Waking Up Unsure Of Where I Am

[Justmehere]

I have been waking up trembling and shaking and having a hard time figuring out where I am. After a minute, I realize I'm in my bedroom but it takes a little longer to realize what year it is and that what I was dreaming about isn't real.

I'm fine after a couple of minutes, but it is bewildering and I can't seem to remember what the nightmares were about.

This has happened a few times in my life but now it is happening every might for the past two weeks. I'm moving in a week (just down the street) and a little concerned I'm going to be really confused at the new place.

Anyone deal with anything like this?

 

[novemberDark]

I have that, not as often as before but now it's more waking and before

I have my eyes open really wondering where I am and absolutely not knowing (not even which country).

Then I get afraid to open my eyes ( not because I feel I'm not safe, but because of the hollow feeling that follows.

For me I figure it's because I was forced to displace from a safe comfortzone and to many times after for safety reasons.

You said you are moving, did you move around a lot ?.

 

[arfie]

I have dealt with it for most of my 60 years. Long enough that I believe I can see it coming these days and head it off at The Pass. I use the quality of my sleep as a measuring stick. I still seldom sleep 8 contiguous hours, but I am waking refreshed most mornings. The dream disturbances are isolated incidents. I can function with a missed night here and there. It was the long strings of nights that brought on the sleep deprivation.

My two most valuable aides are my dogs and a sleep talisman. A sleep talisman is any old physical object that gives me something I can hold on too while I sort dream from reality. I like things I can wrap around my wrist. Both help me stay calm while I process the event. When I can stay calm in the aftermath, I can typically get back to resting.

You are not alone, Justme. Hope you find a solution that fits your special case.

 

[franciemarnie]

When I was extraordinarily sleep deprived and under major stress, I would wake and not know who I was or where I was or what year it was.

There were times I woke up and literally saw around me my bedroom from the 1970's. It was so bizarre to watch the furniture and walls slowly dissolve and shift back into the actual bedroom I woke up in.

I have woken up shaking internally.

For me I was under tremendous stress and/or dreaming of the old days. The shaking and trembling (with cold feeling in chest) was trauma energy ready for release.

It can be discombobulating!

 

[samson]

Interesting that you would post this. I have been without nightmares for a while now, but they have started again in a different way. I took a nap yesterday and went into a really deep sleep around 4:30 and I woke at 6:00 pm not knowing what day it was, what I was doing, where I was supposed to be. And I was shaking.

I called a friend and it only lasted for a couple of minutes but it's so distressing. I have no memory of what I was dreaming about. Then last night I woke up at midnight terrified. No memory of a dream, but definitely panicking about something.

My apartment was really hot. It was 4 degrees outside, but I felt like there was no air. I opened windows and still slept without cover. Awoke again at 3:15 thinking I hear broken glass and that my dog fell off my bed. I don't think he did. I think I was making so much noise dreaming that he came to the side of the bed to wake me up.

It was exhausting. I'm sitting here at work today trying to manage. Didn't mean to hi-jack your thread, but yes I understand.

 

[Barconian]

I'm just wondering, is the thought of moving causing you concern? Because that could be a reason for waking up disorientated and feeling afraid