Frequent nightmares
The whole month I'm having nightmares. Just now I awoke with the voice of my boss telling me to go to her office.
I've been told that nightmares can act as my brain's emotional processing system, highlighting unresolved stress, hidden fears, or past trauma. However, I don't think that they should be taken as to safely "rehearse" potential threats and relieve emotional tension.
Frequent nightmares one reads, might mean that one needs to address a stressful situation or an emotional conflict you are trying to avoid during the day. Yeah, right, as if I'm going into that lion's den. Post-traumatic nightmares, however, should tell a person that the brain is struggling to file away a terrifying or life-threatening event.
Alright, nightmares aren't just psychological, but they're heavily influenced by our bodies. Still the trauma of what happened to me at work does lay more weight in the balance in favour of it being oh so very psychological. Mind you, Psychologists sometimes view nightmares as a way to confront the suppressed or "forbidden" parts of ourselves.
Perhaps it's indeed my deepest insecurities —such as fear of failure, loss of control, or feeling helpless— that emerge as nightmares because my conscious mind blocks them out during waking hours. I don't know.
I've been told that nightmares can act as my brain's emotional processing system, highlighting unresolved stress, hidden fears, or past trauma. However, I don't think that they should be taken as to safely "rehearse" potential threats and relieve emotional tension.
Frequent nightmares one reads, might mean that one needs to address a stressful situation or an emotional conflict you are trying to avoid during the day. Yeah, right, as if I'm going into that lion's den. Post-traumatic nightmares, however, should tell a person that the brain is struggling to file away a terrifying or life-threatening event.
Alright, nightmares aren't just psychological, but they're heavily influenced by our bodies. Still the trauma of what happened to me at work does lay more weight in the balance in favour of it being oh so very psychological. Mind you, Psychologists sometimes view nightmares as a way to confront the suppressed or "forbidden" parts of ourselves.
Perhaps it's indeed my deepest insecurities —such as fear of failure, loss of control, or feeling helpless— that emerge as nightmares because my conscious mind blocks them out during waking hours. I don't know.
