It is almost half year when I saw nightmares at last time. When I have got emotional pressures I see nightmares. Last night dream was pretty awfull. I see them colorfull and with voices and just like a real world I am in there.
I was some kind of market place where were kids age 0-10, they were tight on robes and beside of them there were other kids with knives. Kids with knives cut other kids necks or babies heads. I look at how one of the babies head was like a soft meat when bigger kid cut it. Worse thing was I knew they all did not die, because bigger kids does not have skills to know how to kill another people. So there on the ground was lot of suffering kids who waiting for they die. (I think that part of dream implient tribal war of one book I recently read).
Someone lead me on schoolbuss. It changed train at some point. There was adult murderer who had new kind of weapon and I saw how he introduced it for others. He killed 8 man on one swing, cut their throws open.
For my age I am pretty good to controll my dreams and I can stop nigtmares what I have already seen before. I can also call dreams back or mess with them if I need.
But how to learn stop nightmares which are coming at the first time?
I expect you will get a variety of hints from other forum members.
One suggestion is to take time out in your conscious waking state to focus on your breath.
How about 5 minutes on just watching your inbreath and outbreath
This could change your beta brainwaves to theta brainwaves, which are more conducive to gentle dreams, and a gentler waking state, with less nightmare inducing adrenaline.
And...stop watching the news!!!
Tigress
Wise words, Tigress!
Bad dreams can be incredibly upsetting, that is why they are bad. When we wake up it can take time for us to feel like we are back on solid ground again, but we do.
They can certainly be physiological, as Tigress has alluded to, so heavy meals late at night, stress at work etc can all be contributors.
But we always think that the content of dreams may say something about us, after all they come from our own mind, but the fact that this dream disturbs you is the correct response to the content. Everyone gets dreams that upset them that poke at their worst fears. And a lot of dreams are just nonsense.
If that's not enough and you're still worried then there are lots of services available, dream therapists, books, Jungian analysts etc etc who can help you make sense of these things and do something positive with the information that they - sometimes - contain.
Thank you both 🙂