Night Terrors and Nightmares

[silverbolt]

i know this isnt really the usual kinda thread youd see on this board but im getting really worried

I'll keep this brief

we all had the odd nightterror but ive had three nightmares in the last month. Ive never had this many at one time, i cant remember the last time i had a nightmare, two have been along the same lines the other i dont remember what happened in the dream exactly i just "know" i had one. All three have had me wake up before the worst part and all three have had the same affect as to leave me scared to return to sleep. This nights one had be too scared to shut my eyes for nearly an hour. i eventually managed to calm myself down by watching a transformers cartoon for awhile (and smoked about six cigarettes) before being able to return to sleep.

This is starting to get to me nothing has really ahppened majorly in my life to inflict such dreams upon me,

im still nervous as anything, one of the girls at work today went to play with my hair she gripped my pony tail and i literally jumped out of my chair, it scared the hell out of me

thanks for reading, any ideas would be useful,

[Javen]

I've had some bad ones before too. And didn't want to sleep, but just tried to get in a positive state of mind that every is okay and I have no need to be afraid.

[Sargoth]

Well, if you're asking for the opinion of armchair psychologists, I don't know if you can expect quality answers. :)

Your best bet would be to tell your doctor.

[Miasmo]

Pick up some dream books, dude. Or check out some sites online. The nightmares probably keep returning because some conflict in your subconscious is not being dealt with. I would also recommend, if possible, talking about your dreams with someone relatively close to you at the moment. Someone who might be able to give you some insight based on what they have seen of you lately. Sometimes you need an outside observer to help you see what you cannot yourself.

I'm not certified in anyway to give you advice, but I have had problems with dreams and nightmares, and I think that I'm at least knowledgeable enough to try and steer other people away from what I've steered towards and through.

Hope some of that helps.

[silverbolt]

cheers guys i feel better this morning yesterday i was freaked out

[Master Magnus]

I had an unpleasant dream last night that I was making an elevator ride which never seemed to stop...

[Darth Graves]

considering that for about... the past year ive dreampt of nothing but my death in many different agonizing ways i cant see what your nightmares might have that would be so terrifying...

[Miasmo]

You're right. The nerve. You definitely deserve more pity than him.

Now, I could just leave my comment at that, like a jerk, or I could try and post something worth reading.

So, my advice to you and your situation is to definitely seek help from a psychiatrist if what you say is true. Dreaming of nothing but your agonizing death for a year means you have at least one major unresolved issue floating around in your head. It is emotionally damaging and the solution will improve your life tenfold.

[Blizzard]

Oh look, another cool thread to share in!

I had a nightmare Tuesday night and my anxiety has been in overdrive since then and I can't shake it. This is my nightmare, in detail:

I was shopping in a sporting goods store. I was there to buy batteries, but looking at souvenirs; magnets, t-shirts, postcards and fishing supplies. There were a bunch of teenage boys screwing around in the store. They were looking for something to eat while making a teenage girl cry, poking at the customers, and throwing things on the floor. When they realized how weak everyone was they took over and took everyone hostage and turned on the terror. Everyone sat along a plain brick wall as they smashed glass and shelves, and screamed obscenities at no one in general. One of boys (who looked like Paul Dano who played the teenage son in Little Miss Sunshine) picked up an old cigarette machine and threw it through the double glass door entrance to the store as I stood three feet away from it and glass rained down on me.

Strangely I was not a hostage. I could roam the store as I pleased. I took the batteries I needed, as there was no one to pay for them. I was hit by glass on many occasions, but I did nothing to stop the tormentors and nothing to protect the victims. I could come and go as I pleased, so I finally decided I didn't have to watch the terror anymore and I left. I walked out what was left of the doors and through a long empty dirt lot to the street. It was a street I had dreamed about before, with a white house and a gas station that have been in many, many dreams in my life (but that I have never actually seen in real life).

Suddenly bombs started falling on the dirt lot. They were exploding every 60 seconds and hitting each corner of the buildings around the lot in a planned pattern. It was the customers only chance to escape and they came flooding out in all directions. A family of five in their pajamas came running to me. The mother had the baby and the dad was dragging a kid in each hand. He was a fat, bald guy in his boxers and barefoot. When he came out of the dirt and stepped on the sidewalk he screamed and jumped up and down as if the sidewalk was hot. He said he couldn't walk on the cement, he HAD to go back for his shoes. He handed over his two kids to me and started running back through the lot towards the smashed glass doors of the store. I screamed at the top of my lungs for him to stop, that the next bomb was going to be the one that hit the store. He looked back at me and said, "I have to..."

And my alarm went off. I had the feeling I was screaming in my sleep.

[Darth Graves]

dude.... detailed dream!

[Ripley]

Maybe it is me, but it has been years since I've had a nightmare. Probably been a good six to seven years since I had my last one- or at least one I can remember.

[cj790]

I remember some very uncomfortable dreams I've had in the past which have led me to the point of working to exhaustion, or drinking to excess to alleviate the anxiety of going to sleep in the first place.
It's not worth it.
Speak to someone. I don't place any credence in dream psychology in terms of 'dream dictionaries' and so forth, although dreams do relate our subconscious feelings to an elevated state. It is best to speak to someone you feel comfortable with, either on this subject or anything else that is concerning you, than to continue to experience anxiety - trust me.

