Blogpost # 6: Nightmares: Creepy!

Everyone has experienced nightmares. When I was young I always experience nightmares 5 times a week and I think i'm used to it.

I enjoy nightmares. I just love the adrenaline flowing into my body. Some people literally pee every time they get a nightmare. Nightmares are disturbing and frightening things that we see in our dreams. They are what make children cry at night, someone gets a nightmare after they watch a scary movie, or after bad events like; accidents, fights, murders, Etc....

Why do we get nightmares? In an article " Why Do We Have Nightmares " from this site " livescience.com " Remy Melina says that dreams may be caused by anxiety which we gathered mostly from our everyday living. Also it says that nightmares may have a beneficial purpose to us, they helpedus on our survival skill. Without them we may be done with evolution. Nightmares also helps us focus on problems that need to be address. How do we stop a nightmare? After we go to sleep, we can practice some acts to save us from nightmares like; being rescued by someone, or you gaining powers and attack the offender. After that, sleep and when you get a nightmare think of the acts that you did before you slept and do it while in the nightmare.

Remy states that " People should seek help for their nightmares if they are carrying over into their daytime mood and making them very anxious, or if they are making them afraid to go to sleep " People should really think that nightmares are just dreams. They don't have to go crazy and say that their dreams are telling them something.

Where does nightmares come from? In an article " Spooked Sleeping? Identifying nightmares and there causes " from that site "huffingtonpost.com". Laura McMullen says that their are to types of nightmares, one is the nightmares that come from our everyday problems, our phobias, our last seen scary movie, Etc... and ones is something we really don't know where it came from, it's just there. After you get nightmares, you won't be able to get back to sleep  immediately because we are still scared, and a bit emotionally aroused. A technique like deep breathing and progressive muscle relaxation to meditate on positive experiences.

Laura states that " Research suggest than more than 85% of adults occasionally experience nightmares at least once a month for 8 to 29 percent, and once a week for 2 to 6 percent" I taught children were the only ones who get nightmares. I didn't expect all of adults to experience them.

I'm love having nightmares, well sometimes, depends, but when I do, I try not to panic and when I wake up I usually just laugh about it.