Consecutive Nightmares for a Week.?
I don't normally have nightmares, and when I do, I can usually change the direction of what's happening to something in my favor. But for the past week, I've had really bad nightmares consecutively. I always wake up at 4:13am too. It's so strange. Now, don't get me wrong, I've had nightmares before, but never for more than two nights in a row. The nightmares always have to do with someone in all black coming to kill me/hurt me. The scenes change, as well as the surroundings, but it's always the same man in black. A few times I was able to see his face, but it was blurry. Right when he catches me, I scream but no sound comes out and I jolt awake. It's so weird. Anyone have any idea of what these nightmares could be from? I don't eat before I go to bed, and usually I watch some comedy sitcoms before bed......
I'm afraid to sleep, due to nightmares?
Over the past few months I've had terrible nightmares. Some are reoccurring and others are not, but they all have a common factor, death. In my nightmares I've been killed by everyone from Velma on Scooby Doo to my own mother. It's really scary. And in some of my nightmares, I die, but I'm still conscious, but I can' talk. In one nightmare I was actually buried alive. The others I witness the deaths of other people, its really scary, because one of them was my great- grandma, who passed away. I'm just frozen their watching. (And no I can't wake up.) I'm a saved Christian and I know where I'm going when I die, so I don't know why I'm dreaming these things! It's even worse due to the fact that I have a very descriptive subconscious, and I have to go to some of the places where my nightmares take place, and the whole time I'm there I'm nervous. My mother thinks this is a result of a huge misunderstanding years ago, when I thought my Dad had died. It really shook me up then, but that was years ago. The reason she thinks this is because in a few of my dreams I die in a car wreck late at night, the way I thought my dad had. However, I don't think that's the problem, it may be a factor though. I think it's just my body's way consoling because we had several deaths in our family in the past year. Or prehaps to hypertension issues, those run in my family, and I have a few symtoms, and night terrors is one of them. People tell me I have nothing to worry about, and I tell myself that, but nothing seems to help! Recently, the nightmares haven't been as common, however I still have trouble sleeping. I literally hate going to bed, and I stay up as late as possible. It's starting to effect my everyday life. I believe I have developed a fear of going to bed, because I have no control over my dreams! What should I do? I really need to get my sleep cycle under control, because soon I will have to be getting up at five..HELP!
Is it normal for a 16 year old to be terrified of the dark and terrified of thunderstorms?
it is in general not normal but fear is not restricted to age. I had an 85 years old neighbour that she was terrified of thunderstorms and hid in the closet as long as it was on. Fear protects us from danger but some people have irrational fears called phobia and many times treatment is needed if it interferes too much in their life. Try to go through lighted areas or have someone with you, look over your shoulder but don't let fear over come your thoughts. As far as storms remember, when you see the lighting and nothing happened to you, then when you hear the thunder, lightning already hit. If you at home, cover the windows and put music on to hear and see it.
Why do I keep having dreams where I'm in danger?
The dreams are yours. Sometimes they are caused by stress, sometimes they are caused to add excitement also. Ask yourself first what is going on with your life. I have ran across a lot of people who don’t have anything major in their life happening, yet they can’t understand why they dream about situations that place them in danger. Dreams can do a lot of things, they can also be entertaining. If you have no stress in your life, the possibility is that life got so boring for you that your subconscious put you in exciting situations.The other aspect is you are having a problem where you are trying to find an answer for “something” in your life that needs resolving, but you just haven’t figured out a solution. Each dream may tell you more based on who was in the dream and the scenario.When it comes to dreams I don’t believe in random, I always look to see what I am telling myself. The subconscious communicates with you to enforce ideas, to tell you of problems, to show you desires and fix issues you have in life. The trick is to remember that what we give you on line is like a guide, something to think about. The real interpretation is how you perceive it. No one will know you better then you or know about what you are going through in life. Look at what we say and evaluate it, but the final answer to it’s meaning is based on your answer.If it is your dream, you can change it, focus after the dream of what you could do to change the dream in a conscious state. If it’s an assault, imagine yourself winning the battle. If it’s a trap, imagine a way out. If you are being chased and hunted, turn it around and become the hunter.If that doesn’t work, and I know this is going to sound silly, play a video game where you have to fight creatures. There are actual studies that those who play video games fight off their nightmares. Google this: Video Gamers Can Control Dreams, Study Suggests.
