Nightly, you experience the same horrid nightmare. You dread going to sleep. Friends offer the following suggestions: (see below)?

I take an opiate-based pain medication on a regular basis, and one of the side effect is weird dreams. Really weird dreams. I hate them.

There are nights I fight sleep because of it. There are nights that taking a sleeping pill is terrifying. I have found, however, that taking the sleeping pill somehow seems to help prevent the dreams -- maybe a sounder sleep, or something?

Other than that, lucid dreaming or directive dreaming allows you to learn how to take control of your dreams by setting an 'indicator' for knowing when you're dreaming, and then when you see/hear/feel that indicator, you can then say to yourself that it's a dream, and then take charge of the dream. In theory, it's supposed to work. My experience with it during nightmares is that it doesn't.

I can do it during normal dreaming, but the nightmares, nope, won't touch them. Dream interpretation might tell you something - as would counseling if the dreaming is an issue weighing on you - deal with the issue, the dreams get better. But if it's like me, it might be a pain med or some other medication reaction, and then, I don't know what to tell you.

I'm pretty sure a medium isn't the answer... but then again, I don't know much about what a medium can do for dreaming. You might try setting an alarm for a few nights to wake up about two hour intervals, perhaps prevent the stage that makes you have the bad dreams? It's a great question... I'm sure there are plenty with sleep issues!

My cousin used to have the same nightmare again and again every night for years. What she was told to do by a therapist was create a sanctuary in your bedroom use alot of calming scents such as lavendar and a lavendar eye mask. Play relaxing music like waterfalls, take a long bubble bath, stay away from caffeine before bed, exercise in the afternoon more so that you will fall asleep faster at night.

Her therapist recommended long walks and deep breathing. Most importantly she was told to talk about it, after following these tips she stopped having the nightmares and hasn't had them since. Hope this helps.

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