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| Back2-It |
Posted - 10/15/2011 : 09:05:51
I looked around under dreams in the subject search, but this subject, I believe, has not been covered.
Has anybody noticed if their dreams reflect their current physical state?
Early on, when I was struggling overcoming a diagnosed back problem, any activity in my dreams would always be tempered by an inner voice reminding me I had a back problem. So, if I'd be running in the dream I would be cautioning myself or feeling pain.
Later, when I was working through the possibility of nerve damage from a surgery, it was the same type of thing.
Both the back and the surgery could have effected the same areas, so my fixation has been on that area -- my right side radiating to my back-- for the entire time of this problem.
I woke this morning after a dream I was particularly active in, and it struck me that I was moving normally, with no inner-dream voice telling me that I cannot be doing this or that there is pain or a problem.
This kind of goes along with my progress, where I consider myself about 85% "cured".
Not sure of any responses that can be given, but I'm curious if anybody has had this type of dream progress or regress if going the opposite way physically.
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| Bugbear |
Posted - 10/18/2011 : 13:52:31
I am definitely on the regress. My reservoir of rage is nearing high tide due to various factors. My migraines/TMS have increased as has the tinnitus/TMS and theTMJ/ TMS. Loud, vivid dreams have returned yet I fail to remember what they are about. It's such a relief to wake up and escape them. The stress at home is palpable. I want to physically escape this too but it is not as easy as just waking up. I am feeling quite isolated where usually solitude doesn't bother me. |
| hottm8oh |
Posted - 10/18/2011 : 08:31:33
This is a timely post for me. I've been through a few rough months and my TMS symptoms have returned along with very vivid dreams. I've been looking up my dreams on interpretation websites, and most of the interpretations involve low self esteem, worry, anxiety, fear, etc. It's just further validation for me that my emotions are causing my issues. |
| Back2-It |
Posted - 10/17/2011 : 21:30:52
Thanks for the comments all.
I don't overly analyze my dreams, but do take notice of them.
I'm not sure when it happened that I was no longer in pain or cautious in movement in my dreams, but I think it has been awhile, reflecting back.
Just like when my upper back muscles loosened...I don't remember the day but I moved a certain way that always used to cause stiffness and they were free and easy.
"Bridges Freeze Before Roads" |
| theghost |
Posted - 10/17/2011 : 09:04:04
I have a lot of really weird dreams that happen when I'm stressed/having a bad bout of tms.
The dream I have most often is about lizards... I have all these pet lizards that I've forgotten about. I go down into my basement and notice that I haven't given them water or food for a really long time. I always save them in time, but it's always a really close call.
This happens ALL THE TIME when I take on too much responsibility. I actually had one of these lizard dreams the other night... and in the dream, someone else had the lizards and my husband wouldn't let me interact with them. I don't know what this means, but in the dream I know I was even more frustrated that he was keeping me from taking on more responsibility.
I don't know if this means that I'm healing or getting worse, though. :P
I think dreams are the best indication of me figuring out what's bothering me though. I certainly can't make sense of anything when I'm awake. |
| jjh2go |
Posted - 10/16/2011 : 21:38:17
Dreams can be an important guide for discovering what unconscious activity might be causing TMS. The important thing to understand is that they are your dreams, which means only you understand what they are trying to say. Nobody can interpret dreams for you in my opinion. I spend a lot of time keeping a dream journal and looking for dream patterns. Any recurring theme can give you insight into what kind of feelings are lurking in the unconscious and are trying to escape.
My dreams about my physical state change from night to night. Sometimes I dream that I am perfectly normal, and sometimes and dream about limping around like I do. That doesn't really tell me anything since there is no pattern. I do have recurring themes like I can't find something. That dream pattern occurs over and over, and it indicates that feeling of no control, and fear because I can't find what I'm looking for. I study those themes and the feelings that might be behind those themes. I typically find those themes quite emotionally charged. |
| oldguy |
Posted - 10/16/2011 : 17:14:58
yes dreams are very powerful reflectons of our unconscious,I am much better having had a 54 years of TMS and my dreams are generally happy. |
| kesh2 |
Posted - 10/16/2011 : 12:24:51
i find both
dreams of still being cautious while actually well in real life
and dreams of being well while suffering in real life
also, i once had a dream a lion bit me in all my tms pain sites |
| art |
Posted - 10/16/2011 : 06:44:19
I'd say that's a pretty striking indication of increasing wellness. Fear and worry seep into our dreams. That they've gone missing is a great sign...
I learn a lot from my dreams as well. |
