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njoy
Canada
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 Posted - 07/20/2009 : 12:12:37
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All my life I've had very bad dreams, boring repetitive dreams, sleep walking, so that going to sleep is quite a scary prospect. I've tried pills, self-hypnosis, brain entrainment cds, etc. with little success beyond the first day or two. It's like my brain flatly refuses to be tamed.
Several weeks ago, I was feeling pretty desperate about this problem and considering a very expensive neurofeedback program that would mean I would have to spend several months away from home since it is not available locally. My husband suggested a remedy that worked on our kids when they had nightmares. He told them that monsters hate love and the best way to chase them away was to give them a big hug. The kids still talk about how well that worked for them and they are now both over 40.
I thought this was a silly suggestion, to tell the truth, but we talked a bit about just accepting the dream and not trying to fight it, or reject it, or wake up from it, as I was doing. I went to sleep that night with no real expectations of success but, fact is, I haven't had a poor night's sleep since then. This is incredible because this has truly been a life long problem for me. Last night, for example, I had a dream that involved cars and dead bodies. Ordinarily, I would have freaked but instead I just had the dream. I was on the tenth car (and dead body) when I woke up. No sense of it being nightmarish, either, which is strange but good. 
I'm wondering if this might work with TMS symptoms. I'm going to try to thank them for their good work in distracting me from whatever my unconscious is bothered about but also let them know that at least part of my conscious brain is willing and even eager to embrace this knowledge.
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Peg
USA
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Posted - 07/20/2009 : 17:06:28
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Hi njoy
Thanks for sharing this experience. I've never thought of applying it to distressing dreams.
It's in line with the observations of others from this board, in that accepting our tms symptoms is more effective at alleviating them than fighting it. Just like that expression "what we resist persists".
I'm happy for you that you have found some relief from your bad dreams.
Best,
Peg
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. Galileo Galilei |
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HilaryN
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Posted - 07/21/2009 : 08:05:43
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Thanks for sharing that, njoy. I'm happy, too, to hear you got over the bad dreams, and I like what your husband told your kids.
Hilary N |
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