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Originally Posted by Thunder Bow
You do seem to have a good talent for writing. You also have a good mind and talent for writing and story telling. Keep developing the stories into a finished form.
What are the dates of the dreams posted here? Are these old dreams from years ago? If so, please post your most recent dreams here. Write you Newer dreams here. Sharing your recent dreams, with out reffering to your old ones will be very helpful.
Your dreams are long, like your posts here. Long and well written by your mind, while you were dreaming.
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Thanks. I do still work on the stories, it's just a very slow progress. ^.^ These dreams started in the late-ish summer about ten years ago. I do not have the exact dates as I did not find them important at the time of writing them. But based off other events written in the journal I can guess that they started around late-ish summer. And these are the same dreams I still have today.
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Originally Posted by NurseCollie
I noticed that a good portion of your dreams end with choking. Do you have sleep paralysis? Many of my nightmares ended with me drowning, being crushed/smothered or being strangled. Then I "wake up" to complete darkness, unable to breath, see, or move for what seems like forever before snapping awake in the morning. The ending of your dreams reminded me of how many of my dreams/nightmares use to end before I was prescribed prazosin. This med really help to manage my sleep paralysis and a certain recurring nightmare that would scare me so bad that I would sometimes wet the bed. Thanks to the prazosin, the last time I had this nightmare was two years ago.
All of your nightmares have to do with failing someone or being helpless. All of my recurring nightmares have to do with me disappointing someone (usually my family) or me being brutally victimized all over again. Do you see a therapist? You need to talk to someone especially trained for that. Maybe you need meds, as well. IDK but personally prazosin is the best thing I was given for my recurring PTSD related nightmares.
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I had not actually noticed that, but looking back, yeah half of them do end in choking. I have never had sleep paralysis though. I'm not so sure I want to try any medications, unless prescribed by a psychiatrist as a last resort. Glad it was able to help you though, sounds like your nightmare was by far worse then mine 0.o
I did notice they all ended in failure, loss, or helplessness though. It made sense for the time I had them, I didn't really know what they meant but when they started I lived in an abusive home. I was watching my mother fall into an addiction to pain meds, she was becoming more and more abusive as time passed, and there was nothing I could do. So, I'm not surprised that the dreams included those feelings. But I got out of that situation two years ago, and yet the dreams have not stopped.
I used to see a therapist, however there was so many other things that took more importance to talk about first. (As I had literally just left an abusive home). Before I could get all those things worked out with a therapist, I lost contact with said therapist. It was a school therapist at my college, and I don't know what happened but suddenly she no longer worked at the school. Never got a chance to bring up the dreams because of everything else. So I no longer have a therapist.
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Originally Posted by Annaflower
have you tried therapy or sleep meds like zopiclone or melatonin?
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I answered the therapist part in the above paragraph. As for medications, I have not tried any and would only try medications as a last resort. I avoid all medications unless absolutely necessary.
Thanks for the feedback everyone.