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Originally Posted by notthisagain
I have a hard time getting to sleep and staying asleep. However, when I do sleep, I have reoccuring dreams and they are unpleasant and sometimes scary. Those dreams are the only indicator that I actually got some sleep. I cannot remember the last time that I actually got a deep, restorative sleep and woke up refreshed.
One of the dreams that I have been having is that I am in school and that there is a test or an assignment due. I am always woefully unprepared. Either I cannot find the classroom, or I don't have the books I need, or I didn't study or finish the assignment. Last night I had a dream where we were getting assignments back and the teacher announced to the whole class that I got a zero on the assignment.
Another dream that I keep having is that someone is chasing me or trying to kill me. Every time I try to run and hide somewhere the person finds me. I remember one where someone was trying to torture me and their office was on the 50th floor of a building. I tried to take the elevator to get away from her but every time I pressed the down button, it would go right back to the 50th floor. And it was a glass elevator so the woman could see that I was in it.
It's like I can't catch a break even in my sleep. Does anyone know what I can try to get rid of them and have a decent sleep? I don't eat anything weird or watch anything disturbing before I go to sleep. My T says that nightmares won't hurt me, but that is no help at all. I journal the following morning but that doesn't seem to help either. Any suggestions?
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I was so surprised to read this because i too have the exact same dreams combination. I never thought anyone else also can have the same dreams like me!!
i dont have a remedy but would still like to share my part.
I also see that i am awfully under-prepared for an exam. Or/and i didnt know the exam date thus is about to miss exam/didnt prepare or that i dont know the syllabus or that i have never touched the book the entire sem or i dont have the book/note needed or that i have left the old tuition and thus dont know what to study etc etc. i see this dream often.
another alternative and common dream is, like u said, i am being chased. recently i see, i am being chased by terrorists but i also see some devil/monster/animal sometimes. i am running and running, where ever i am hiding, the chaser finds me, and i run again. i am very afraid through the entire dream, with heart racing.
i also dont see violent movies or any such thing. i was a good student till last year. so i cant figure out why i keep seeing these dreams every other day. (just before 2days i saw the chasing dream and i woke up very afraid)
i also wake up tired most days, i cant remember the last time i slept in peace.
i think
Thunder Bow is right, the chasing dream is perhaps due to the fear of being exposed. are you shy/ have social anxiety? do you have any low-self-esteem issue?
have you, in the recent past, missed some career opportunities?? or trying to do well in exams but not being able to?
if you manage to find any remedy,please let me know too.
