of ease. Add in a family tie to narcolepsy and. . . That is a potent button to push on my nerd panel.

Just a friendly, strictly personal warning.

Good to meet you, Wally. Hope to get to know you. I am curious to know if/how DS has changed since the last time you were here.

Wally, I'm thankful for DS friends because I'm a bit isolated by geography in the Appalachian mountains myself. Welcome back. As always, sorry for what you suffered that brought you, but glad you're here. Welcome back.

As for dreams, I'm not doing much bed falling lately, but you did remind me of how I wake up grinding me teeth from PTSD anxiety at times. I chipped one a little recently, so I've got to go to the dentist about it next week.

But over my years here, things have gradually gotten better. I wouldn't wan to go back, so I'll take coming here every day with gratitude.