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iamica · 12-07-2008, 03:43 PM

I thought this stage of my life was over, but I guess not...for months now, at least once a week, I have a nightmare that wakes me up at about 3 AM on a weeknight and I can't go back to sleep. Sometimes it's just a random, disturbing/frightening nightmare, but often it'll be a flashback to a scary scene from my childhood when my dad was drunk.
I'm not very good at being aware that I'm dreaming when I dream. I can never tell when something is a dream as I'm dreaming it; otherwise I'd try to take charge and run away or get out or fight back, etc. Even though I'm an adult now and Dad hasn't been drunk in years, though, I still am shaken by these dreams and don't know how to cope or how to stop having them. Can anyone relate?

12-07-2008, 03:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
iamica Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 9	Nightmares at least once a week I thought this stage of my life was over, but I guess not...for months now, at least once a week, I have a nightmare that wakes me up at about 3 AM on a weeknight and I can't go back to sleep. Sometimes it's just a random, disturbing/frightening nightmare, but often it'll be a flashback to a scary scene from my childhood when my dad was drunk. I'm not very good at being aware that I'm dreaming when I dream. I can never tell when something is a dream as I'm dreaming it; otherwise I'd try to take charge and run away or get out or fight back, etc. Even though I'm an adult now and Dad hasn't been drunk in years, though, I still am shaken by these dreams and don't know how to cope or how to stop having them. Can anyone relate?