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Posted by Honore on March 23, 2007, at 3:38:48
I've been having a lot of nightmares recently.
This one was about a scary doll hidden in the woodwork of a house where I want visiting. It was nighttime, and we were sleeping in a hallway, and it was very dark and sort of cold, and deserted, and I felt as if the doll was going to come and do something while we were sleeping, or get me while I was walking through the rooms.
Ugh. My Sig O is out of town and I have every light in the apartment on, and I heard a noise and jumped ten feet.
I don't want to go back to bed, it's like a trap, a place of vulnerability and going down into strange trapped places. And my drawing is screwed up and I don' t know if I can fix it and my last collages just had no point, I was aimlessly putting things here and there-- and it felt so much without any center, any informing sense of energy and meaning. Sometimes I feel so mangled and without any inner vision.
Honore
Posted by gazo on March 23, 2007, at 9:03:52
In reply to I had a night mare and now I can't go back to slee, posted by Honore on March 23, 2007, at 3:38:48
have you had a problem with nightmares in the past? when i do i close myself off into one room and close the doors. i leave all the lights on and check all the closets. then i lay down and try to stay vigilant but i usually do end up falling asleep eventually. sometimes soothing music helps. when all else fails i take a sleeping pill.
nightmares are the worst. i am sorry they are disturbing you so.
Posted by Dinah on March 23, 2007, at 10:16:45
In reply to I had a night mare and now I can't go back to slee, posted by Honore on March 23, 2007, at 3:38:48
I wonder if there are any steps you can take to help prepare you for good dreams, while not making you more apprehensive about the bad ones.
Or to minimize external cues that might be sparking nightmares.
My son tells me he has nightmares when I am watching crime dramas after he goes to sleep. He can't hear the dialogue but the scary music gets to him. He also likes his dreamcatcher very much.
Is there any way to create an ambience that would facilitate better dreams? Soft music in the background maybe? I personally recommend the comfort of a pet, but I know not everyone wants that or can have it.
I know that's awfully pragmatic and doesn't address stress or internal conflict that might be stirring nightmares, and of course those are important to look at too. They just seem to take a bit longer to resolve.
Any recurring themes? Sometimes my brain likes to badger me with an idea until I acknowledge receipt.
I envy those people with a uniform sense of energy and direction. But for most people, keeping that can be a struggle I think. Hold on, if you have the feelings at times, they will come back.
Sometimes all I know how to do is to hold on.
Posted by canadagirl on March 24, 2007, at 8:08:32
In reply to Re: I had a night mare and now I can't go back to » Honore, posted by Dinah on March 23, 2007, at 10:16:45
I find keeping the room cooler than normal helps. Or if it's hot where you are, a fan blowing sort of on you or near you. As well as soft music. I really have horrendous dreams when the room is too hot.
Same with my son and scary music, etc. sets him off too. I actually have a tape player in his room with christian music that he falls asleep to, helps sometimes.
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