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RECURRENT NIGHTMARES

May 8, 2009

Some people complain of a recurring dream and seek analysis. They are convinced that there is a hidden important message in the dream and that is why they keep dreaming it night after night. What really happens is that these people keep on thinking about the riddle in their dream day after day and their mind is occupied with these same ideas day after day. Consequently these ideas will appear in the dream night after night.

Nightmares arise from a failure in the dream works. Our primitive driving forces and anxieties are not handled effectively by the dream works, and these express themselves as horrible feelings in our dreams. When we wake up, we are anxious and fearful about the dream we have just had. Nightmares are called ‘dream anxiety attacks’. Recurrent nightmares are recurring bad dreams.

If you wake up from a nightmare, the best thing to do is to say to yourself, ‘Thank God, it is only a dream’, relax, and fall back into sleep. Nightmares, like any other dreams, will be forgotten in the morning. Recurring nightmares happen because you believe that there is some bad message in the dream and, because you keep thinking about it, you remember it. Once it is recalled and repeated in your memory again and again, it will certainly appear in your dream night after night Next time, if you wake up from any nightmare, do not go over it If you cannot stop thinking about it, get out of bed immediately and get back to the real world; do something relaxing like watching the television or reading .the newspaper. Your nightmare will then vanish and will not reoccur. Incidentally, some modern medicines for blood pressure can cause nightmares. It may be wise to check with your doctor if the nightmares persist and if you are taking these medications.

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