Frequent Nightmares

I almost always remember my dreams, and the nightmares really suck. I went through a period last year of zombie nightmares that I totally hated, but were my own fault for watching the Walking Dead and reading World War Z. I've been putting off watching Inglorious Basterds even though my hubby got it from Netflix because I know I'll have Nazi related nightmares and I don't want to!

That being said, I don't know how to stop them. I know if I'm having one and I wake up, I have to get up and wake up fully or I'll go right back into them, which totally sucks, because it will start earlier and I'll have to redo whatever I was doing, which sometimes works out better, and sometimes means someone gets eaten by a zombie.

But I wouldn't want to stop my nightmares because I might stop my awesome dreams, which I don't want. I have sleep hallucinations some nights, where right after I fall asleep, I hallucinate spiders on the bed, or coming out of the ceiling, or more recently ON ME. I freak out, but to stop them I'm afraid I'd have to take a pill that would stop my dreams, and I'd rather not.

I often remember them, yes, and had very bad ones (that I still remember) and/or vivid nightmares as a child and even an adult. For me, I believe there is a difference between a "normal" nightmare and the kind I sometimes have, because I've had both.

The only thing that helped me as a kid or even an adult is to pray before I go to sleep and to pray during my dreams. They were so bad as a kid that I would just start praying in the middle of the nightmares and that would make me feel safe again and wake up. That is only going to do good I suppose if you believe in the Lord and prayer, but that's what worked. I doubt you need mental help since these are totally unconscious. I was never exposed to anything as a kid that should have given me the kind of dreams I had, so I'm sure you're just fine. Have you tried writing them down? I read that Stevenson wrote The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in a day after dreaming it and finding it disturbing.

Hope you sleep better soon! :(

nite terrors, yeah hubby is right go see a doctor. Also, dont eat meat right before bed. I also found the white noise machine to help with shutting up my brain and to have better dreams. My dreams were never bad just wierd and i heard every noise.

I always remember my dreams and I have frequent nightmares especially if I don't remember to have a snack before bed, or if I eat something sweet.
Salty or spicy I'm usually ok but sweet usually sets me off.

Are you on any medications??? I know this sounds crazy but.... that is a side effect from a lot of different medications. My DH just got on a new blood pressure med. and it gave him the worst nightmares ever!!! Same with my mom!! I also had this as a side effect but they were just very vivid dreams so didn't bother me so much. Hope this was helpful even if just to know there are others going through the same thing ;-)!