Nightmares

[moT]

To be perfectly blunt... You are a fucken moron.

Where do you get that from?

and i came to that conclustion my self after studying my eating habbits and dreams

[Sniper]

Well there ya go.. Not so much of a moron now am i. Now would you please take back that statement.

Read the whole of the post.

and i came to that conclustion my self after studying my eating habbits and dreams

Why would you do that?

[moT]

i have read the whole post it sais to eat cheese as it promotes sleeping and that it does give you weird dreams not nightmares but look who did the study dont you think they will be bias?

and i just put the 2 together and i came to realise when i ate cheese it gave me weird dreams or nightmares

[Curious_AJ]

hey guys.. wow.. this thread has taken off more than i had imagined it would!! 3 pages... far out... i had to read all of that too!!

as for the herbals etc... well ive tried that, it has failed... and as for the wank... also tried but failed im not at easily placated (sp) as some might be...

in this sleep deprived state in which i am right now, it was hard to process everything that youguys said, be a whole lot of it VERY off the subject lol...

stress could be a factor.. if i could get my life in order and get a job somewhere i think it'd calm down a bit... and also i got my restricted (cage) comming up this week friday (though the dreams have been here for MONTHS) so yeah, i dunno, maybe i should try meditation? i use those chinese health ball thingies regularely (my family get sick of the bells) but those only seem to help with my bad circulation to my hands and nothing else...

i guess i just have to see what happens when i go back to uni tomorrow as well, see if they get worse or what... in the holidays i have found the dreams to be more persistant as i have had nothing to do during the day to occupy my mind i guess (and have been going to bed extremely late, not that i could help it)

all the stuff that's been said has helped in some way, be it giving me chuckles, or good advice... i'm thinking of asking around about sleeping pills though... i need something to knock me out cold as per say...

[0arbreaka]

You could try smoking weed, seems to get my brother off to sleep without a problem, mind you he consumes every morsal of food left in the house afterwards. It may or may not help with the dreams, cant say.

[Swoop]

I had a weird dream the other night. I was eating a three pound marshmallow!
What was really weird is that I cannot find one of my pillows...


One thing that might assist, AJ, is reading a book before bedtime. It relaxes the brain and allows it to focus on one thing (maybe/possibly/sometimes - I ain't no trick-cyclist).

DON'T get Indy to read you a bedtime story!

[Curious_AJ]

I had a weird dream the other night. I was eating a three pound marshmallow!
What was really weird is that I cannot find one of my pillows...


One thing that might assist, AJ, is reading a book before bedtime. It relaxes the brain and allows it to focus on one thing (maybe/possibly/sometimes - I ain't no trick-cyclist).

DON'T get Indy to read you a bedtime story!

I always read before bed, hehe.. been doing it ever since i could read! I love books.. but yeah, seeming as i'm so used to it, it doesn't do anything to help me sleep... i stay awake for ages, and then near the time that i'm supposed to wake up, i have the dreams usually, or after about an hour of sleep...

[SARGE]

I've been having the weirdest nightmares lately... but sometimes they couldnt even be called nightmares exactly, but they're so disturbing that they make me wake up with shock, or wake up in the morning not feeling at all rested...

These dreams are the kind that haunt you way after and you don't want to sleep again for fear of having them... they reach deep into your soul and lodge themselves there... they're the kind that make you cringe whenever anything reminds you of them...

Nothing I've done seems to help, and i've ended up getting to sleep REALLy late (or early however you look at it)... I don't know what to do.. i think its starting to affect me in reality... my moods tend to be VERY tempramental (cant spell, too tired) its like they're going up and down with every minute ticking by.. and sometimes its just nothing but blank...

That's why I'm awake now... fear of my subconscious...

welcome to MY world

[BIGBOSSMAN]

One, Two Freddy's coming for you,
Three, Four, better lock your door,
Five, Six, grab your crucifix,
Seven, Eight, gonna stay up late,
Nine, Ten never sleep again.

[Curious_AJ]

that's not very nice... chuckled a bit though... but still.. not being able to sleep and having nightmares isn't funny!

[klingon]

Interesting reading...

Over several years I have suffered along similar lines - nightmares, scared to go to sleep etc.

I agree with everything Deviant has to say except the Rescue Remedy. I find Rescue Remedy really helps me, and my Dad has just had it suggested to him by his doctor - the same doctor who prescribed sleeping pills and anti-depressants. Conventional medicine and 'alternative' meds are not mutually exclusive. (Some would say that the drugs are the alternative, and herbal options are the conventional ones... that's a debate for a whole other time and place.)

By the way, I find bananas are the best fruit to eat before bed,and a warm, milky drink (but nothing with cocoa in it). Also don't drink it too close to bed time or you'll have to get up and pee!

I also find I get nightmares if I eat cheese late at night. It wasn't something I read about or heard about - it was something I experienced repeatedly and then worked out the connection. Maybe it doesn't happen to other people. It happens to me.

Also consider having counselling. A lot of Unis have a cheap or free counselling service - ask the campus doctor. A good counsellor can suggest methods for dealing with whatever underlying issues may be causing the nightmares. Obviously they can't make the cause disappear, but they can help you discover ways to handle your stress better, and get that essential sleep!

Good luck. I feel for you.

[BIGBOSSMAN]

that's not very nice... chuckled a bit though... but still.. not being able to sleep and having nightmares isn't funny!

Sorry, the deviant humour within me had to be 'released'!
When I was a kid I was a sleepwalker, and once found myself across the road from my parents house, over a 1.8m fence and half way up a tree screaming my head off. I've had various sleep problems since including insomnia, but probably the worst of them all was a few episodes of Sleep Paralysis. Basically I woke up unable to move and saw a large moving dark mass on the ceiling, I was unable to make a noise as this 'thing' got closer and closer. Really fucking terrifying, especially to a 10 year old kid. Weird as fuck man.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis

[007XX]

that's not very nice... chuckled a bit though... but still.. not being able to sleep and having nightmares isn't funny!

hey, what about exercise??? you say you got nothing to do during the day at the moment, so why not go swimming at the pool, or if the cost is a bother, go for a run...

Exercise will do all sorts of good things to your internal body clock, just don't do it any closer than 3 hours before bedtime...

It relieves from stress also...

[0arbreaka]

Ive got the perfect exercise for you, it involves rowing on a concept2 rowing machine at a consistant pace for an hour every day, I train to a specific heart rate and keep it within a specific hr range. This way youll be too tired to stay awake and you'll get really fit as well. Also the high level of fitness in which you will atain will cause youre brain to release endorphins into your bloodstream inturn making you feel good about yourself, its kind of the same as when you eat chocolate and you feel good afterwards, except you dont get fat. Rowing, being a mainly cardio based sport will eventually give you a strong heart as well.

[Mr. Peanut]

Sorry, the deviant humour within me had to be 'released'!
When I was a kid I was a sleepwalker, and once found myself across the road from my parents house, over a 1.8m fence and half way up a tree screaming my head off. I've had various sleep problems since including insomnia, but probably the worst of them all was a few episodes of Sleep Paralysis. Basically I woke up unable to move and saw a large moving dark mass on the ceiling, I was unable to make a noise as this 'thing' got closer and closer. Really fucking terrifying, especially to a 10 year old kid. Weird as fuck man.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis

Whenever I got a fever, and a few times recently I've had terrible nightmares. So symbolic though. I can never remember them, but sometimes I'll feel them.

It's like death.