Nightly nightmares

[Whitacre_Girl]

Hey guys. I need prayer or advice on dealing with nightmares.

I have these bouts where I will go a few days to several weeks at a time of having nightmares every. single. night.

I’m on day 4 of a round of these nightmares. They’re getting pretty bad. Last night featured zombies attacking me, and I got to experience (very painfully) more than 10 ways of dying. I woke up, hugged hubby and got back to sleep, only to have a dream about being in a moving car with my husband, my brother, and 2 of my (rather overweight) friends on a road trip. They spent the whole time pointing at me, laughing, and teasing me for gaining weight. They kepts saying things like “wanna twinke, fatty?” or “did you know that even a 1200 pound grizzly bear weighs less than you?” with hubby following it up with “Yeah, and I’d rather sleep with one of those, too!!” The problem is, I had that lovely time dialation thing happen where while I was asleep for only an hour, I experienced almost 7 hours of this ridicule.

I NEED to be studying for a test, but I can’t get the dreams out of my head. Ugh.

 

[I_Fortuna]

Hi there,
Sometimes nightmares may indicate a very real medical problem. For me, I get them with hormone changes, allergies or eatting the wrong foods. You should check with a qualified medical doctor.

Sometimes, with a regular schedule of prayer sometime or times during the day will help you sleep better and perhaps recognize the deeper source of these dreams.

I wish you the best and Holy Mother Mary’s intercession to alleviate your suffering.

 

[Rence]

Ok, I don’t know what the Chuch teaches about this, so I’m sure I’ll find out what other Catholics think about this but…

When I was younger, I was plagued by nighly nightmares and my mom put blessed palm under my pillow. She said that palm is a symbol of Christ’s magesty (she referred back to when his follwers were waving palm at him). It’s not magic. It’s like a prayer, you’re asking him to watch over you.

It worked for me…

 

[spirit4life]

hmmm, besides checking for any medical problems, make sure you are not experiencing ‘sleep apnea’ symptoms . . .

Spiritually, you’ve should have already had your home blessed (as a catholic), so the next step would be to Enthrone the Holy Family in your home. This is part of consecrating your lives and family to Jesus, through the Holy Family.

 

[_Gandalf]

This may not be the instant solution your looking for, and it may not even work, but I’ll give you my unsolicited two cents anyway. I had a very similar issue a few years ago, and it got really bad for a time. However I learned, mainly out of desperation, that even when dreaming you can have conscious control over what you are dreaming. It is hard to do, and not very many people can do it, but it is just a choice to stop whatever dream you are having. Or if it suits you more, you can turn the tables on whatever is causing your dream to be a nightmare (Just add chainsaw). I personally liked the sound of option two more, but to each is own. Or in your case her own. Either way I hope you get better soon.

 

[kmuestwin]

I get some bad nightmares and for a period of about two weeks I was having them every night. I my dreams have been pretty tame for the last six months.

I changed my nightly routine to make it more sleep friendly:

1. I try not to drink any caffeine or eat within about five hours of when I want to be asleep.
2. I get more exercise in the day and that helps me fall asleep faster (I don’t know why this helps but when I lay in bed for a long time before actually falling asleep then I have more dreams.)
3. I try to eat less spicy and greasy food before bed. (If my stomach is settled, my mind is settled.)
4. I don’t leave the TV on when I’m sleeping.
5. I try and relax and de-stress for about 30 minutes before I go to bed. This means taking a warm shower or praying a rosary for me (both if I’m not too tired)

It took about a week of making my nightly routine more sleep friendly to see results but it helped.

Hope this helps you

 

[Shin]

Pray a lot before bed, specifically against nightmares!

Say the St. Michael and other angel prayers.