Nightmares May Be Psychic Warnings

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Everyone has nightmares. Being chased and terrorized, falling into a bottomless abyss, seeing a reflection of ourselves and our appearance has transformed alarmingly. We may witness a terrifying event, such as, a loved disappearing or transforming into someone else or something unrecognizable. We may be in the doctor’s office absorbing some traumatic diagnosis and prognosis. Sometimes the nightmare is more about our reaction to the events in the dream. When we tell someone about it, they laugh, failing to grasp it gravity and impact upon us, furthering the traumatic impact with confusion.

Upon awakening, soaked in sweat, sometimes screaming out loud, heart beating erratically, we feel relieved to discover it was just a nightmare. Sometimes however, the ghost of the nightmare sticks around for a while. We can’t shake that uncomfortable feeling that something bad has happened or is going to. We feels vaguely depressed, moody and worried.

The meaning of the nightmare is as individual as we are, however, there are several common reasons for having nightmares. One is trauma. We may not allow ourselves to reflect upon a traumatic event because the effects still feel too raw. Our consciousness needs space to integrate and file these experiences into our psychic makeup. Our psyche is compelled to give them context and meaning in an aim to reach a place of peace and acceptance.

A Fear Has Breached Our Normal Defenses

Fear of failure, poor health or a necessary health alert and being victimized can trigger nightmares. Bullying generates nightmares in a victim of any age. Facing a troublesome choice, behaving in a manner unfamiliar to our self-concept, abandonment, loneliness, lack of safety may also set off a nightmare.

Nightmares mean that we need to attend to something in our daily lives. We are either guilty of ignoring the threat or of minimizing its impact. During WWI for example, military psychiatrists noted that when men on the front lines began dreaming of the horrors of war they needed to be removed from the battle. Somehow the horror had breached a psychic barrier which often presaged the onslaught of a crippling mental illness. Nightmares let us know that a fear of something has breached our normal defences. We ignore it at our peril.

Consider nightmares to be like a psychic scream. Our unconscious mind has been transmitting warnings on many fronts which we’ve been determinedly ignoring. In consequence, our unconscious is moved to amplify the volume. Our psyche has been left little choice but to rattle us to attention!

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Nightmares May Signal Encroaching Mental Illness

Keeping in mind however, that dreams amplify our waking life experiences by tenfold, a nightmare may be highlighting a spreading neurosis. Neurosis is fear of something not founded, rather one conjured by our imagination. People who describe themselves as worry warts tend to be plagued frequently with nightmares. Regardless, a nightmare in this case still demands attention. A growing phobia can be crippling, preventing us from living a free and healthy life. If a nightmare is alerting us to a creeping neurosis, that doesn’t mean it isn’t relevant.

As children, we’re plagued by nightmares more frequently. Children experience fear several times a day yet must prevail. The world they find themselves inhabiting is vast and those around them so much larger and stronger. Loving adults can help in providing safety and respite but there are by necessity, times when they cannot offer the assurance of safety so craved. Our world of sensational media, games and fierce competitiveness is scaring the heck out of our youth. If your child is describing persistent nightmares, don’t ignore these psychic warning signs.

Encouraging children to talk through their nightmares and offering them suggestions about how to imaginatively deal with the monsters, will support the child to feel empowered and less threatened. Being with a child awakening from a nightmare, it’s the most beneficial to guide them to imagine themselves more powerful than the monster. Encourage them to see themselves grow in strength and stature as opposed to seeing the monster shrink. Shrinking monsters is the stuff of magical thinking but empowering ourselves is a skill well served throughout our lives.

Nightmares are as Pre-Cognitive as Other Dreams

Ignoring or discounting nightmares as only dreams won’t help is missing a golden opportunity to learn something about yourself. Why waste all that sweat and terror?

Do what you can to interpret the meaning of the symbols, characters, feeling and action. Imagine what the nightmare is asking you rather than telling you. Further, imagine a couple of different endings. Often a nightmare is interrupted by an abrupt awakening triggered by our increased heart rate and breath; use your imagination to envision what the ending might have been, especially one where you’re victorious. A nightmare may even be a warning of something ahead that you need to know now. Nightmares are as pre-cognitive as other types of dreams.

Use the nightmare as a creative inspiration. Draw, paint or collage the images. Title your nightmare. The stories of Jekyl and Hyde, Frankenstein, and Dracula were all inspired by nightmares. When you describe a nightmare to someone, it is likely they will immediately identify and empathize with your experience. There is nothing quite like a sharing a nightmare to bring an uncommon level of intimacy into your social intercourse.

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FAQ Frequently Asked Questions About Nightmares

Nightmares can sometimes act as psychic warnings, amplifying our waking life experiences by tenfold. They may highlight an underlying neurosis that needs to be addressed.

This means that nightmares often take our daily anxieties and fears and magnify them, perhaps to draw attention to issues we need to address.

A spreading neurosis refers to a psychological condition that is becoming more pervasive in a person’s life. It could manifest as anxiety, fear, or other distressing feelings.

Not necessarily. While some nightmares might serve as psychic warnings or highlight a growing neurosis, others might simply be a result of stress, diet, or other factors. It’s important to consider the context of your life when interpreting nightmares.