I am afraid to go to sleep. Here I am...resisting the urge to go to sleep. WHY?
Question:
A few years back and then farther back then that, I'd have this dream where someone breaks in the house with a knife and me and my parents hide in this closet, then the guy runs down the hall and I lock the door and we're all up on each other and when the guy is in the process of sticking the knife in the door, I wake up. I've had that dream a lot.
But nothing has ever gone that wrong to where I should be dreaming about someone trying to kill me.
When I was younger, for me to be able to go to sleep, my mom or dad would have to act like they were going to sleep in my room until I fell asleep, and then they'd go to their room and sleep...
I'm 16...
Answers:
im 16 and i'm absolutely TERRIFIED of the dark and going to sleep, and someone trying to kill me in my sleep.
perhaps it's just an age thing? but i also have a lot going on emotionally and i had a traumatic childhood so maybe that has something to do with my anxiety of sleeping.
if you don't leave a light on at night, try it. it's helped to make things better with me. other than that, there's this excercise you can do where you think of the colours of the rainbow and everything that is that colour. for example, you start with red, and then think of everything possible that's red. and then you go on to orange. most of the time i drop off to sleep before i've got to blue, so it must work.
sounds crazy lol. but try it.
Sounds like you need to seek some counseling - there is obviously something going on in your subconscious to have a thought like this for so long.
also - don't smoke pot. it fuels the paranoia.
well, you shouldnt always resist the urge...sleep is good.. and the chances of you..a 16 year old... dying in their sleep are very slim to none... and about the dream... it's ONLY a dream... right? people have crazy dreams like that all the time, doesn tmean that they're going to happen. I usually have dreams where someone tries to kill me.. or my family... and that's usually because that's something i've always feared(as most people do) ... close your eyes,relax.and remind yourself that it's only a dream..and you'll wake up to realize that.
dude this is a problem which only a doctor can solve and he will give you medicines which will help you overcome this problem..but if your condition aint that worse or you dont feel like you need a doctor than i would say meditation..try to woke up early in the morning do some meditation play games in the park like baseball and all that these type of activities really make your mind fresh..but the way your telling i would say first go to doctor..better to go to a doctor otherwise this problem can increase..
well, i think one way to alleviate the anxiety is to burglar proof your house - tell your parents how serious you are, then make sure there are locks inside all the doors, windows, etc. put up flood lights that have sensors and talk your parents into getting you a snappy yappy little dog. Trust me, if you have a yorkie no one can come within 100 feet of the front sidewalk without her knowing it, waking up and then waking up everyone in the house, including me. In this day and age, it isn't surprising to be anxious about such things. Unfortunately, we live in a real world where real things like you're worried about do happen.
good luck, oh, and keep a hammer under your bed and a bright beam battery lantern next to your pillow. make sure pup pup sleeps in your room
g nite, sweet dreams.
whether you appreciate it or not
you experience things that have already been anticipated
in your dreams
this should explain your experiences of deja vu
your unpredictable anxieties when you feel something is about to happen
when you understand the language of dreams
you will gain admission to an inner world
that holds the myseteries of the universe
while we are awake
the soul hovers above us
when we sleep
an aspect of the soul travels to the higher realms
sometimes an angel
reveals future events to this traveling soul
The ancient teaching says, "A person's soul testifies at night about what ever he or she does in the day."
Umm... dude ,try EFT when thinking about it (before sleep).This should work :)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6i33v2ecvly...
Are you living a normal happy life with your parents ? If so, you should not have this feeling. After all, every human being dreams. If you have worked very hard, or you have a stress, you certainly would sometimes have a bad dream making you wake up suddenly with fright. But the same dream rarely occurs twice. Try to forget what you dream. It is nothing. Some people interpret dreams as the forecoming of that happennings. But it rarely happens. Dreams have no connection with real life. If nothing had ever happen to you or your family, then you better not to feel afraid to go to sleep. Lack of sleep can also lead to bad dreams. Maybe you think too much of your previous dream about someone trying to kill you may have arouse your nervouse system. Seek some counselling from the psychiatrist. He can advice you something to revive your thoughts and to forget your old useless dream. Try not to think but go to bed early and wake up early. Go jogging in the morning. Try to keep yourself busy with something. You can regain your self posture in no time.
I have a couple of suggestions for you.
First, start asking yourself questions, serious questions about this. One of the keys to stop having these dreams is understand *why* you're having them.
When you're awake, are you actually afraid of something like this happening? From there, ask: Is this the only particular fear you have of you/your family being harmed, or are there others?
The next question is: What's your biggest fear?
From there, ask "Why is that my biggest fear?" or "What's scary about it?" (if that's not obvious)
Keep digging. When you ask one, ask the next logical question -- or ask a variation of it. Switch the roles around. Are you afraid of hurting someone else? Are you afraid of hurting yourself? etc, etc.
WRITE THIS DOWN as you're doing it; sometimes I find that when I start delving, the answers start coming almost faster than I can keep track of -- so if you gain insights, you'll want to write them down before you forget.
(also write down pertinent questions you think for yourself of but don't know the answer to)
My other suggestion is this: Meditation.
It may sound cheesy, but it's not religious (unless you want it to be), and it's not just for monks or doing Yoga.
The purpose of meditation can be almost anything you choose, but generally it's for these purposes:
Stress relief, calming yourself, centering yourself, focusing your mind on something -- or away from something, clearing your head of distractions...
and especially to discover what your mind is trying to tell you.
Here are some great instructions:
http://www.wikihow.com/meditate...
http://www.wikihow.com/meditate-to-calm-...
http://www.wikihow.com/meditate-on-breat...
I know this is a lot, but I hope it's helpful.
My basic technique is to start becoming aware of my breathing, and slow it to a comfortable cycle. Then become gradually aware of all the muscles in my body, and relax each of them in turn.
Also I gently push away all the "noise", criticizing, anxieties, fears/worries, past, future, from my head -- and just focus on each breath and each muscle.
Let me know what you think, or find out about yourself. I'll be interested to hear.
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