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I have a friend who recently told me that he has been having nightmares and is unable to sleep because of them. He will sleep for a couple of hours, but he always feels as though he is being watched. He told me about a dream he had where everyone (he didn't specify on who "everyone" is) had been murdered, and the murderer was waiting for him to fall asleep so he could kill him too. He said the murderer said to him something along the lines of, "It's okay. I'll wait for you to fall asleep."
Let me give you a brief history.
My friend enlisted in the Army 2 1/2 years ago. He was stationed in Germany 2 years ago. While in Germany, he became an alcoholic. He was deployed to Iraq in November of 2008, and during this deployment, he suffered from the withdraws of alcohol, but he never had nightmares. He said he shook a lot. His tour ended in November of 2009. He returned to Germany and in December, had his block leave. He never had problems sleeping or nightmares when he returned to Germany or while he was home. His leave ended the first week of January. Upon returning to Germany, his nightmares began. He manages to sleep for a couple of hours, but he always feels like he's being watched and the nightmares wake him up. I asked if it could be PTSD from being in Iraq, but he doesn't think it is. He said his dreams have nothing to do with Iraq. He said the strangest part about his dreams are they always begin with him being at a wedding or he is preparing to go to a wedding. Another aspect of his dreams is he has smelled dead bodies in one dream, while he smelled perfume in another. He has now become afraid to sleep because of these dreams.
He thinks he is going insane. I have suggested that he talk to someone, but he refuses. I believe there is something in his subconscious that refuses to stay there any longer, some repressed fear. He admitted to being afraid to face whatever that fear is, because he is afraid of what it might do to him. He worries he will become someone completely different, a stranger to himself. I wish I knew some way to help him. I would like for him to talk to someone, but I don't want someone to try to put him on pills that he will just become dependent on. And he doesn't want to talk to anyone who could possibly be of help.
Does anybody have any light to shed on this situation?
I have a friend who recently told me that he has been having nightmares and is unable to sleep because of them. He will sleep for a couple of hours, but he always feels as though he is being watched. He told me about a dream he had where everyone (he didn't specify on who "everyone" is) had been murdered, and the murderer was waiting for him to fall asleep so he could kill him too. He said the murderer said to him something along the lines of, "It's okay. I'll wait for you to fall asleep."
Let me give you a brief history.
My friend enlisted in the Army 2 1/2 years ago. He was stationed in Germany 2 years ago. While in Germany, he became an alcoholic. He was deployed to Iraq in November of 2008, and during this deployment, he suffered from the withdraws of alcohol, but he never had nightmares. He said he shook a lot. His tour ended in November of 2009. He returned to Germany and in December, had his block leave. He never had problems sleeping or nightmares when he returned to Germany or while he was home. His leave ended the first week of January. Upon returning to Germany, his nightmares began. He manages to sleep for a couple of hours, but he always feels like he's being watched and the nightmares wake him up. I asked if it could be PTSD from being in Iraq, but he doesn't think it is. He said his dreams have nothing to do with Iraq. He said the strangest part about his dreams are they always begin with him being at a wedding or he is preparing to go to a wedding. Another aspect of his dreams is he has smelled dead bodies in one dream, while he smelled perfume in another. He has now become afraid to sleep because of these dreams.
He thinks he is going insane. I have suggested that he talk to someone, but he refuses. I believe there is something in his subconscious that refuses to stay there any longer, some repressed fear. He admitted to being afraid to face whatever that fear is, because he is afraid of what it might do to him. He worries he will become someone completely different, a stranger to himself. I wish I knew some way to help him. I would like for him to talk to someone, but I don't want someone to try to put him on pills that he will just become dependent on. And he doesn't want to talk to anyone who could possibly be of help.
Does anybody have any light to shed on this situation?
