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Old May 07, 2012, 06:04 PM
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Sometimes I get bouts of nightmares or very intense negative dreams. I usually don't have very positive dreams, and usually not pure nightmares either, but if I do, I usually watch some horror movies. I sort of did once, being oppositional, "knowing" it would maybe make things worse, and the nightmares disappeared.

Yea, I'm backwards. Anyone else? Or at least offere an explanation?

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Old May 10, 2012, 02:27 AM
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The same.....maybe your not as 'backwards' as you seem.
People don't realize that 'nightmares' are a part of normal sleep pathology. I don't mind battling a ghost, or wraith, or demon.....
Maybe like life?...............
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Old May 16, 2012, 12:06 PM
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Dreams should not really be classified as positive or negative. They all serve the same purpose – that of bringing errors of thought to your attention. Dreams which people often see as “positive” or very beautiful and satisfying need to be looked at with the most suspicion because they generally show issues in which one’s ego is really taking you for a ride. Classifying dreams as positive or negative also associates them simplistically with the idea of “good or bad omens”. Calling a dream a good or bad omen or sign does no one any good. One learns nothing from the dream unless it is properly interpreted and to do that one needs to study symbolism – to put the correct, or at least an intelligent meaning on the images.

Nightmares are a reflection of having something in mind that the individual thinks of as being the most horrible, terrifying thing that has, or could possibly happen. The issue has not been thought about correctly and thus a dream that can scare you into paying attention. Sometimes if the nightmare is of an experience that has actually been lived through, it can be used simply to bring the subject up so that the dreamer will talk about the experience in order to wear off its emotional intensity.

Your “backwards” method of dealing with nightmares is not ridiculous at all. What you are doing is to symbolically indicate through your waking action, that you are consciously willing to imagine or “think about” some horrifying idea. This means that you are not so intent upon keeping the terrible or horrifying idea locked in a mental closet but are willing to face, deal and cope with the issue. Thus there would be no need for a scary dream to make you think about what terrifies you.. Dreams – all kinds – serve a purpose.
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Old Jun 18, 2012, 06:45 AM
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The same.....maybe your not as 'backwards' as you seem.
People don't realize that 'nightmares' are a part of normal sleep pathology. I don't mind battling a ghost, or wraith, or demon.....
Maybe like life?...............

Its not normal to have alot of intense bad dreams... Its all the medication we are on that is causing this type of thing....
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