I have been having nightmares were dog heads as big as elephants are walking around my apartment while I am praying. They attack me and eat my intestines. While they are doing that small little fairies are dancing at my feet singing “joy,joy,joy”. Is this an hallucination or just a reoccurring nightmare. How do I make it stop?
Yes. Everytime we close our eyes it might be the last time.
And it doesn’t help during psychosis if the psychopathic beings are tormenting you either.
sleep can be very hard to accomplish at times.
It sounds like nightmares. My biggest challenges come at night as well. Sleeping is one thing that yields great results when treated by medication.
Try not to worry about it. Forget all the negative thoughts before you dose off and only think about stuff that is inspiring to you. Blank out the nonsense because thinking about it will just make it reoccur
This is something you might need to talk to a psychotherapist about. This is just speculation on my part, but the dog’s heads could represent your schizophrenia, and the little fairies are the people giving you care. In your dream they seem ineffectual. Maybe you could work really hard to stay positive and believe in your treatment. If a psychotherapist is unavailable, there is a female therapist named Kati Morton on line who will answer your questions and try to help you. Just type her name on Youtube.
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Are these happening when you’re sleeping or wide awake? If you’re sleeping then they’re nightmares. I too have recurring nightmares of returning back to high school, I used to think I was a teenager in these dreams but they’ve evolved into me being 33 and winding up having to return to high school trying to portray myself as normal student…and quickly my little lie runs out of control and people start realizing I’m a 33 year old woman and the taunting beings. I usually wake up at this point in the dream…kind of like never been kissed, but instead of going back for work I’m usually applying for a job some reason have to contact my high school only to find out there was some kind of mistake when they gave me my diploma and I wasn’t supposed to graduate…I mean talk about a real nightmare…but now that I have an associates degree in computer programming and a bachelor’s degree in Health administration shouldn’t this dream be kind of obsolete now?
I think it symbolizes my fear of being around the public and the taunting and teasing that went on when I was an actual student, not necessarily in high school but earlier on before all my Schizophrenic issues evolved. I lucked out in high school, we moved to a new town after my diagnosis, and the school I went to if you left them (the other kids-popular kids) alone 99% of the time they’d leave you alone. So I kept my head down and ignored everything going on around in me high school. I guess that’s why I feel somewhat incomplete?
Anyway, rambling on here sry, the point is we all have nightmares. Don’t worry to much about until they really start affecting you (like creating insomnia or something), should they become too much of a concern I’d talk to your doctor about them, maybe you need a medication adjustment…
Since I am not sleeping I take it from the majority of you that I should talk to my pdoc about getting some meds for sleep. I see him tomorrow, for a medication review. I also think k that I need my risperdal increased.
Try telling the dogs to STOP IT! in your dreams. Sometimes it works to tell them loud and clear to knock it off.
Whenever I had a very good day,I am afraid to sleep too,because I am afraid tomorrow might not be a good day already
Is there medication to get rid of nightmares?
When I was a young child I was terrified to go to sleep at night due to the vivid and horrific nightmares I experienced.
I believe that as a coping mechanism I spontaneously developed the ability to lucid dream as a way to realize that the nightmare was not real, and steadily gained more control over my nightmares. I’m completely fine today, aside from the occasional one. Try looking into lucid dreaming techniques. Also, recurring dreams often contain content related to unresolved issues with the dreamer that are not being dealt with. Is there anything in your life that you are avoiding? Refusing to admit to yourself?
The fact that your harassers seem ridiculous (giant dog heads, fairies, etc.) and are attacking you while you are pleading for help may signify that you feel your cries are useless and not being taken seriously. Or it could mean you’ve been watching some weird tv shows, lol. It depends on what dogs and fairies mean to you.
I take Prazosin HCL for nightmares. My dreams and nightmares both continue to be very lucid, but I have only experienced sleep paralysis once since I’ve been taking it.
I had an appointment with my pdoc and told him about my nightmare. HE LAUGHED AT ME. THEN SAID I WAS DEFINELY WEIRD. Then he changed my medicine to something that not only requires prior authorization but cost $100 dollars a month.