Yup. I have nightmares. Like, three times every night. It's starting to get really annoying - I don't feel nearly as rested when I get up as I used too. Plus, well, they're just unpleasant!
I had a really freaky episode a couple of weeks back. Keith found me in bed, screaming at the top of my lungs, rigid, and shaking. When he finally managed to wake me up I couldn't remember the dream at all, but I felt completely terrified. The next day I came up with this little doodle. My dreams don't usually involve monsters under the bed (although spiders seem to be a popular theme, along with rejection and violent assault) but I think it conveys the feeling of frequent nightmares quite well - they really make you feel like a scared little kid sometimes!
How about you? Do you ever get nightmares? Any ideas on how to stop getting them? Maybe I need to stop surfing the web and watching TV right before bed... Oh well, goodnight! :-)
Oh yes, I definitely have nightmares. Like yours, they come in multiples, and can last for weeks on end. I don't have much good advice - I'm a terrible sleeper in general and suffer with bouts of insomnia as well. Slowly winding down and relaxing before bed seems to help a bit, so I often try to do little craft projects before going to sleep.
ReplyDeleteYour drawing captures this perfectly!
I guess I am pretty lucky as I don't have nightmares, they must be pretty awful at times.
ReplyDeleteAn old wives tale says that if you eat cheese before bedtime that you will have nightmares...have you eaten any??? I hope you can figure out why they happen.
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Love your drawing!
ReplyDeleteI too have nightmares and they always come periodically. For a while they where about me killing people...So I know what you are talking about!
For me the nightmares comes when my life situation is changing.When I when from being a student to a working teacher, for example.
goodnight, hope you'll sleep better tonight!
Thanks for your comments, it's comforting to know I'm not the only one! And do you know LizzieJane, I actually did have blue cheese crepes before I went to bed! Perhaps that wives' tale is true :D
ReplyDeleteHmmm, so maybe my father was right, he would always say...cheese makwes you dream, now it's got me wondering.
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Pray, that will help, always!!
ReplyDeleteI usually have nightmares (very disturbing ones) when I am stressed out, and the stress does not usually manifest as much when I am awake. Try to think if there is anything that is bothering you that you might be ignoring or not being very aware off. I find that reading a nice novel for 10 minutes before turning the light off helps me relax. Hope this helps! By the way, I love your blog.
ReplyDeleteI never have nightmares...just silly little pointless dreams.
ReplyDeleteWatching scary tv could definitely do it to you...
I love the drawing!
Hi Karin,
ReplyDeleteI came over to your blog from the craft: site. I had to comment on this post- I have had the worst vivid nightmares for the last 3 weeks, too! I figured out it was from watching old episodes of this really awful tv show (true blood) just before bed. No more violence before bed and I'm sleeping like a baby.
I think some of us just get really worked up over the things in our lives and then incorporate them into our dreams. Hope you have sweet dreams again soon!
Jag hade jättemycket mardrömmar förr, men för drygt tio år sedan skaffade jag en drömfångare, och nu drömmer jag mardrömmar kanske ett par gånger per år. Det låter helflummigt, men funkar jättebra!
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