How to stop reoccuring nightmare?

[Zoom]

I don't really know what to say, other than perhaps some sort of stressor, maybe even not a big one, has the potential to tear you and your husband apart?

Think very hard about walking Voodoo in your dreams and see if he doesn't appear. He's a Chaos Demon, a couple guys in a van are no match!

I had a dream full of spiders the other night; that's an interesting definition Dream Dictionary has.

And here I thought it was just because I had watched part of "Billy and Mandy: Revenge of the Spider Queen" or something equally stupid but filled with spiders.

 

[bubbatd]

After Tom died I had soooooooo many dreams that he came back to life . He was big into antiques after he retired from the clothing store . We constantly went to auctions and had 3 booths in 3 towns . Naturally after he died I sold out . But in my dreams he was buying like mad and I couldn't tell him that I sold everything and the shops were gone . These went on for 3 years . Finally in my dream I able to tell myself it was a dream ....and they stopped .

 

[ACooper]

Kevin, you mean like that revolting Kenny G? LOL.

YA! It has the opposite affect on me! It actually gives ME night terrors!

I hope you get it sorted out Gemp........I have never really suffered anything that bad, just the usual bad dreams where I am running and running (very slowly, but never get caught somehow) from something I can't seem to identify..........I always wake up very tired out too.

 

[Gempress]

Thanks for the suggestions, all. I'll try to think on some potential stresses that may be causing this.

But anyway, I have just taken a few shots of tequila and am nicely mellow. I'm about to crawl into bed, cuddle close to hubby, and try to get some sleep. Nightmares be d@mned. Good night.

 

[ACooper]

G'night Gemp...........sweet dreams

 

[noludoru]

P.S. I woke up screaming in a cold sweat because Buckshot in drag makes for a really ugly woman, let me tell you.

A small part of me died inside after reading that.


Sleep tight, Gemp... I'll loan you a cat for your dreams. You can keep them in a pocket or something (much less bulky than Voodoo or Bimmer!); then yank them out and throw when needed.

 

[GipsyQueen]

Have you considered writing out your nightmare, like a story..but then write your own ending to it--have the struggle, maybe your dogs come and rescue you as well---I don't know, but it seems that maybe creating your own ending could help to push the nightmare to resolution!
I would also suggest getting a tape on guided relaxation, and learn to really relax your body, and use it about a half hour before bed.
Lastly, how is your husbands health? Anything bothering him that maybe hanging on in your mind? My Aunt had a dream, she went to the DR.--needed triple bypass surgery--had no prior indicators. Had she not listened to her dream and her intuition, she may easily have died.

Thats a really great idea! I should really try that with my dream because I don't like it. It doesn't scare me by any means because I'm watching the whole dream and such I'm not in it, but still its not the nicest story!

 

[mrose_s]

you could practice lucid dreaming, i want to learn how but havn't got it sorted yet. its where you can control your own dreams, giving you karate powers or the ability to fly away from a situation.
also you r ment to dream of the last thing you think of when you go to sleep but it doesn't work for me.

the other thing i might suggest, a dream catcher. i used to have a lot of nightmares, form the first day i got a dream catcher, i think i've had 1 nightmare is all.
plus, i'm lucky, when i do get nightmares i get a music in my head just as the nightmare is starting and ending, i am still completley asleep but am conscious to the point where i can decide i can wake up or not. i can actually think about it, once the music stops though, i'm in for the that nightmare, not allowed to wake up till the nightmare is done and i have my music back. a little bit weird but VERY helpful.

 

[Gempress]

Well, last night was a bust. Only one nightmare, but I still couldn't sleep. Oh well, so much for that.

 

[Angel Chicken]

Well, last night was a bust. Only one nightmare, but I still couldn't sleep. Oh well, so much for that.

Awww so sorry to hear that Gemp

If it helps any I am tired as well, I dreamed and dreamed the most odd things...

 

[noludoru]

I blame you all. Though it's not really your fault, I'd already had two of these dreams before this thread started...

I am having a reoccurring nightmare about Tom, my older cat, eating a small pocketknife with a red plastic handle and either choking on it or cutting his insides up. In every dream, he dies because I can't get him to the vet in time. I woke up this morning in a frenzy, crying and looking for Tomcat, and when I found him I ran into the computer room (where he dies in my dream) looking for a red pocket knife... I finally ended up not finding anything and closing+locking the door.

I don't want to have this dream again.. it's horrible.. I keep holding him while he dies...

 

[bubbatd]

When you go to bed , ask ( after you've said prayers for others near and dear to you ) for God's forgiveness of your sins and for guidance . Then ask for the white lights to surround your dream and have you remember them in the morning .I 've never had a real nightmare since doing this .