[Darth Zan Maka]

Had bad dreams today. I was accused by a very scared girl of being an evil spirit then looked at
the mirror to see my face changing horribly... After that i was besides
the person who actually was dying from terror cause there was a woman
from the Japanese horror behind my back and she stared at her... you
know... dark hairs floating and there was that sound like from the
broken neck's throat. then she cryed . In seconds I was all covered in blood. It was
happening in big white room there was big mirror and I could see my reflection again ...
this time i was mid-age Japanese man. I remember i had a problem to
wash the blood away.
" do you have bad dreams?
...all I have is bad dreams..."

I think I'm gomma love this thread, never had as much nightmares as now.

[MindWarrior]

Nightmares can trigger some severe anxiety....I used to get them as a kid and now, when I have just one, it affects me to no end. I can't sleep in fear of the fear. Does that make sense.

[Darth Zan Maka]

People still see bad dreams from time to time, why not post some of them here? yes everything happens for a reason, including nighmares. yes there are ways to try to stop those ... but that is not the reason to stop writing about them.
I don't go to sleep in fear of fear, 'cause what we happen to see in dreams is terrible, horrible creatures and situations but not always, and I always wake up from them (except 1 but its O'K). Sometimes they disturb seriously, sometimes they are interesting to remember. They come from the shadows of reality, they may be based on our own life, but also they may surprise you.
So people here just give their advises, share their horror dreams experience and cure. I like that. Btw I don't have Nighmres since I post here.
I am upset - nobody posts here anymore.

[Jedi Master Harrison]

I vary rarely remember my dreams, good or bad. But one recurring dream I have is that my Grandparents that I was close to die, which is really upsetting in the dream. But when I wake up I instantly remember they have both been dead for some years now. Strange...............

[Jedi Master Harrison]

^ I keep dreaming that people I care about die. It is weird to wake up really upset, only to realise of course that there is nothing to be upset about. Anyone have any idea what these dreams can mean? :scratchchin:

[Blizzard]

I dreamed I was eaten by a wolf. And the coyotes helped him.

[Tovor]

I dreamed that I ate a beaver, but it was strange...smelled like fish, tasted like chicken. :scratchchin:

[Tovor]

I vary rarely remember my dreams, good or bad. But one recurring dream I have is that my Grandparents that I was close to die, which is really upsetting in the dream. But when I wake up I instantly remember they have both been dead for some years now. Strange...............
^ I keep dreaming that people I care about die. It is weird to wake up really upset, only to realise of course that there is nothing to be upset about. Anyone have any idea what these dreams can mean? :scratchchin:
I'm no Freud mate, but it's obviously a memory stuck in repeat mode because...well the first part is obvious, the second part is subjective...you weren't there when they died and inwardly never felt satisfied that you had gotten to grief properly, so that your subconscious doesn't want to let go of the emotions that you'd needed to express at the time...because in a way your subconsious still hasn't fully accepted their loss from your life, even though on the outside you believe that you had accepted it.

Just a guess...since I really don't know the specifics of how and when you lost your grandparents.

[Jedi Master Harrison]

Interesting, that could well be the case. But more recently it has changed to being other people that I care about, friends and family. I might have to research this a bit more. :scratchchin:

[Master_Kinnon]

I've had night terrors and studied them (my degree is in Psychology) and it's a fascinating subject. But, actually having one can be terrifying. Even now, I have to sleep with the television on at night because it's the only thing I've found that works to give me a good nights sleep.

And the actually researched biology is really controversial and interesting. We had a few weeks of reviewing various research papers and tapes and the stuff that has come out in the past seems like it could be onto something.

[Orandhite]

I've had loads of nightmares and night terrors, but I'm just weird.

The most real one is one about the Grandad that JMH was talking about. I come walking downstairs and see my dead Grandad walk right across the hall in front of me. The scary thing about it is that he is walking EXACTLY as he used to walk. Anyway, I follow him and get down into the hallway to see him from the back. The lights go out and when they come back on he has disappeared. Probably not really scary from most people's point of view, but it is so realistic.

I have quite a few other weird things that happen, but I'm not sure if they qualify as night terrors...

[Blizzard]

I had an freaky nightmare at 3am that I still can't shake. Everyone in the world was brainwashed. There was no media, so all the news was broadcast on siren towers where people would gather daily and wait to hear what was going on in the world. The tower was telling everyone to bow down and worship the tower and as everyone actually bowed down I was thinking how f-ed up the world had become, and suddenly flying saucers appeared in the sky and everyone flipped out and ran, but they were in a field and there was no cover so they just ran into each other, over and over.

The aliens were like the ones in "Batteries not included", not human shape, but Millennium Falcon shaped and human size. They heard someone say, "It's the ninth week of January" and this completely confused them. They had me captive in an Army tent and handed me a Simpsons/Life in Hell calendar and demanded that I explain how it could be the ninth week of anything. I was thinking there had to be an easy way to defeat these aliens if they were this confused by anything, but I ran and crawled through a hole/window into an abandoned pickup camper and was trapped and alone and starving and cold.

And I woke up in a cold sweat, shaking and freezing and I haven't been able to get warm yet and it's been six hours.

[Saranac]

I prescribe the ancient rememdy of hashish.




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