Stop the dreams, and let me sleep!

[Penny-lope]

Okay folks I need some advice or ideas on how I can get a good nights sleep, as the last 2 weeks I have been tossing and turning all night due to very vivid dreams and am beginning to look like the living dead

I've not changed anything in my routine, and apart from the normal stresses of life I have nothing major going on. So why the hell am I dreaming so much? (two to three dreams a night...yes I am wakening up and remembering the damn things too)

[ShadownINja]

1) Have a look at/change what you eat before going to bed
2) Make sure you're in the right frame of mind to sleep - ie not thinking about work/worries before sleeping. There's a reason why we are told to count sheep. It stops us thinking about things. You could try to run through each day's itinerary when you last went on holiday.

[Ruttager]

I always read before sleeping. Takes my mind away from the day to day boring stuff. Downside is that I frequently wake up with the book on my face and the lights still on having fallen asleep reading...

[andyjo1982]

When i'm trying to sleep, i close my eyes and imagine i'm on the old go karting track i used to use about 15 years ago, a few laps round that usually sends me off. With your eyes closed, try and think about a road journey you haven't done for a long time or imagine yourself driving down a road you haven't been on for years, or a place you went to when you were on holiday. I always find things like that send me off to sleep.

[Penny-lope]

Oh I have no problem getting to sleep, it's just staying asleep. Or even just getting a peaceful sleep.

I have always dreamt, but recently they are over the top and definitely effecting my sleep

[ShadownINja]

But it's your thoughts as you fall asleep that I'm wondering about... they may affect the subject of your dreams.

[Penny-lope]

ShadownINja said:

But it's your thoughts as you fall asleep that I'm wondering about... they may affect the subject of your dreams.

I am not aware that I am thinking about anything in particular tbh. I have been about to put a few of the dreams down to conversations or TV programmes, but overall they are totally random.

[ShadownINja]

Penny-lope said:

ShadownINja said:

But it's your thoughts as you fall asleep that I'm wondering about... they may affect the subject of your dreams.

I am not aware that I am thinking about anything in particular tbh. I have been about to put a few of the dreams down to conversations or TV programmes, but overall they are totally random.

Some say that he has three belly buttons and lactates milk through his ears... oh, wait wrong conversation.

Some say that the dreams you have are not random but are in fact due to your subconscious trying to figure out problems that are on your mind and the images that you see are symbolic. As to the translation of your seemingly random dreams, I have no idea; you could look at a dream encyclopaedia (probably many online).

However, as 95% of the users of PH are professors of medicine with specialisms in psychiatric care and mental health, the general agreement will be that this is complete bks.

Edited by ShadownINja on Saturday 9th October 14:32

[parapaul]

ShadownINja said:

However, as 95% of the users of PH are professors of medicine with specialisms in psychiatric care and mental health, the general agreement will be that this is complete bks.

OP, he's right though. Dreams are allegedly a manifestation of your subconscious trying to solve problems. Try taking a piece of paper and a pen to bed with you, and before you go to sleep, make a list of everything you think you need to do. It might just give your subconscious the idea that you've got things under control

[Tsippy]

have you changed anything that you are eating? I know that if I eat cheese or a curry late at night I end up with really messed up dreams!

[Funk]

I, too, have been having intense, freaky dreams lately. I'd be interested to know how to 'shut my subconscious down' as well.

[Jonnas]

You don't happen to be using Nicotine patches by any chance? I was on the 24hr ones and I got mentally freaky dreams, had to go onto the daytime ones instead as the st quality of sleep was killing me!!

[grumbledoak]

Something is on your mind, whether you realize it or not.

Sleep patterns are about ninety minutes, and you'll have REM sleep (dreaming, basically) each time. So, two or three dreams per night is pretty normal. We just don't normally remember them.

Something is on your mind. Or you've been at the cheese.

[V8mate]

Funk said:

I'd be interested to know how to 'shut my subconscious down' as well.

A wk just before you turn over should ensure that you go off into deep sleep properly rather than the light sleep which allows dreaming.

HTH

Dr V8

[Funk]

V8mate said:

Funk said:

I'd be interested to know how to 'shut my subconscious down' as well.

A wk just before you turn over should ensure that you go off into deep sleep properly rather than the light sleep which allows dreaming.

HTH

Dr V8

As if any excuse were needed..

[anonymous-user]

Are we sure PH isn't experimenting with subliminal advertising?

Just a.........

"feeling thirsty? You need PH Juice"

....... thought!!


Oops almost forgot to ask. These dreams; blonde, large norks, want you so badly?

Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 9th October 22:29

[The Nur]

Partially joking, partially serious. A little medicinal 'erb would stop the dreams.

[ClintonB]

grumbledoak said:

Something is on your mind, whether you realize it or not.

Sleep patterns are about ninety minutes, and you'll have REM sleep (dreaming, basically) each time. So, two or three dreams per night is pretty normal. We just don't normally remember them.

Something is on your mind. Or you've been at the cheese.

Or breathing issues (Can never been discounted)? Or even something else - I have problems if I sleep in a certain position.

[grumbledoak]

ClintonB said:

Or breathing issues.

Good point! It took the wife about five years to stop waking me up 'because I wasn't breathing' (I used to swim. A lot.)

[ClintonB]

grumbledoak said:

ClintonB said:

Or breathing issues.

Good point! It took the wife about five years to stop waking me up 'because I wasn't breathing' (I used to swim. A lot.)

Up until dropping about 15kg recently (so far!!), I used to have the old lucid dreams, often nightmares, quite regularly, leading to waking up several times during any given week. Mix the weight in with the allergy issues I have and it was pretty obvious why I was having the problem.


I guess everyone reacts differently but I've never had the issue as a result of stress (and I have some of that). Too much to think about just leaves me never getting to sleep as opposed to dreams & waking. Bugger! - One problem solved, another to replace it