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I Have Nightmares

Every single night since I was a young child, I dream of dying. Usually it's a violent and horrific death, and often so vivid I wake up shaken and disturbed.

It's a different dream most every night, with reoccurring ones every now and then. (Last night's was an,old favorite of being held underwater and drowned.)

I have sought therapy off and on, and all they can tell me is it's PTSD from childhood abuse and trauma. Nothing ever helps, and I'm tired of averaging 4 hours of sleep max every night.
SW-User
I'm so sorry you deal with that. I've had night terrors and occasional sleep paralysis since I was young. I've found things that help, but nothing has completely eliminated it. Have you ever tried any medications for it?
SW-User
@PrivateHell Ugh, that's terrible. I didn't find help with meds either, but one thing that has helped me is guided sleep meditations. They have tons on YouTube.
@SW-User I've looked into lucid dreaming. Not really sure how to go about doing it though
SW-User
@PrivateHell I've looked into that a bit too, but decided to try the guided meditations first and they have helped tremendously. It took a bit for me to find the ones that were right for me, but now I use them every night and they make a huge difference.

 
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