marlena Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 I suffer badly from nightmares. There isn't a night I don't go to bed without being tormented by horrid nightmares! Some are so vividly real that it takes me hours to shake off their effect. Mostly I dream of my parents who passed away about three years ago. Losing them shattered my world. They are not the only dead people I dream of either. Another common dream is finding out something terrible has happened to my daughter. Honestly, I could write tons of bokks describing this "other life" that occurs to me every night. It has gotten to a point where I even fear going to bed at nights. Any idea why this is happening and what I can do to stop them? Link to post Share on other sites
Cerise Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 At night our mind processes the event from our day - dreams. Nightmares is our minds way to trying to process trumatic events that our brain isn't leting us process. They go hand in hand with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) There are two parts of the brain one where everything your experiancing at the time goes into and then after the event it transfers it to the memory part, dreams can help with this transition from one part to the other. With PTSD it dosn't transfer and when there are triggers you can seem to re-live the trauma over again. I would assume that your brain is struggling to process the trauma which is causing reacurring nightmares and I would speak with a doctor and look into counselling. Link to post Share on other sites
Author marlena Posted September 18, 2007 Author Share Posted September 18, 2007 Thanks Cerise, Yes, I know you are right. My brain is definitely not capable of processing the trauma I suffered three years ago. I think it has to do a lot with the guilt I felt (and am still at some level feeling) over not being able to "protect" my parents, especially my mother. You see, there were no signs, no time to prepare for the trauma looming ahead. She died in my house and I was the first to discover her. I keep thinking, "Why didn't I see this coming? Why didn't I rush her to the hospital again? Why wasn't I more attentivve, loving, compassionate etc...? The questions I torment myself with are endless. When I rationalize, I know I could not have known. She had just been released from hospital three dayw earlier and the doctors gave me absolutely NO WARNING. My mother had gone into deep depression over my father's stroke which had happened only four months earlier. Her world fell apart and I could do nothing to help her. Yes, I have thought about seeking out professional help because these nightmares are becoming obssessive and affecting my life deeply. As if having these terrifying nightmares isn't enough, I even have morbid thoughts throughout the entire day. The fear that something tragedy is going to strike again is always there.. crippling me.. Thanks for listening! Link to post Share on other sites
Cerise Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Please do somthing hun, find a counsellor right away. PTSD is SERIOUS!!!! people don't realize how serious and few really know about it or understand it. PTSD can lead to all kinds of things and the longer you wait the harder it will be to deal with. For more information on PTSD you can check out NIMH website at: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd/index.shtml And another good place is National Center for Post traumatic Stress Disorder: http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/information/ Big hugss hang in there! Link to post Share on other sites
Author marlena Posted September 18, 2007 Author Share Posted September 18, 2007 Thanks Cerise, I am following these links straightaway! Hugs to you too. Link to post Share on other sites
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