I have nightmares every night...

[TheCheshireCat]

I have nightmares everynight. This has been happening for the past 3 months or so. Does anyone else have this problem or know any causes for nightmares?

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supposed to say everynight, not evernight

[FrancoBattiato]

I have the same dreams every night

I'm running through a forest with the girl of my dreams

Running from the shadows

From what's in the shadows

I trip and fall

She keeps running

I call and she looks, but keeps running

I can't get up, it's coming to fast

I trip again

I'm alone now

In the darkness

Sitting against a tree

I know it's next to me

But it's too dark to see

I feel like I've been stabbed

I wake up

Every time, it's always the same

Every night

Every time I shut my eyes

I don't mind the darkness, and the shadows, and what's in them

And the feeling of being stabbed

But every time she keeps running without me, it breaks my heart over and over again

It's unbearable

[TheGoodTheBadTheHOT]

If it's a reoccurring nightmare then it could be any number of things;

1) change in diet

2) some deep feeling/instinct in your subconsciousness

3) brain tumour

4) some physical problem in another area of your body.

Id say the best course is to see a doctor, they can take some blood and run tests which may hopefully find the route of your problem.

[TheCheshireCat]

could it be caused by taking a prescription?

[TheGoodTheBadTheHOT]

Yes.

[TheoryOfAvarice]

I've been having a TON of nightmares lately. Like practically every night.

I usually have lots of dreams, but it's always been a mix of good and bad, and more often they're good. So I don't know why suddenly for the past couple of weeks I've been having non-stop nightmares... but I'm hoping they'll go away soon. I don't mind having dreams but I hate waking up scared and upset and stuff.

Oh, and I've heard that if you're cold when you fall asleep, you're more likely to have nightmares. I don't know if it's true or not though.

[Evermore]

mine are just like yours, my parents keep telling me to go to the doctor because they can actually diagnose you with haveing "chronic nightmares" I guess, there are medications you can take that will help you sleep if it's messing with your sleep and day to day life. I told my parents I'd go if it got to where I couldn't sleep. but I understand what you mean about lucid dreaming, it just changes to another dream when you thought you had woken up, just gets twice as bad. I hope I helped.

[islands7]

Gee, this sounds like Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland film theme ...

Seriously, you might try an Alka-Seltzer about an hour prior to bedtime or Pepto-Bismol - even though that might sound strange.

If that doesn't do it, you might also get something stronger, non-additive prescription for a very low dose of

Amitriptyline

if your doc thinks this best.

[EddyMetal]

That's actually good news. Nightmares can cause your subconscious to grant you the ability to lucid dream, or at least that's what happened to me. Whenever some nightmarish thing happens to you, try to remember you're dreaming, then you're able to fix it.

[TheCheshireCat]

Yeah, I've actually done this. The problem is that once I start lucid dreaming, my mind tricks me into thinking I've woken up & starts a whole new dream...

[Anonymous]

Awe I'm sorry you have nightmares every night! I hate having scary dreams. :/

There's obviously something in your waking life that's getting to your subconscious. I don't know if you believe in dream interpretation, but I do. And this site is one of the best- link

You'll want to look up key things (like you seeing a cat in your dream, you in a pool, whatever).

[TheCheshireCat]

I love that site :)

[Anonymous]

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[cutekid]

I rarely v nightmares and they aren't really terrifying,well I guess this can help a bit link

[tnacg]

Did you recently have a traumatic experience? That seems to be the start of nightmares. Basically deeply rooted fears that manifest the mind at night.

[TheCheshireCat]

No, but I have been taking a prescription for about a year now... I wonder if that is the cause...

[tnacg]

could be. Someone once told me that dreams were the mind replaying events.

[TheCheshireCat]

Well, I also keep having dreams that I'm Lois Lane & I'm married to superman, lol. I'm pretty sure my mind can't be replaying those events because superman isn't real, lol.

[tnacg]

lol, that would be amazing.

[ixi10]

are you going through any changes in your life? stress? are you worried about something?

[TheCheshireCat]

No, not really. I have been taking anxiety medication for the past year... My nightmares have been going on for 6 or more months, maybe the two are related...

[islands7]

link

will tell you more, as well as interactions ... also search the wiki

[selfishstars]

I tend to have a lot of nightmares when I'm stressed out about something.