Scared to sleep, How can I get rid of Night terrors?!
Question: Scared to sleep, How can I get rid of Night terrors.?
Years ago I began having night terrors after a traumatic incident. I never remembered what was going on, but only remember not being able to wake up and feeling like I was going to die if I didn't wake up. Recently I have been having what is seemingly similar, although I am remembering the terror and it is eerily similar each time. Basically, something "evil" comes to me while I'm in bed. I can feel it. It will grab me, hold me down, sometimes even spoon me. I pray and pray in Jesus name for it to leave or for me to wake up...fortunately my husband eventually realizes what's going on and wakes me up. This is occurring more frequently and sometimes multiple times a night. I'm absolutely terrified. I realize I may need to see a doctor, but am confused as to why this is happening again. ANY help is TRULY appreciated.Health Question & Answer
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A previous answer follows, but you would do well to visualise, as vividly as possible, just before lights out, a scenario in which you were in exactly that traumatic incident, but managed to prevail, and REALLY WANT TO DO THIS IN YOUR DREAMS, WITH ALL THE DESIRE YOU CAN MUSTER: "Learn to identify, and confront your fears: a fear confronted is a fear reduced, but a fear avoided is a fear strengthened. If you don't know what they are, write down 3 times, before going to sleep: "Tonight, in my dreams, I want to remember seeing what my fear is, when I get up", and put it under your pillow. Then say it aloud 3 times, after lights out.
It is important to summon as much desire as you are capable of, to more effectively communicate this to your subconscious mind. If this works, it should produce a response within 2 weeks; if not, you may not be remembering, so set an alarm to go off after, first, 3 hrs; next night 4; next night 5: have a pen & paper handy, and WRITE DOWN THOSE DREAMS!!! or, chances are, you will forget. Remember, the response may be metaphorical (figurative), rather than literal.
There is a section on dream interpretation, here in Y!A, and view section 3 on dream interpretation, at ezy build (feel free to email me by clicking on my profile, but I am a lot better with interpreting dreams of males, than females) if you have any difficulty, but the idea is to, immediately after waking & writing down, question the characters inhabiting that dream, and note any thoughts, images, impressions, or emotions which result.
Then use the confrontation method, in section 3, on recurring nightmares, at ezy-build. Take up a course in Tae Kwon Do, Kung Fu, or Tang Soo Do, etc., as much for the mental techniques you will learn, as the ability to face physical fear, which may well have a carry over effect in the dream state, at night, influencing your subconscious mind, and enabling you to tackle them head on (Some people can defeat them: it can help to call on friends, or others: "dream allies" to come to your assistance.
In dreams, heroes, superheroes, characters/beings from fiction, or people who are alive, or long dead, are available to be selected to help you. I am still unable to summon them, as yet, but I realise that all those figures are part of me: one thing you can do is just keep fighting: persevere, and resist). I also suggest that you try the technique of dream re-entry, and, just after lights out, visualise yourself, as vividly as possible, confronting your attacker: demanding to know why you are being attacked, and demonstrating that you are prepared to defend yourself, if they don't go away and stop bothering you.
It is important to want this with as much desire as you can muster, to better convey the message to your subconscious mind. Include this on the piece of paper you put under your pillow. Many people report reduced anxiety levels, after taking up yoga, and t'ai chi probably has similar benefits. More on these in the first 3 pages of section 2, and see NIGHTMARES/TERRORS - NIGHT TERRORS & NIGHTMARES: TREATMENT, in section 3." If not improved after a fortnight, seek therapy, preferably professional EMDR, at first (sections 33 -34, at ezy build).Health Question & Answer
It is important to summon as much desire as you are capable of, to more effectively communicate this to your subconscious mind. If this works, it should produce a response within 2 weeks; if not, you may not be remembering, so set an alarm to go off after, first, 3 hrs; next night 4; next night 5: have a pen & paper handy, and WRITE DOWN THOSE DREAMS!!! or, chances are, you will forget. Remember, the response may be metaphorical (figurative), rather than literal.
There is a section on dream interpretation, here in Y!A, and view section 3 on dream interpretation, at ezy build (feel free to email me by clicking on my profile, but I am a lot better with interpreting dreams of males, than females) if you have any difficulty, but the idea is to, immediately after waking & writing down, question the characters inhabiting that dream, and note any thoughts, images, impressions, or emotions which result.
Then use the confrontation method, in section 3, on recurring nightmares, at ezy-build. Take up a course in Tae Kwon Do, Kung Fu, or Tang Soo Do, etc., as much for the mental techniques you will learn, as the ability to face physical fear, which may well have a carry over effect in the dream state, at night, influencing your subconscious mind, and enabling you to tackle them head on (Some people can defeat them: it can help to call on friends, or others: "dream allies" to come to your assistance.
