Nightmares invade our sleep unexpectedly, but naturally. They have reasons, and not at all otherworldly. Can you live without this horror? And is it necessary?
How ugly
As a rule, the second half of the night is reserved for terrible dreams. If the nightmare falls on REM sleep, it will be bright and fantastic, but after waking up, it will dissipate without a trace. If it is associated with a phase of slow sleep, then, upon waking up, you realize for a long time how real what you saw was. To the extent that the temperature may rise, chills and cold sweats will appear.
Nightmares are gender-specific. Women, as natures are more sensitive and subtle, have more intense and terrible nightmares. Their number may be associated with an increase in body temperature during the monthly cycle.
There is also a connection with the geomagnetic activity of the Earth. When it is lowered, the body actively produces the sleep hormone melatonin, which allows us to sleep soundly and … see nightmares, moreover, very picturesque and even phantasmagoric.
But as soon as it grows, our dreams are filled with events similar to real ones and not at all scary.
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What a clerk, what a Papuan
Psychologists say we need nightmares. This is a special symbolic language of our communication with the subconscious, when it needs to say something very important. And best of all, a nightmare helps to reach consciousness, and it is desirable such that the hair stands on end. This is one of the versions.
Interestingly, these nightmares can be the same for a Papuan from New Guinea, and a clerk from Wall Street.
But you shouldn't be afraid of them. It is necessary to calm down and analyze the dream in order to extract the maximum information and benefit from it. This will help to adjust your life and, possibly, correct some mistakes in it.
The subconscious mind exaggerates
Most often, nightmares dream when in reality we are overwhelmed with emotions, we experience depression or stress, get sick, freak out, conflict, experience overwork. That is, they are only an enhanced reflection of what we face in reality. The subconscious mind exaggerates the colors, but only with a good purpose: so that we realize the deeply hidden important circumstances that we deny in life.
Nightmares fight negative emotions that have a bad effect on health, unload the nervous system; suppressed feelings spill out and dissipate. This restores balance between positive and negative emotions.
Like psychotherapists, nightmares can sometimes help completely neutralize all negativity, and sometimes even prevent a nervous breakdown.
Nightmares love the turning points in our lives. Oddly enough, it is terrible dreams that are an indicator of personal growth, transition to a higher stage of development, symbolize the beginning of a new life.
A recent theory is that nightmares are brain simulators for day-to-day emergencies. He works out critical moments, learns to react correctly: he creates neural connections that allow him to act without hesitation in moments of real danger.
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Surprising but true: there are only 12 major nightmares. The set is something like this: you fall from a height; drowning; you are being chased by monsters or predators; you or your loved ones die; you are naked in a public place; you are sick; your teeth are falling out.
Falling from a height indicates intense anxiety. Usually it is caused by an acute shortage of money, difficulties in relationships, hopelessness in career growth, or tense interaction with others.
Fleeing from any predatory creatures indicates the presence of a conflict that already exists or is about to erupt. And if at the same time you cannot budge, then in reality you are rushing about in vain in search of a way out or do not want to look for it.
Loss of teeth - loss of control over the situation. Sometimes such a dream indicates depression, anxiety, lack of confidence in one's social status, helplessness, inability to solve a problem, a feeling of one's own unattractiveness. "Tooth" sleep is a serious reason to reflect in the morning.
Nudity is one of the most common nightmares in the world. Such a dream means an acute feeling of insecurity in reality. Most often, he is dreamed of by people with low self-esteem, covered with arrogance.
The dead who come in dreams are scary, but harmless. They are just a sign of problems of the inner world or a difficult situation.
Most of all, people worry when they dream of death. However, it does not at all portend a tragedy. Often the dream of death symbolizes the end of certain relationships or the end of one stage of life and the beginning of a new one.
Marina Sitnikova