Hi all
In the summer of 1997 I saw a specialist who diagnosed I have a dream disorder. It just so happened I didn't get to go to Whitechapel Hospital, London, to be assessed overnight as he put it. My doctor at the time who arranged the appiontment at my surgery left, and 3 months after he left we moved. So it just never happened.
I couldn't even tell you the name of the disorder only remember him saying a dream disorder.
My mum seems to think it was all started off to a visit to the circus. I was around4-5 years old. She says there where guns firing at ballons and when one popped I just did the most terryfying scream and they had to remove me. She lived through hell with me to be honest. I remember one night she says she was watching a scary movie, and I came down stairs, opened the living room dorr, didn't acknowlege her, sat down, starrring, and muttered something she could not understand, stood up, still not looking at her and got back into bed. I know it's not funny but I bet she was terrified, especially as she was watching a scary movie. Then other nights Peter Suclife, the Yorkshire ripper would be sat on my bed staring at me, in my dream. A few times I would be physically sick too. I remember one night I was someone in a war and the person fighting alongside me had their leg blown off.I bolted upright, pulled back the cover and saw my husbands leg had been blown off from the knee and blood everywhere.
I was , as I say physically sick, and lucky to have an understanding husband who knew about me and my dreams, and was willing to help change thebed covers and stuff.
What made me visit the doctor was although I hated the dreams I was never scared to go to sleep, never really thought about them through the day, just too busy. But one night I tried to strangle my dog. I dreamed he was a loin attacking me in the jungle and I was trying to save myself. that upset me so much that I'd done that to my Robbie. My nature isn't a fighter, I don't attack people. I'm not negative by nature I'm up for a laugh and try to see the best in any challenge/situation, well I like to think I do.
I met someone by chance one day. Told her about my dreams. She seemed to think I might be someone to whom folk want to tell their tale, while I am asleep. Meaning they want to share their ending/bad life with me because my nature is that of someone who loves to hear about people and what makes them tick. it intrests me, and yes I admit, I'm nosey too..lol. Part of me thinks, yes, could be that. Then part of me thinks I do have a very imaginative nature. I was a window dresser for years. I have got an over active imagination I suppose. I just think though because I try not to subject my mind to unpleasant things through the day, it worries me what goes on in the world and what happens to people that I try not to fill my mind with things like that, if I can help it. So I wondered why my dreams where so unpleasant?
So is there anyone else here like me? What is it all about? Is it a dream disorder? What causes it? What's it all about.
Love Sharon
RE: Dream A Little Dream
Hi Sharon,
Sorry to hear about your dreams causing you problems. I don't know the name of it but there was a programme on a few months ago about sleep disorders and they filmed different people at night while they slept. One man had 'restless legs' syndrome which meant he could only get a couple of hours sleep at night because he had to keep moving his legs and keeping them cool. Another man snored because of chronic sleep apnoea (mu husband suffers from the same thing) and a man who just keeps banging his head on his pillow all night, but there was also someone who would attack their partner in their sleep because of the nightmares he had and wouldn't realize he was hurting the one he loved. In his dreams he saw monsters or wild animals or he would be under some sort of attack and would lash out. Does this sound like you? Maybe you need to see your new doctor who might be able to refer you to a sleep clinic nearer than London?
Good luck, keep us informed
Love and light
reikiangel xxx
RE: Dream A Little Dream
Hi ReikiAngel
What a lovely name by the way.
Fortunatley my dreams do have seemed to die down. Where as i maybe got one a week I now probably only get on every 2 months. I set the video for the programme, but as ever, set it for the wrong channel!!!Would LOVED to have seen it.
I did go to my doctor when I moved here. I was having a terrible time dreaming that my twins where in my bed, under the covers sufforcating. It was nearly ever night. the thing is they have NEVER even spent a night in our bed and are 4 next birthday. I got so bad that I went to my villiage doctor. Lovely man mind you but just thought it best to give me some pills to help with motherhood. I suppose he thought it was me being an over zelaous mother. I didn't take them. and in time that dream stopped, thankgoodness as I was in blind panic with fear. Felt sorry for hubby too as he got the covers ripped off him most nights while i was searching the bed for the girls.
Just posted as i wondered if this type of thing affected anyone else. and yes Like the man i would dream of things attacking me or that people where sat there staring at me. It was awful really.
Love Sharon