Ive had crazy dreams as far back as I can remember (im 30), and I often have nightmares. I also remember my dreams every night, they are very vivid and so real. They could be box hit movies lol. The last few months, Ive been having nightmares at least 6 nights of the week, and Im waking up my children and husband because Im either crying or screaming in my sleep. Sometimes I wake myself up Im so loud. Im a very light sleeper, and Im up a lot in the middle of the night. My dreams are very gory, violent and disturbing. Why am I having so many nightmares and is there anything I can do about it? I watch what I eat before bed, and I dont watch anything crazy on tv.
2007-12-02 13:13:26 · 4 answers · asked by tulips♥77 5 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I think you have a legitimate sleep disorder that can be cured by taking anti-anxiety medication before bed, which will help you sleep and keep you calm while you are sleeping. I don't think you need a specialist. I would just go to my family doctor and tell him/her, and you can probably get what need there.
2007-12-02 13:35:28 · answer #1 · answered by No Shortage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Intrusive nightmares can be “tamed” by a simple, easily learned technique called Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT). If you have multiple recurring nightmares, select just one for the IRT process and use the process every night until the nightmare has been resolved; when that nightmare has been resolved, repeat the process for other nightmares.
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Write out the text of the nightmare. Tell the story, no matter how frightening, in as much detail as you can remember.
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Create a new ending for the nightmare story and write it out. Be careful, however, to make the new ending peaceful. Remember that the nightmare is grounded in emotions such as raw anger that have been provoked by a trauma. The point of a new ending is to “tame” the emotions, not merely vent them in violence and revenge.
A woman had been raped. She had a recurring nightmare of being pursued by a dark figure. In the nightmare, she ran and ran, and, each each time the nightmare recurred, she always woke up, sweating and gasping for breath, at the same point. So she decided, as a new ending, to stop running and confront the figure. In a subsequent dream, when the pursuing figure appeared, she turned to him and said, “Who are you and what do you want?” And here’s where her unconscious surprised her. The man replied, very politely, “You dropped this, and I have been trying to give it back to you.” He handed her a package. She asked what it was. “It’s your faith in human goodness,” he said. She woke up. And the nightmare never returned.
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Rehearse the new version of the story in your imagination each night just before going to sleep. Do this as close as possible to your falling asleep without any other activity between the rehearsal and sleep.
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Perform a relaxation exercise. Do this immediately after the rehearsal, as a way to fall asleep peacefully. You may use any technique with which you are familiar. If you need to learn a relaxation technique, try Progressive Muscle Relaxation. Or just use the Breathing Warm-up from the Autogenics Training if you need to get started as soon as possible and don’t have the time to learn something more complex.
You may also consider getting professional help. Good luck!
2007-12-02 16:34:49 · answer #2 · answered by michelle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is she under pressure? college, friends, boys? family contributors rigidity, like struggling with? whilst i replaced into 4, my mothers and dads the two remarried (they split up whilst i replaced right into a new child, so as that replaced into unrelated). I went via a era the place I had nightmares of being abducted (and that they have got been frightening!) fairly usually. finding returned, i'm in basic terms approximately specific it replaced into adjusting to the stress of there being new human beings in my mothers and dads' lives, taking interest faraway from me. there have been additionally some ones the place it wasn't a stranger taking me, however the experience that i replaced into going away with mom/dad and would not see the different ever returned. those reoccurring nightmares truly strike a twine in me of that. whether she seems advantageous, there could be something below that she is under pressure or fearful of... and he or she won't even understand herself how plenty the element is affecting her.
2016-10-02 05:57:44 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use bad dreams all the time until I started sleeping when I was really tired and I didn't have alot on my mind. Just try to keep your head clear of thoughts
2007-12-02 13:22:09 · answer #4 · answered by Roger 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