What are the dangers of lucid dreaming?
The quality of awareness during lucid dreaming can vary greatly. Sometimes lucidity is high and you are aware that everything you are experiencing in the dream is just happening in your mind, and that there is no real danger. You may be aware that you are dreaming but maybe not enough to know that the people in your dream are just representations; or that you are actually in bed and can suffer no harm.“But everything has a risk”Multiple viewpoints and impossible stairsThere’s no evidence that lucid dreaming can bring on mental illness. In fact, lucid dreaming has recently been linked to resilience, the ability to maintain stability during and after traumatic events. Lucid dreaming is used clinically to help cope with nightmares, and is considered by many psychologists to promote psychological growth andencourage problem solving.But, is lucid dreaming safe or dangerous to attempt? The answer is that it seems to be very safe for the vast majority of those who experience it.Still, just so you know, as much as Lucid Dreaming is fun and considered an awesome experience, there are various aspects of lucid dreaming that can cause fear in people:1. Sleep paralysis – while sleep paralysis is not necessarily dangerous or unhealthy, it can be an extremely terrifying experience for people, especially if they do not know what is going on. Lucid dreamers have especially high frequencies of sleep paralysis. However, some methods more than others are known to cause this such as the WILDmethod.2. Pain in dreams – pain can occur in dreams, and fearing pain is a very reasonable concern. See this article that gives a review of pain in dreams.3. Dream Claustrophobia – many people fear becoming lucid in a dream and then becoming trapped in an unwanted dream scenario, unable to manipulate it or awaken.4. General Oneirophobia – some people just generally fear dreams, not even just nightmares or night terrors, but actually all dreams.5. Somniphobia – there is a decent amount of people who fear sleep. Actually, when I was a small child, I went through a 2-week phase where I was scared to sleep. What I found scary was the loss of awareness/consciousness that occurs during a night’s sleep cycle. Other people fear sleep for other reasons too such as fear of being attacked while asleep, or fear of not being able to wake up.Read this article for more info about lucid dreaming: The Science of Lucid Dreaming - How to Lucid Dream?
How rape hurts someone so much?
I read about a woman that was raped as a teenager and after 30 years she is still having nightmares of what happened. there was also a girl in our class that was always silent and didnt wanted to hang out with anyone for few months until she was sent to the school councellor and the girl told her that she was raped. now she likes to hang out with me cause she got help. but I dont understand how can rape hurts someone so much. I thought that it only affects their sexual life. can anyone explain me why rape affects so much?
Why do we wake up right after dying in a dream?
Inception isn't?You don't actually die in a dream, close enough is when you’re about to die (probably as a result of a danger).No one can actually say I died this second in my dream, few seconds to the death are always not knownWhen you're close to being dead in a dream, your heart either beats so fast you wake feeling your chest pounding or the pain about to cause your death (in the dream) wakes you.There is a science behind this;When you dream you're in REM sleep (rapid eye movement). REM sleep is only slightly deeper than stage 1 of non-REM which means it's not hard to wake up in the first place.Dying in a dream is a stressful event, which causes your brain to release adrenaline. You can't sleep and have an adrenaline rush at the same time so you wake up.These dreams where you die and wake up are usually more memorable due to the fact that you wake up whereas most people don't remember 95% of their dreams.Being particularly scary or threatening, nightmares can provoke ‘fight and flight’ responses, and the release of adrenalin whilst we are still asleep.