Nightmares are better than dreams

[Stompdown]

Some may not agree with me until they hear my reason for this. And it all depends on the situation. In my case I found that having nightmares was a better way for me to start my day and seeing the bright side of things. Let me explain, when Id have a nightmare and wake up I would feel comforted knowing it was only a dream and how worse things could really be. But when I would have a good dream I would wake up starting the day depressed knowing how better things could also be.

 

[Dark.Green.Feathers]

I suppose my perspective is somewhere in the middle. Most of my nightmares reflect what has been real, so while I’m thankful it’s no longer the present, it’s still a big part of my reality and its realness and power long outlive the time it was happening.

I don’t really get “Good” dreams, in the sense of dreams that I wake up disappointed from, or am very comforted in. Never had an idealistic dream, strangely. But I think the better dreams I have, I view with a half-full perspective. It was nice to have a peaceful night, and in the future I could get a semblance of that…
I think my better toned dreams are simple.

Most of my dreams? Bizarre and/or situationally neutral. Not good, not bad, just strange, sometimes funny. I like funny dreams. Absurdist humour; Sometimes they are “bad” but the weirdness of them outweighs any serious frustration I could get from them when I wake up. That with scattered feelings on current events, in visual form.
Or they put me in confusing/stressful/frustrating situations. With or without the weird modifier.

 

[Stompdown]

I suppose my perspective is somewhere in the middle. Most of my nightmares reflect what has been real, so while I’m thankful it’s no longer the present, it’s still a big part of my reality and its realness and power long outlive the time it was happening.

I don’t really get “Good” dreams, in the sense of dreams that I wake up disappointed from, or am very comforted in. Never had an idealistic dream, strangely. But I think the better dreams I have, I view with a half-full perspective. It was nice to have a peaceful night, and in the future I could get a semblance of that…
I think my better toned dreams are simple.

Most of my dreams? Bizarre and/or situationally neutral. Not good, not bad, just strange, sometimes funny. I like funny dreams. Absurdist humour; Sometimes they are “bad” but the weirdness of them outweighs any serious frustration I could get from them when I wake up. That with scattered feelings on current events, in visual form.

Or they put me in confusing/stressful/frustrating situations. With or without the weird modifiers.

Most of the nightmares and dreams I had was when I was incarcerated and depending on your current situation it can differ between people. I woke up eleven years straight looking at a four walls and a ceiling. Id have dreams that I would die horribly and I'd wake up drenched in sweat. It was a relief when I woke and I realized how worse of a situation I could be in. Some peoples "nightmares" are just bad dreams for others depending on ones imagination.

 

[parrotthepolly]

I completely get what you mean. I don't get nightmares too often but this makes me want to sleep forever and avoid reality at all costs. Haven't been driven to suicide yet so I'm still existing and when I'm awake, I have all the bad memories with bodily sensations flood all my senses can't really enjoy life or the fact I survived.

 

[Rose White]

@Stompdown that is generally my experience too