DogTired
Silver Member
This is not an angry question, I'm just asking for your thoughts.
My therapist. She wanted to talk about my flashbacks and nightmares.
I knew there was a difference but this little gem caught me unawares.
"You know when you are having a nightmare"as you are awake!"
WTH? I'm asleep, reliving an excerpt of nastiness, in full color, smell, sound, and pain.
Interacting with the action (apparently I thrash around), speaking to and listening to others I knew. (in a variety of languages says SWMBO)
(note: SWMBO has recorded some of my verbals, and I do respond to them when played back in that language. Automatically and not thinking about it.)
It's just like the real thing. Then, it finishes. Or it is stopped by the wife or dog who wake me up, if I'm getting out of hand.
Or, I WAKE UP, once the 'nightmare' has finished. Usually confused, generally upset, and sometimes that's it for the night as far as sleep goes.
Except, according to my therapist, I'm awake and can stop the nightmare whenever I want to.
So the question.
After an hour of the therapist trying to convince me I'm awake, am I just in denial, or have I just made history as the only person who dreams in their sleep.
Before anyone answers, remember, I'm not angry, just asking.
My therapist. She wanted to talk about my flashbacks and nightmares.
I knew there was a difference but this little gem caught me unawares.
"You know when you are having a nightmare"as you are awake!"
WTH? I'm asleep, reliving an excerpt of nastiness, in full color, smell, sound, and pain.
Interacting with the action (apparently I thrash around), speaking to and listening to others I knew. (in a variety of languages says SWMBO)
(note: SWMBO has recorded some of my verbals, and I do respond to them when played back in that language. Automatically and not thinking about it.)
It's just like the real thing. Then, it finishes. Or it is stopped by the wife or dog who wake me up, if I'm getting out of hand.
Or, I WAKE UP, once the 'nightmare' has finished. Usually confused, generally upset, and sometimes that's it for the night as far as sleep goes.
Except, according to my therapist, I'm awake and can stop the nightmare whenever I want to.
So the question.
After an hour of the therapist trying to convince me I'm awake, am I just in denial, or have I just made history as the only person who dreams in their sleep.
Before anyone answers, remember, I'm not angry, just asking.