In dreams, heroes, superheroes, characters/beings from fiction, or people who are alive, or long dead, are available to be selected to help you. I am still unable to summon them, as yet, but I realise that all those figures are part of me: one thing you can do is just keep fighting: persevere, and resist). I also suggest that you try the technique of dream re-entry, and, just after lights out, visualise yourself, as vividly as possible, confronting your attacker: demanding to know why you are being attacked, and demonstrating that you are prepared to defend yourself, if they don't go away and stop bothering you.
It is important to want this with as much desire as you can muster, to better convey the message to your subconscious mind. Include this on the piece of paper you put under your pillow. Many people report reduced anxiety levels, after taking up yoga, and t'ai chi probably has similar benefits. More on these in the first 3 pages of section 2, and see NIGHTMARES/TERRORS - NIGHT TERRORS & NIGHTMARES: TREATMENT, in section 3." If not improved after a fortnight, seek therapy, preferably professional EMDR, at first (sections 33 -34, at ezy build).Health Question & Answer
I don't know why this happens to you, but the same thing happens to my boyfriend. He said he wakes up and his mouth is so sore that he can barely open it from clenching his teeth so hard. He normally can not go back to sleep unless he takes a sleeping pill or forces himself to.....I hope that this stops happening to you. Good luck!! :(Health Question & Answer
Times in my life when I've had the worst of dreams and nightmares I was feeling extreme stress. I've always heard the stresses and anything else going on in life come out in your dreams. While they lasted for years it's ten plus years without any recurrent type dreams. It just went away one day.Health Question & Answer
Read the 23th Psalm over a glass of water. Take a sip, your husband too.
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Psal...
Then lightly pour the water across your front, back and your bedroom door way.
God is with you, all the time, every time. He is so very powerful that even just calling out his name stops evil in it's tracks!
Peace and love to you and yours.Health Question & Answer
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Psal...
Then lightly pour the water across your front, back and your bedroom door way.
God is with you, all the time, every time. He is so very powerful that even just calling out his name stops evil in it's tracks!
Peace and love to you and yours.Health Question & Answer
It's happening because you want it to. You fear over it so it controls you. Just forget about it.
Heck, if it's trying to spoon you, who's to lose.?Health Question & Answer
Heck, if it's trying to spoon you, who's to lose.?Health Question & Answer
go to a dr.
i can't tell u why it's happening but if it's interrupting your life this much then seek helpHealth Question & Answer
i can't tell u why it's happening but if it's interrupting your life this much then seek helpHealth Question & Answer
I had terrible nightmares after a traumatic event also. I don't remember what made me take control but I finally killed the man in my nightmares and never had them again.
Instead of just waking up or getting scared I had a big knife in my bedroom (in the dream) and when he came in I stabbed him. That was the end of those terrible dreams and I have not had any since.
Maybe you could start a dream log or a journal. Write down what YOU want to happen in the dreams. Not why you are afraid or what happens. What you want to happen. Repeat this when you go to bed. Say it over and over in your head.
See what happens maybe the dreams will change and stop.
After all, if you are afraid you are giving away your power and control. Take it back. It is yours.
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Instead of just waking up or getting scared I had a big knife in my bedroom (in the dream) and when he came in I stabbed him. That was the end of those terrible dreams and I have not had any since.
Maybe you could start a dream log or a journal. Write down what YOU want to happen in the dreams. Not why you are afraid or what happens. What you want to happen. Repeat this when you go to bed. Say it over and over in your head.
See what happens maybe the dreams will change and stop.
After all, if you are afraid you are giving away your power and control. Take it back. It is yours.
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i use to have horrible night terrors as well, and for one your husband should NEVER wake you up. Doctors told me that when you have night terrors you are between reality and dream and you basically are pulling your dream into reality.
Try watching something soothing and calming before you go to bed at night. Think of something peaceful. There is no cure for night terrors because i have gone to those sleep studies and they do nothing but monitor your patterns. They say night terrors are somethings a form of epilepsy but a mild form.
Tell your husband not to wake you but hold you and rock you like a child until you wake up. Eventually they will get better but the more you think about them the worse they get. I am 27 and have had these since I was 4. I had my first one in 5 years 4 weeks ago and it scared the living hell out of my boyfriend but he remembered what to do to calm me and I basically calmed down in his arms and he carried me back to bed. I usually run out of the room screaming and trying to get out of the house. I never remember this is what people have told me. Good luck and don't waste your moneyHealth Question & Answer
Try watching something soothing and calming before you go to bed at night. Think of something peaceful. There is no cure for night terrors because i have gone to those sleep studies and they do nothing but monitor your patterns. They say night terrors are somethings a form of epilepsy but a mild form.
Tell your husband not to wake you but hold you and rock you like a child until you wake up. Eventually they will get better but the more you think about them the worse they get. I am 27 and have had these since I was 4. I had my first one in 5 years 4 weeks ago and it scared the living hell out of my boyfriend but he remembered what to do to calm me and I basically calmed down in his arms and he carried me back to bed. I usually run out of the room screaming and trying to get out of the house. I never remember this is what people have told me. Good luck and don't waste your moneyHealth Question & Answer