A
female
age
30-35,
anonymous
writes:Hey.I don't really know how to say this, so I'll just come out with it.When I was a little girl, I had terrible dreams, of extreme pain and bad things happening, and would wake up with scratches and cuts all over my body. Sometimes I'd even cough up blood, etc. I think the term is "Night Terrors".Anyways, I stopped having them, but about a week ago, whilst staying at my boyfriends, I had 4 nights of horrible dreams and sometimes pain, and when we're cuddling in the dark I see deformed faces where his face should be. (This used to happen when I slept in my mums bed when I was little, this stopped for a while too.)To cut it to the point, is there anything I can do to stop these dreams and deformed faces appearing on the ones I love?It seriously scarred me as a child, I really don't want to re-live it. Reply to this Question
Share |
Fancy yourself as an agony aunt? Add your answer to this question! A
female
reader, lexilou +, writes (22 June 2008):
 I had night terrors as a small child and if there is no underlying cause then it is often linked to a vivid imagination. Mine eased into my teens but returned throughout my life if I ever stayed somewhere other than my own bed. As I got older it got better just the odd one now and again and strangely always if i sleep in a tent. Also when I had nicotine patches 6 years ago I had them for months. They are not nice and you are left feeling really scared. Talk to your docs to see if anything can be done i.e. a sleep clinic or he may suggest something else. Good luck x
A
female
reader, cakau  +, writes (22 June 2008):
 oh honey, thats trully terrible (no pun intended). I cant imagine what it feels like. I really have no expertise in this kind of thing, but the first thing that comes to my mind is SEE A THERAPIST, or a hypnotist. Usually hypnotists can help a person reach into the subconscious and go into the depth and root of the problem by making you relive an experience you might've had in the near or distant past (past lives even). Obviously these things are being created in your mind, unless you are being haunted by some evil spirit. in both cases, it would be a relief to find the root of the cause. it could be a psychological or spiritual reoccurance of some sort and I believe that if you consciously deal with the problem, you will have better chances at controlling it( sleep is an unconscious state or awareness). Another thing is, write about your experiences and talk about them as often (comfortably) as possible. Dont feel like you are alone, cause you're not. And in being open about it, you will also gain emotional confidence. Things are as real as we make them (we trully create our own reality and experiences), once you acknowledge this, you can create more beauty in your life. Also, try analyzing what it was you did different during the time these terrors went away: what kind of people were you surrounded by? what did you eat? where were you? what in your life made you feel more at peace? What about your relationships in your family?Any detail is important cause it can prove the pattern can be broken.Last thing. make sure you or the people you are close to are not surrounded by "dark things", dark music, dark movies, dark art..etc..remember, what you see, you become.Please follow me up with your thoughtsLove and light~
...............................
A
female
reader, nicole5178 +, writes (22 June 2008):
 This could actually be a sign of a medicial condition. Night terrors are common symptoms for ailments that affect various areas of the brain. You should really see a doctor. If nothing else, he could give you some medication to calm your sleeping.
Nightmares are generally pyschological--night terrors are not. They're usually indications of serious problems that can't be fixed by just sorting your thoughts out. Unless you've been through a very tramatic accident/attack/war, it's not a emotional response to intimacy. It's probably more along the lines of a certain area of your brain being active and causing problems because of something that's worthy of diagnosing. I'm not a doctor, nor have I had any medical training, but I've heard that night terrors are either chemically caused or part of something akin to post-tramatic stress disorder.
Best of luck! Try to get some sleep....
-Nicole.
...............................
A
reader, anonymous, writes (22 June 2008): If you haven't already talked to your mom,then do so.I think you should go to therapy because it could be some-
thing deeper causing you to have these dreams.
...............................
|
