How Bad Are Your Nightmares?

[aut555]

Sometimes talking or reading about my own feelings brings on a nightmare. Some l wake up from, others leave me disoriented upon first waking. And sometimes things l really dislike, such as unwanted attention from men even gives me nightmares. What about you?

 

[Heather]

I can relate to this. I've had nightmares where I wake up and I'm being stalked, someone is trying to kill me.

It leaves me feeling "yucky" inside, that's the only way I know how to explain it.

I don't know what's wore battling severe insomnia or having the nightmares.

Both leave me feeling exhausted and drained.

 

[lostforgottensoul]

Mine are INSANELY vivid and each time i wake it takes mins to figure out it was just a nightmare.

I have them every night. Most nights a few a night. And lately ive been jolting to wake about few every hours at most so several/many times a night.

 

[Mele869]

Mine are frequent and extremely disturbing many times. I have to kind of gauge what my state of mind is before (trying to) sleep, whether or not I should take a prazosine. They make my BP bottom out and make me very drowsy the next day, which I can't stand...it makes it hard/impossible to function the next day but at least I don't remember my dream at all and I have never had a night terror whilst taking...The night terrors I typically don't remember, but they get my up immediately with racing pulse and cold sweat. Any hope of getting back to sleep after one is dashed. Often I have creepy and vivid dreams of either being back in my old unit, or at least some of the others from my unit (always the offenders) are present and I am trapped in whatever setting with these people and I am trying to escape. I wake up feeling gross, sometimes the result is me sleeping longer (on purpose, I think) so I can maybe, maybe finally escape...yeah it doesn't work...

 

[aut555]

Mine are INSANELY vivid and each time i wake it takes mins to figure out it was just a nightm...

Vivid dreams are the worse. Like you can just reach out and touch everything. I get those from therapy even years and years later after event occured. There is a file of unwanted memories that refuse to get shredded.

 

[EveHarrington]

:hug:

I figured out how to keep the nightmares away. Funny though, I don't remember my dreams, either. (I used to remember them frequently.)

 

[Lee2001]

I have had the nightmares reguraly for two years now, before that it was on and off. They are so scary and intense! Some of them are just bad enough to bring me awake and some of them I am flying out of the bed landing across the room. I have landed wrong before and hurt myself. Just will be glad to have it get better! Just had one last night and woke up with a scream. I truly hope all of yours gets better as it's very tiresome and bad for sleep!