Nightmarish issue

[dancingdonna]

To anyone who has advice for sending this nightmare away or any other words of wisdom...

I used to get this one nightmare that scared the living daylights out of me all the time in middle school while I was battling depression, however it went away over the years. Now, for the past two nights I've been having one that surpasses the intensity of my old one by farrrr. I have an IM conversation that explains it because I dont' feel like typing it again.

Background info: my family and i camp in a trailer on the beach every year for two weeks

olxbluxeyes: we went to get our trailer inspected and my brother ran off
olxbluxeyes: and then we found him and got in trouble with the guy working there
olxbluxeyes: he[the guy working there] put us all to sleep and made us do horrible things, like he had all these alive people all sliced up hanging in this room in plastic body bags and our job was to squeeze them until all their blood came out
olxbluxeyes: and then last night
olxbluxeyes: I had the same dream, except I was in SC on vacation, and I was put to sleep on an operating table
olxbluxeyes: I got in trouble as well as my mom, and she wasn't punished, but I was going to be. I think the guy was gonna perform a surgery on me while I was awake, but brittany[my friend whose house I was sleeping over at] woke me up before it happened cuz she said I was moving around in my sleep a lot
olxbluxeyes: I woke up with tears in my eyes
olxbluxeyes: and like, we HAD to do the job cuz if we didn't, he'd hang us up and slice us like the others and we'd have all the blood drained from us

I woke up with intense feelings of fear and depression. If it has any significance, I suffer from mild insomnia...

help

[I'm cool like spongebob]

I used to suffer from repetitive nightmares and somethig that helped me was reading a pleasent book before I went to bed. That way whatever was in the book was the last thing on my mind.

Alex

[Sapphire]

I don't know what could be causing such nightmares or how to solve the underlying problems.
But Alex raises a good point about reading a pleasant book before going to sleep. Maybe also thinking of nice things or people you love while you drift off might help.

I advise you book an appointment with your doctor to see if they can help you in any way with these nightmares.
Do you have them often?

[Vanitys Audacity]

Try doing something pleasant before going to bed, or leave on calming music while you sleep. If that and talking to your therapist doesn't work, there's a medication called Menipres (spelling?) that is usually helpful. It's for high blood pressure, but also for nightmares.

Words of wisdom though- Go to sleep RIGHT after taking it. I found myself having visual hallucinations if I didnt, but strangely, only when I turned the lights down