Why Bad Dreams Could Be Good News for your Mental Health

Dracula…Frankenstein…Freddy Krugar…These are the things of pure nightmare fuel. Nightmares are why you wake up in the middle of the night, breathing like you just ran a marathon. Nightmares are not JUST dreams, though. If you have nightmares periodically, it can be disruptive, sure, but not necessarily a problem. But if they are recurring…well that could point to a deeper issue. So let’s talk about how nightmares occur, how they affect our sleep, and what to do if they just refuse to die!

0:00 Nightmare Fuel
1:02 The Difference Between Dreams and Nightmares
2:05 What Sleep Stage Do Nightmares Occur?
3:44 Are Nightmares Normal?
4:16 Why Do We Have Nightmares?
5:12 Nightmare Disorder
6:45 When to talk to a Doctor about Nightmares
7:35 Tips to Reduce Nightmares

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[ESL-O.G.]

The worst is when you go back to sleep and it starts up again where it left off

[xpsmango]

Daily persistant nightmares. I dont think they know anything about it.

[Freemelon]

It's 1am at the moment, and I can feel myself dozing off, but I've been watching videos about dreams and nightmares.

[NeuroPulse]

Back when playing FromSoftware games for the first time I would often train on a difficult boss battle, sleep on it, then beat it first try in the morning.

[Aaliikvrd]

I have never thought about it before to find out why it is that when I have a bad dream I have a good day and when I have a good dream I have a bad day. It often happens that if I don't have a dream the next day, my day is the complete opposite of the previous one. It's almost as if something is telling me what the "future" will bring and it's somewhat weird but now completely normal for me. I've been trying to read something about it for the past few days but can't find anything about it.

[Cowdog]

How about 3 nightmares a night, 3-5 times per week?

[MotorolaGuest-fbhd]

Oh man, I remember one day, a long time ago, I actually dreamt of freddy krueger, I woke up creeped out

[ramohino]

These fucked up dreams I typically have; I was woke up by a text so I remember it clearly this time: I was a soldier in WW2 and had just been caught with two other soldiers. Both soldiers were American, but unknown to me. One of the GI's name was Tijuana Crazy Billy he talked a German soldier out of his rifle to shoot a bird flying and did shoot two pigeons while flying with one shot. All the German soldiers were laughing with amazement. I told Tijuana Crazy Billy I was gonna try to escape though the only wooded area by the concentration camp we had just gotten to the outside gates, but we hadn't had entered. That damn Tijuana Crazy Billy stole my plan right then in there, but was caught so he acted like he was joking and shot another bird right out of air while doing a slide like into home plate at a baseball game. All the German soldiers were laughing and gathered around him Again. That gave me chance to takeoff through that dry creek bed that was surrounded by woods. But an American CIA agent working for the Germans was in the bus talking to me. I was asking him why and how the hell did he end up working for the Germans to question us. I kept asking him about his morals and why he was traitor, but he wasn't answering, only telling me I would soon be giving all the information that I knew to him and the Germans. I knew my chances of escaping were gone, and then the interrogation was gonna start and I would be dead soon, but I was still thinking I was gonna try to escape soon as he was done talking to me. And I woke up from my damn phone going off with the text at 6AM from Walmart about an order I had placed yesterday evening. AND that's how I woke up at 6AM. Well I guess it was a good thing before I was tortured to death, because that's how all my dreams/nightmares turn out. The only thing that stops the demon nightmares is gummies. We I guess the nightmares are better than scary horror movies. I have PTSD if every morning🤣

[nighthiker]

Most of my dreams I know where I'm at, the state, city. Sometimes I can recall the dream with no problem.
Other times I come out of the dream so fast, IF I don't focus on one thing, I LOSE the whole dream. I talk about an old church for a week and then had a dream about it. My dreams can be day or night siting dreams. I can be walking or driving. My dreams are mostly traveling. My dreams can be black and white or color!
What can a person do to enhance their dreams. As in food or supplements. I do have returning dreams.
Most of the returning dreams, are about deadlines to get things done. I think people who have nightmares,
are insecure, about something in life. When I was growing up, I knew the score, so I build a plan to improve myself.

[esel]

Getting them daily lately. I think it’s my IBS, but it’s hard to keep enduring them

[lightningreturns]

i had nightmares to and also addict to pills( a stabil dose from the doctor) but its always the same kind of no supernatural horror ones more personal weird ones

[TheRaqessarr]

I never wake up from nightmares I don’t think. Always wake up like wtf was that? Well rested but disturbed.

[helenadedalos]

What about daily nightmares ? Multiple daily nightmares

[sapphirebukach]

I have rescuing nightmares that happened in real life and now they have come back full blast 💥?

[souravkrishna]

NO No No ...when iam sleeping on a normal time and do it consistently..thats when i have nightmares ...most of em iam stuck . Iam having those back to back .

[nolan._.]

I had a dream that a skinwalker was standing at the end of my porch and I woke up scared shitless at 5 this morning anyone know what this could be?

[unknown]

I am not getting sleep at all, addicted to anxiety pills.

[chandaphillips]

I have nightmares every single night. It’s become a problem. I don’t wanna sleep and I won’t sleep for more than 3 hours at a time and I still dream within those few hours every time I doze off. I had to get meds to keep me from dreaming. It’s bad. I stay nervous and tired. I sweat soooo bad I have to sleep with towels under me. This is why I liked the meth so much year ago. I hate to sleep. But damn I need some good rest soooo bad

[Landon-sb]

I had a nightmare a few hours ago. Went back to sleep and jumped right back into it. It involved ric flair and a bunch of 7 foot henchmen wrestlers that turned on him and me

[FeelFreeToThink]

Real nightmares don't have monsters...