Night Terrors

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Has anyone ever been in a fight in a dream and cannot connect on their punches? I've esperienced that quite a few times
 
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YorkVol said:
Are you dealing with your stress and anger issues? That is where i would start. Also try using some essential oils like lavender, that seems top have helped my wife.
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Where you rubbin the oil ?

I think he needs to know so it will be effective for him also.
 
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SDV said:
Has anyone ever been in a fight in a dream and cannot connect on their punches? I've esperienced that quite a few times
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I've beat and beat on a guy,but I have no strength in my punches and never hurt him. It's very frustrating.
 
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utvolpj said:
We went thru about a year of my son having them every night but they've slowed down. He always screamed he was falling in the water and then yelled "save me!" over and over. In the morning he would always ask us if we would save him if he fell in the water. Very helpless feeling for us as parents. They've slowed to maybe once or twice a month
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It's the absolute worst feeling and you just can't wake them up. You have to just keep them safe and wait for it to end.
 
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GAVol said:
It's the absolute worst feeling and you just can't wake them up. You have to just keep them safe and wait for it to end.
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Yep I just made sure he didn't hurt himself and then he would roll over like nothing happened. My wife couldn't handle it very well

However if you want to see how fast you can get out of bed just have your 2yo scream "help" or "save me" at 2am. I was an Olympic level sprinter and hurdler the first few times I heard it
 
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utvolpj said:
Yep I just made sure he didn't hurt himself and then he would roll over like nothing happened. My wife couldn't handle it very well

However if you want to see how fast you can get out of bed just have your 2yo scream "help" or "save me" at 2am. I was an Olympic level sprinter and hurdler the first few times I heard it
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No doubt about it. Still to this day, even though the night terrors are pretty rare, I still reflexively launch out of the bed like a fireman hearing a bell.
 
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dduncan4163 said:
Just curious if anyone else here suffers from them. Me, my dad, and my youngest son all have them. I started getting them around the age of 10 and I will have at least 4 or 5 a week.

They are usually always the same. I hafe awaken to see and feel Brown Recluse spiders all over me or wake up seeing Grey Aliens all around me.
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I have had fearful thoughts before going into my bed in the dark that demons will grab me from under the bed.
I havent had those in a long time.
 
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I've had really horrible bad dreams but i've never that the Night Terrors of the old woman sitting on my chest taking my breath. I've ready about people with Night Terrors that dreamed of an old woman sitting on their chest and taking their breath.
 
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Dave1967 said:
I've had really horrible bad dreams but i've never that the Night Terrors of the old woman sitting on my chest taking my breath. I've ready about people with Night Terrors that dreamed of an old woman sitting on their chest and taking their breath.
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Sleep apnea is known to cause things like that.
 
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jjay2518 said:
Sleep apnea is known to cause things like that.
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Speaking of this, I wear a mouth guard on my bottom teeth to help with it and grinding my teeth. Occasionally (I'm guessing) it comes loose in my sleep, and I'll dream that I'm choking on it. I keep pulling it out but something keeps putting back in. I'll fight this for a couple minutes till I finally wake up, and the mouth guard will be laying beside me.
 
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Dang, I get upset if I can't get eight good hours of sleep a night. I feel pretty good after reading these problems.
 
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YorkVol said:
Are you dealing with your stress and anger issues? That is where i would start. Also try using some essential oils like lavender, that seems top have helped my wife.
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I started getting them when I was young. They were the worst when I was a paramedic. I had to give it up after 4 years. I also came up in a violent and abusive home so I'm sure that contributes too but odd thing is I never remember any dreams about my childhood, but my wife says that I do have them.

Stress makes them worse and more frequent but they never fully go away. It really sucks needing to medicate one way or the other to sleep right but hell that's just life.
 
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SDV said:
Has anyone ever been in a fight in a dream and cannot connect on their punches? I've esperienced that quite a few times
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I've had these and had one where I did connect and punched over a lamp beside my bed in my sleep.
 
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BadJerry20 said:
Speaking of this, I wear a mouth guard on my bottom teeth to help with it and grinding my teeth. Occasionally (I'm guessing) it comes loose in my sleep, and I'll dream that I'm choking on it. I keep pulling it out but something keeps putting back in. I'll fight this for a couple minutes till I finally wake up, and the mouth guard will be laying beside me.
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Yep, probably having spells of apnea and it works its way into your dream as choking.
 
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I know its different, but I get just asleep sometimes and suddenly wake up shaky with my heart racing.
 
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SDV said:
Has anyone ever been in a fight in a dream and cannot connect on their punches? I've esperienced that quite a few times
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Yes, and the punches were in slow motion. It was like fighting underwater.
 
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As for meds, I am no doctor, but for my stress/anxiety/depression, they switched me to Trazodone, and a side-effect is that you sleep like a baby. You might want to check into it. Good luck, brotha.
 
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orangebloodgmc said:
As for meds, I am no doctor, but for my stress/anxiety/depression, they switched me to Trazodone, and a side-effect is that you sleep like a baby. You might want to check into it. Good luck, brotha.
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The bed you sleep on has a large difference if you can get sleep.
Obviously hard to stay asleep on a bad bed.
 
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