How Did You Sleep Last Night?

[Ice_Fire]

(((((gizmo)))))

I had a great nights sleep last night, I hope it's just as good tonight. But I had Declan with me last night, so I felt safe and it was nice to be cuddled.

 

[KP the nut]

I slept badly. It took me ages to get to sleep and then I dreamt I was still awake and then I was still awake:confused:. Then I began that awful countdown, if I go to sleep now, I will have x hours sleep and so on.

My dreams were all over, being overwhelmed and unable to cope.

I hope I do better tonight. It is just me and the 2 dogs, H is away.

 

[NotMyWorld]

Last night I had night terrors about a bunch of men breaking into my house and murdering my 14 month old daughter, my 3 1/2 year old son and my husband. They made me watch as they slowley killed them, My babies crying and me struggling to free myself from these men to help them. This took place in my room, I woke up to them comming in dragging my childrfen in and pulling my husband off the bed and onto the floor where they began beating him to death. They stabbed and kicked and punched my children as I watched. My husband asked me about my dreams this morning because he said last night he could tell they were really bad. I was crying and shaking and flailing my arms. He said I did it twice through the night and I woke up this morning remembering every detail. We were supposed to go to the gym this morning, but my husband left me alone to stare out my bedroom wondow for a half hour before forcing myself out of bed.

I hate it most when my dreams take place in my room. It's hard to tell the difference between a dream and reality. I hope I sleep better tonight. I don't want another useless day tomorrow of having such horrid pictures in my mind.

I hope you all have peacful sleep tonight.

 

[HëllaBubz]

Has anyone had an 'Inception' type dream where they wake within a dream within a dream within a dream?

Such horrible things happen in those dreams that I'm scared that one day I won't be able to tell I'm awake and I'll actually harm myself like I dream of doing in my dreams after one of my siblings die or my partner dies and I'm suicidal with grief.

I'm so tired of losing the love of my life and my best friend in a different way each night, I'm running low on heart tearing grief.

 

[Chincho]

I slept for 12 hours, and I'm still sleepy. Had lots of dreams and a few nightmares. I can't remember ever sleeping so much.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

I slept so good. I love having a full nights sleep without dreams and nightmares. I am so lucky.

 

[NotMyWorld]

After the terrible night of sleep Tuesday night, I was determined to sleep well last night so I took two valium and slept soudlessly last night. I woke up the morning at 7 with my 3 year old son staring at me 4 inches from my face. I smiled and he gave me the biggest grin and cuddles up to me. "I wub you mommy" ahhhh a good start to the day. Till later this morning but thats a different story. i slept well. Sorry about your dreams Bubzilla. I know how you feel. If you read my post on this thread from yesterday, you will see that my dreams were similar, except for the inception part. The grief however carries strongly outd=side of the dream.

 

[HëllaBubz]

Thanks NotMyWorld, as much as they are screwed up, I'm glad to know I'm not the only person who has dreams like this.

And yes, the emotional impact does last a long time after the dreams.

Hugs to you.

xoxox

 

[Aqib]

To be honest, I don't remember. Overall, my memory is pretty terrible. I don't know whether it's due to other circumstances, but I know a correlation between hippocampi damage and PTSD exists. I woke up at 9 something, went back to bed and woke up two years later. The worst thing about my sleep generally is that I can't recall my dreams anymore unless they're particularly powerful.

As for the PTSD, I seldom have nightmares relating to...stressful (I won't say traumatic) events in my life such as bullying. Gah, dreams are dreams. I don't attach much importance to them although my therapist disagrees with me.

 

[jimmy-joe]

I've had a lot of dreams where you wake up while still in it, lol one time I kept waking up and different people were in my room staring me, with only 1 other person in the house at the time. I can't sleep hardly for shit, I go for a while getting only a few hours of sleep then I conk out for like 9 and then few hours, exhausted, if I don't wake up freaking out, I wake up shivering and sweating. But don't have nightmares that much anymore, used to have bears/zombies/raptors chasing/eating me constantly, with some really smart and tough bears lol. Raptors always invincible, you can only hope to keep them away till you wake up.

my siblings die or my partner dies and I'm suicidal with grief

If that ever happens, a possible mantra/thought, "How would they feel if I followed them?"

 

[HëllaBubz]

I gotcha JJ! I used to have a lot of dreams like that.

This is going to sound crazy, but my last resort was, with my partner, pray for a good night's sleep.
And one week later, I'm only having a few dreams, not nightmares, and I'm waking up alert and somewhat refreshed.

Mind you, this is coming from the daughter of a minister, who has every reason in the world to despise God and any religion.

I'm starting to feel like there is some hope after all.

 

[NotMyWorld]

Well not much for me the last couple nights in the dream department, however my back has been killing me. I just can't seem to get comfortable and it just aches all night. I wake up feeling stiff and still hurting after a 1/2 hour of stretching/yoga.

I suppose I just feel like I can't win. Which is worse? Nightmares or pain? My husband caught me staring out the window again this morning. I'm starting to wonder why I do that. I just drift off thinking, sometimes trying to shake off the dreams from that night or trying to prepare myself for the world outside. Sometimes I don't realize I'm doing it till my husband asks how long I'm going to sit there and to be careful not to let my mind wander into bad places.

He does ask me if I'm okay and what I'm thinking about. At least I didn't have dreams of my loved ones getting murdered. that was the worst I'd had in a very long time. I'll takes ghosts or rabid animals any day over those. I can shake off being scared easier than the grief that follows those death dreams. Well. As always I wish you all a good nights sleep tonight. I honestly do.

All dreams affect different people in different ways and I would be a fool to think my dreams affected me worse than everyone else. No matter how bad a reaction to a dream/nightmare, someone else has always had a worse one. I know how bad some of mine have affected me. I understand that just because it isn't real, doesn't mean it's no big deal. If it's a big deal to you than it's a big deal. You are the one living that nightmare while you sleep, and you are the one who has to make it through the next day with that grief on your mind, those terrible thoughts and find the courage to close your eyes again the next night.

Sleep well my friends. I hope we all get some rest tonight.