OUR NIGHTMARES

DREAMBANK.NET HAS MORE THAN 25.000 ACCOUNTS OF DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES REGISTERED.

A NIGHTMARE IS A DREAM SO FRIGHTENING THAT IT AWAKENS THE SLEEPER CAUSING STRONG EMOTIONAL RESPONSES: HORROR, SADNESS, ANGER,FRUSTRATION, FEAR, HELPLESSNESS,etc..

DREAM RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND THAT DREAMS PERFORM A COGNITIVE AND EMOTIONAL FUNCTION. DREAMS ARE STORIES BASED ON OUR DEEPEST CONCERNS. FREUD´S WISH FULFILMENT.

It is common to have occasional nightmares following a trauma.Often the feelings that come with the nightmares linger during the day even when the details of the nightmare fade. Persistent nightmares are specially distressing

Manage your mind:the mental fitness guide Gillian Butler& Tony Hope

 

 

THE THEMES OF NIGHTMARES ARE UNIVERSAL:

ACROSS DIFFERENT CULTURES THE DREAMER IS PURSUED OR ATTACKED,

YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THREATENING SURROUNDINGS: TAKING A TEST FOR WHICH YOU ARE NOT PREPARED, SUFFERING PARALYSIS, BEING LATE TO AN IMPORTANT EVENT, HAVING SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU DIE OR DISAPPEAR,HAVING  ALL YOUR TEETH FALL OUT, SHOWING UP NAKED IN PUBLIC,FEAR OF HEIGHTS, BEING BURIED ALIVE, GETTING STUCK IN A CAVE, BEING EATEN ALIVE, BEING MUGGED, WITNESSING FANTASTICAL OCCURRENCES: FLYING SHARKS, RIDING IN AN ELEVATOR THAT ROCKETS THROUGH THE ROOF OF A BUILDING, DREAD OF CHEMICAL SPILLS, FEAR OF FLYING/ ROTTEN FOOD/INSECTS/ STRANGE ANIMALS/ BEING CHASED BY A BULL/ SPIDERS/TORTURE/EATING YOUR OWN INTESTINES/ STRANGERS/WAR/ LONELINESS/ETC...

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