Last night, edgy after a long day, I spent some time talking to friends online, thinking that might help change the mood for the better. But, I slept heavy headed, after taking an anti-allergen tab. I don't have the slightest idea of what I dreamt about. But, in the morning, my dad said I screamed around 4am.
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Showing posts with label disturbed sleep. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disturbed sleep. Show all posts
Mar 11, 2010
Mar 9, 2010
The hangover of disturbed sleep
It's high time I started writing about a certain peculiarity with my mind, which has gone on for long enough for me to do something slightly different about it. Writing an online journal may just help not only chronicling what I go through, also leave some cues behind on how things can go right from here.
Last night, before going to bed, I realised the day had become too heavy. After meeting a friend who has been really unwell over the last few weeks, having a breathless bout at the gym, and a long unsteady conversation with a friend, things took a worse turn. Just before sleep, I could hear mum recount a rather ugly experience.
With all this fresh on my mind, I slept uneasy. The whole night, I got reams of nightmares. From what I remember, I saw my cousins, my older cousins, in a jigsaw landscape. There were narrow staircases, laden with trash, while I climbed.
Last night, before going to bed, I realised the day had become too heavy. After meeting a friend who has been really unwell over the last few weeks, having a breathless bout at the gym, and a long unsteady conversation with a friend, things took a worse turn. Just before sleep, I could hear mum recount a rather ugly experience.
With all this fresh on my mind, I slept uneasy. The whole night, I got reams of nightmares. From what I remember, I saw my cousins, my older cousins, in a jigsaw landscape. There were narrow staircases, laden with trash, while I climbed.
May 29, 2009
dreaming
this morning i was dreaming that my dogs were driving the car at night and they had bought a flat close to my naani's old residence. They were getting late for a Temple meeting and i didn't have my s carf with me so Jackie drove me back to our house.
Weird! Come to think of it, i don think i have ever seen my dogs driving or doing human things in my sleep. This was weird. But, I am used to them giving me human expressions all the time. Like few days before, I was struggling with this thread on my wrist, which was not coming off. Jackie was looking at me with a very settled expression on her face. So, I went to her, and extended my wrist and one end of the thread in my hand, She bit off the other, and voila! It snapped after three tries.
I wish them a very very long and healthy life!~ mwah~
Mar 27, 2009
Sixth Sign/Sense of Stress
The signs are all out there. A crimped forehead, heavy-headedness, puffy eyes, and distracted mind. All that and more, you're a stressed out freak on a Friday. Keeping my self-respect on stake, I report to work, fully aware I am yawning, and the first thing after switching on the PC, is resting my head on the desk (which I later discover much to my horror, is dusty). So, a lack of proper good night's sleep, which primarily had to do with an all-night long nightmare (been having those back-to-back for two nights now), I woke up worried.
In the nightmare, I was running away from some people. I had no money, no place to go, and there were pimps on my chase. I wish I had Freud on my speed-dial to know what it means. You cannot believe how scared I was when I woke up, still re-working the nightmare in my mind. Jarring as it may seem, everything in the dream was happening in a sequence, and I had a friend with me (whose name I will not take) and her family was pushing her into this dreaded dirty business for want of money. We both met, and we also had a conversation where I told her I would save her and both were running throughout.
A basic definition at a Web site states work-related stress can cause nightmares of being attacked or chased. So, it's fear, grief, and anger--all rolled into one.
"A more direct analysis of chase dreams is the fear of being attacked. Such dreams are more common among women than men, who may feel physically vulnerable in the urban environment. These dreams are inspired by fears of violence and sexual assault in which we are so over-exposed from the media, which magnifies such fears."
How much of this applies? I don't know! I'm confused!
I read a thread on nightmares, where people have vividly and rather explicitly described such nightmares.
Another Web site says: The Native Americans believe that you should turn on your pursuer if you dream of being chased, wrestle then to the ground then unmask them. Follow this wise counsel and you will discover that your fears may not be as terrifying as you thought.
Another Web site:
"This one is an extremely common nightmare. Some sources say that this nightmare represents a staggering 32% of all nightmare themes. What causes nightmares about being chased or being attacked is your fear or denial of some certain aspects of your own personality."
Science says, nightmares occur in the stage-3 of sleep and are often remembered if the dreamer awakens. They are sometimes linked to emotional distress during waking hours and may play a role in “working through” those disturbing experiences. A person can often talk about a nightmare and recount its scary story.
Sweet slumber, sigh....
In the nightmare, I was running away from some people. I had no money, no place to go, and there were pimps on my chase. I wish I had Freud on my speed-dial to know what it means. You cannot believe how scared I was when I woke up, still re-working the nightmare in my mind. Jarring as it may seem, everything in the dream was happening in a sequence, and I had a friend with me (whose name I will not take) and her family was pushing her into this dreaded dirty business for want of money. We both met, and we also had a conversation where I told her I would save her and both were running throughout.
A basic definition at a Web site states work-related stress can cause nightmares of being attacked or chased. So, it's fear, grief, and anger--all rolled into one.
"A more direct analysis of chase dreams is the fear of being attacked. Such dreams are more common among women than men, who may feel physically vulnerable in the urban environment. These dreams are inspired by fears of violence and sexual assault in which we are so over-exposed from the media, which magnifies such fears."
How much of this applies? I don't know! I'm confused!
I read a thread on nightmares, where people have vividly and rather explicitly described such nightmares.
Another Web site says: The Native Americans believe that you should turn on your pursuer if you dream of being chased, wrestle then to the ground then unmask them. Follow this wise counsel and you will discover that your fears may not be as terrifying as you thought.
Another Web site:
"This one is an extremely common nightmare. Some sources say that this nightmare represents a staggering 32% of all nightmare themes. What causes nightmares about being chased or being attacked is your fear or denial of some certain aspects of your own personality."
Science says, nightmares occur in the stage-3 of sleep and are often remembered if the dreamer awakens. They are sometimes linked to emotional distress during waking hours and may play a role in “working through” those disturbing experiences. A person can often talk about a nightmare and recount its scary story.
Sweet slumber, sigh....
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