What do you do during a nightmare?
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I never scream out but normally I jolt awake...then find trouble getting back to sleep cos the image is still in my head.
A few nights ago I had some random nightmare that was similar to something like Freddy Kruger/The Thing. Me and my mates were all getting murdered by this guy who could transform into anything...and they werent exactly fast painless deaths...I kept dreaming all the way through till I 'died' which made me wake up.
What I normally do is fight the nightmare to get back to sleep...next time you have a nightmare, go back to sleep with the thoughts of revenge and it normally works. What I did with that nightmare a few nights ago is I closed my eyes and restarted the dream from the beginning...only this time we all had swords and we beat the shit out of that bastard! Then the dream went somewhere else (dont remember anything) and then I woke up at 7:30AM.
A few nights ago I had some random nightmare that was similar to something like Freddy Kruger/The Thing. Me and my mates were all getting murdered by this guy who could transform into anything...and they werent exactly fast painless deaths...I kept dreaming all the way through till I 'died' which made me wake up.
What I normally do is fight the nightmare to get back to sleep...next time you have a nightmare, go back to sleep with the thoughts of revenge and it normally works. What I did with that nightmare a few nights ago is I closed my eyes and restarted the dream from the beginning...only this time we all had swords and we beat the shit out of that bastard! Then the dream went somewhere else (dont remember anything) and then I woke up at 7:30AM.
If I ever do have nightmares, they consist of me trying to run away. But I always run REALLY slowly, like I'm running through syrup. Which is goddamn annoying.
ah well, everyone's known for something around here, Mrhappyface makes so many interesting and varied threads that it gives me a happy face to stumble across them.Milky_Fresh said:
I can never control what happens in my dream, I've just got to roll with my nightmares. but normally whenever I do dream they're good dreams, like the last dream I had (Christmas time in New York City with friends and family in a cozy apartment, and Yahtzee was there...and he learned the true meaning of christmas).
Never had to do anything, I have very lucid dreams to the point where I am aware I'm in a dream and it's basically at my control, usually I have superpowers. Most of the time I'm able to destroy the nightmare if there is one (which there really is) and if it's really scares I can usually leap out of the dream and awaken. The only problems I have in dream are when things are frustrating, like a beautiful girl or important macguffin (which I really need for some reason) changing shape/size or disappearing.
I have never been in a dream where were i knew it was a dream, I can't control myself in my dreams I don't even think in the same way.
EDIT: also, I never had a nightmare in my life. (i'm 15)
EDIT: also, I never had a nightmare in my life. (i'm 15)
I don't really have many nightmares any more, maybe once or twice a year.
I can also wake myself up when I'm dreaming, all I have to do is get stabbed, or stab myself. Whenever this happens, whatever part of my body that got stabbed twitches in reality and I wake up. Handy ^_^
I can also wake myself up when I'm dreaming, all I have to do is get stabbed, or stab myself. Whenever this happens, whatever part of my body that got stabbed twitches in reality and I wake up. Handy ^_^
If I realize it's a dream, I just tell myself to wake up... Sometimes it doesn't work, sometimes it does. I don't know why I do that, because if you know it's a dream you should do whatever you want to do, but I just always want to wake up.
Wake up. Hurr durr.
Seriously though, there was a night, years ago, where I kept waking from a terrible nightmare about twelve times. Eventually I was in such a state of half-sleep that I could control what was going on. Whenever the monster - who looked suspiciously like the vampires in I Am Legend, but this was before that movie came out - was after me, I pulled this rope, which was somehow always near when I needed it, and then I'd wake up.
Seriously though, there was a night, years ago, where I kept waking from a terrible nightmare about twelve times. Eventually I was in such a state of half-sleep that I could control what was going on. Whenever the monster - who looked suspiciously like the vampires in I Am Legend, but this was before that movie came out - was after me, I pulled this rope, which was somehow always near when I needed it, and then I'd wake up.
I honestly was unaware we were able to control what happens in our dreams. I think because while I'm awake my mind is in order so while I sleep it's pure chaos good bad I don't know always a gamble when my head hits that pillow. Usually sums up my fears though fear of falling fear of drowning fear of bees the usual stuff and not just ordinary like weird nothing makes since which is probably the worst part. Probably all the caffeine.
I'm usually aware that I'm dreaming, so I can usually exert a pretty strong degree of control over the proceedings. Only exceptionally rarely (perhaps bi or tri-annually) do I have a dream I don't enjoy where I'm not immediately aware I'm dreaming so cannot change it. I usually remember them pretty well.
One which really stuck with me; I was in a room, with no idea how I got there. The girl I loved was dead, on the floor, and there was blood. I was incredibly sketched out and when I moved to see if she was okay (though I knew she wasn't) I noticed a heavy weight in my right hand. I looked down and saw that I was holding a gun.
There was more, but that was probably the most poignant moment.
So, I guess, what I do when I'm having a nightmare that I don't think is useful (just because I'm not enjoying a dream doesn't necessarily mean I'll change it), then I'll change it. When, very rarely, I can't, I get profoundly influenced by the experience.
EDIT: Bi or tri-anually means once every two or three years, right? Not twice or thirce a year...? Hmm.
One which really stuck with me; I was in a room, with no idea how I got there. The girl I loved was dead, on the floor, and there was blood. I was incredibly sketched out and when I moved to see if she was okay (though I knew she wasn't) I noticed a heavy weight in my right hand. I looked down and saw that I was holding a gun.
There was more, but that was probably the most poignant moment.
So, I guess, what I do when I'm having a nightmare that I don't think is useful (just because I'm not enjoying a dream doesn't necessarily mean I'll change it), then I'll change it. When, very rarely, I can't, I get profoundly influenced by the experience.
EDIT: Bi or tri-anually means once every two or three years, right? Not twice or thirce a year...? Hmm.
I haven't been able to remember a dream in ages. I think that goes to show mine are as boring as Martin Luther King's - who finds people getting along exciting? I want ultra-violence!
I don't dream, ever. That I remember when I wake up, at least.
I did have a dream once, but it was really weird.
I did have a dream once, but it was really weird.