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Feb 19, 2014, 03:53 PM
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I'm depressed and have been spending at least 12 hours in bed every day. I usually turn out the light at 11 pm or midnight and sleep straight through until 8-9 am. Then I don't feel like getting up so I stay in bed until noon or later. All morning I dream, waking up between each one, every 1/2 hour or so. Does anyone know if dreams are therapeutic?
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Feb 19, 2014, 04:56 PM
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I think dreams are the subconscious mind helping make sense of diverse sensations. I try to note how I felt in the dream as well the dream itself. Often, a recurrent dream will influence my decision-making.
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Feb 19, 2014, 07:08 PM
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I don't know about therapeutic, I suppose it depends on how you feel abou. The dreams, whether they are good or bad.
I know my dreams help me monitor my mood. I have a specific recurring dream in which something gets me very angry and I freak out, generally causing serious harm to property and usually another person. These are the fantasies I have when I am unwell, so when I have these "screaming dreams" I try to think about my mood and whether I'm heading in a dangerous direction.
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Feb 19, 2014, 07:23 PM
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My dreams now are mostly great (parzosin seemed to cure the really bad ones). I find them to be a great escape from reality. Dreams are so much more fun that real life!
I used to sleep a lot when I was depressive, to escape to my dreams, but that turned into a bad thing because too much sleep keeps you in the depressive cycle. I do not allow myself to sleep any more than 10 hours at the absolute most now, and even that makes me a bit low the next day. 8 hours is good for me, as fun as dreams are they arnt worth depression on waking. |
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Feb 19, 2014, 09:35 PM
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When I am unwell I get really vivid lucid dreams, but they are usually nightmares or at least a little dysphoric. I have a hard time figuring out if I'm awake or asleep, so I came up with tricks to test if I'm in a dream or not. What I do is drink water, and if it doesn't make my mouth wet I know I am dreaming. Then I can try to switch them so they aren't nightmares any more. I try to wake myself up, but that doesn't work. In case you were wondering, pinching yourself in a dream hurts, but does not wake you up. I only get dreams like this if I'm in a mood episode, up, down, or mixed. These days I don't dream much because of my meds, sadly because I like to dream.
I don't know if dreams are therapeutic, but I think there is symbolism in them that can give insight into things.
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