2006-12-20 01:18:17 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
One reason for nightmares may be a way of our unconscious to get our attention about a situation or problem that you have been avoiding. It is time to take notice and confront a problem or situation. Nightmares serve an important purpose in showing you what is troubling you from within you deeper levels. Discussing, analyzing, and understanding your nightmares can lead to a solution for some problem, internal conflict or personal difficulty.
Nightmares are a subcategory of dreams. The distinction of a nightmare is its frightening and/or emotional content. You tend to wake up in fear in the midst of a nightmare. Because of its frightening nature, you tend to remember your nightmares and the vivid details.
2006-12-20 01:21:27 · answer #1 · answered by silent_engage 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We all have had nightmares at various parts in our lives. They are quite normal. But what is exactly a nightmare and why do we have them?
Nightmares are a subcategory of dreams. The distinction of a nightmare is its frightening and/or emotional content. You tend to wake up in fear in the midst of a nightmare. Because of its frightening nature, you tend to remember your nightmares and the vivid details. They have a bigger impact upon your waking mind and its images stay with you throughout the day. One reason for nightmares may be a way of our unconscious to get our attention about a situation or problem that you have been avoiding. It is time to take notice and confront a problem or situation. Nightmares serve an important purpose in showing you what is troubling you from within you deeper levels. Discussing, analyzing, and understanding your nightmares can lead to a solution for some problem, internal conflict or personal difficulty.
2006-12-20 09:21:41 · answer #2 · answered by dsd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
REM sleep, is the kind of sleep you are in when dreaming. During REM sleep, your brain is making new connections and encoding what you have learned for that day. If there is something that you are concerned about, or processing somethingnegative, then it may come out in the form of a nightmare. If this nightmare is reoccuring, think about what it means, and you'll at least know why you are having them. A common nightmare for me is that I am driving in a car and the brakes don't work. I have to swerve and find my way to safety through all kinds of situations. Although I can't stop this dream from coming, I have learned that it maens that I am feeling totally out of control, and that I need to start getting things done.
Hope that helps.
2006-12-20 10:45:09 · answer #3 · answered by Bag-A-Donuts 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never get nightmares. I suspect it has somethng to do with how a person ordinarily go about their day. I'm sometimes anxious over feeling my psychological 'space' being violated or 'stepped upon'. Or when I'm not feeling upbeat, I get anxious over silly things, like an accidental nudge on a bus.
I'm pleasing usually, but I try to be myself, which is not so pleasing to others. I don't like to 'play games', if I can help it.
I guess a person who gets nightmares must've a high opinion of themselves bc they are ever so pleasing to others. They never let on that they are anxious. No one knows what's behind the seemingly successful facade.
Perhaps the real subconscious anxieties shows up in nightmares, if they're not already being recognised in the day time.
I'm not sure, just my conjecture. Perhaps we could survey those who are usually anxious (either from a healthy to a moderately unhealthy level), whether nightmares are common to them...
What do you think?
2006-12-20 10:37:37 · answer #4 · answered by thru a glass darkly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same reason we have dreams. Accurances in our daily lives combine in our heads while we sleep. When there's a lot going on like worry and stress, we dream of terrible things, usually something that we're afraid of. Dreams and nightmares are reflections of how we're feeling on the inside but probably wouldn't be able to put into words.
2006-12-20 09:26:41 · answer #5 · answered by Hiroko 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you are having any kind of stress or anxiety, especially on your mind right before you go to sleep. Some medications or withdrawals will also cause nightmares. If they are chronic then you should see your doctor concerning a sleep disorder.
2006-12-20 09:25:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
guilt. sin. you need to find jesus and make a sincere effort to repent for whatever you are guilty of. you are obviously a wicked sinner and need to make up for whatever is troubling your mind. the only other way is through sangria offerings. it isn't christian. it has nothing to do with christian but it works. find a voodoo guide to free you of the curse. i will help by building a doll, putting it in a shoebox and burying it in the ground. that often helps people sleep but sometimes goes too far.
2006-12-20 09:55:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your brain is like a computer that filters through your thoughts and daily events that have occurred, on top of things that you are thinking about.
2006-12-20 10:14:39 · answer #8 · answered by sno 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anxieties expressed by the subconscious
2006-12-20 10:13:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anxiety or stress. It is our brain's way of telling us that we need to "fix" something or that things are becoming overwhelming.
2006-12-20 10:47:33 · answer #10 · answered by kristin c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