Nightmares please help me

Are you possibly taking any medication that could affect it? I know when I took Chantix to quit smoking it gave me nightmares. If you are taking any medications, he may want to carefully read up on the side effects. If this is not the case, I agree you should speak to your doctor. good luck.

If the excellent suggestions from those before me don't help maybe try something that's worked for me. I gave my mind some suggested dream content before falling asleep. I believe dreams are just on interpretation of the deep healing that is needed by everybody. That is why the content is random. Giving suggestions is like you forming a partnership with your inner self. It really did work for me ... but maybe it's the belief that worked.

Frequent nightmares in adults is very indicative of possible PTSD symptoms, though not always. Those with higher anxiety levels, poor sleep habits, and people who go quickly into REM sleep often have more nightmares as well.

In some cases people have nightmares that result in very elevated heart rates and such, and some research shows that this is almost always linked to a traumatic event that has not been fully processed. It seems like overall it's a grey science, and there isn't a lot of agreement withing the medical community.

I know I went through a very long period of essentially no dreams of any sort when the stress levels in my life were very high. This eventually changed to "normal" dreams for a while, and then when my PTSD reared it's head led to insanely violent and graphic nightmares.

If it's keeping you from getting a good nights sleep, it's worth getting in to talk to a doctor about. The longer the cycle continues, the harder it is to break. I usually don't take medications of any kind if I can avoid it, but after the nightmare period accepted that without a sleep aid of some sort it would just get worse and worse. For me just breaking the cycle and getting better sleep for a night or two usually got me back to normal again.

yourhiddengem wrote: »

robertw486 wrote: »

Frequent nightmares in adults is very indicative of possible PTSD symptoms, though not always.

I have PTSD so it's most likely that.

Thanks for the advice and support everyone. I really appreciate it! Also I didn't have a nightmare last night so that was really nice

For me several types of PTSD therapy helped in the long run. It wasn't real pleasant at times, but facing and dealing with the event(s) that caused the PTSD were in the long run very helpful and in some cases instantly helpful. The Veterans Administration also actually has an app they recommend for some people. But essentially until you fully process the event(s), it's back there in your subconscious mind and will come to the surface when you encounter your personal trigger events.

I'm far from an expert on the subject, but my recommendation based on my experience is to deal with it sooner rather than later, regardless of the cause. I still have ups and downs with it, but overall am much more in control of the situation and see it coming now. When I didn't see it coming, it hit me like a freight train, and I don't want anyone dealing with that if they can avoid it.