disturbing dreams
I am an engineer of Motorola in China. I dream and speak loudly almost every night. This make me not having a good rest. So I’m very interested in finding if there is someway to not dream and sleep more good. In my personal feeling, I think this may be associated with the electro-magnetic fields […]
i act out my dreams
I have had problems sleeping for at least the last 6 years. Whenever I start a new job or my current job gets very stressful, I talk in my sleep and I actually perform the actions of my job in my sleep. For instance, when I was 16 and a cashier I would sit straight […]
awake and still dreaming?
I “suffer” from very disturbed sleep. It tends to go in phases which usually last a week, but can last longer. I rarely get more than one or two nights of undisturbed sleep in a row. The most annoying part is where I dream but I seem to be awake and looking at my surroundings. […]
ouch! I hit my head!
I started my night’s sleep thinking of spiders. I knew there were no spiders in my bed, or for that matter on my feet. Regardless, I kept thinking there was as I was drifting on and off to sleep. I pulled the covers off of me 3 times to check. The spider I was dreaming […]
sleep talking
Hi Anonymous— Your husband is sleep-talking during REM sleep, and apparently he is a very good talker. You understand every word! Not all sleep-talkers are so intelligible. Few people are aware that when we dream, our brains are just as active as when we are awake. It may seem hard to believe—that our brains are […]
disturbing dreams
Hi Brooks— It sounds as if you may be experiencing a moderate case of REM Behavior Disorder. When we sleep, our body takes several steps to ensure that we stay asleep through all the activity of dreaming, one of which is to disconnect our muscle tone from receiving the commands for movement that are generated […]
i act out my dreams
Hi Christine – You are experiencing a mild case of REM Behavior Disorder. The fact that your symptoms increase with stress is common in RBD, and also illustrates an interesting consequence of tension. REM Behavior Disorder is a disorder of too much muscle tone – too much tension in the muscles – during sleep. Your […]
awake and still dreaming?
Hi Cary— Have you ever watched a dog sleep and observed some of the nervous muscle twitches that often occur? The dog is dreaming, and in her dream, she is busy chasing a rabbit, going for a walk, or perhaps simply exploring new smells in her “dream neighborhood.” Like humans during human dreams, the dog […]
haunted by mother
Hi Kathie – I am sorry to learn of your mother’s mental illness and of the subsequent emotional distress she caused you. Families always bear the brunt of these emotional hardships. I think all too often when dealing with people who are mentally unstable we lose sight of the fact that these people are ill, […]
how to alter bad dreams
Hi Anonymous – I am sorry to learn of your difficult childhood. Your question is excellent, and the answer is “yes” – you can do something about these dreams. Rosalind Cartwright, Director of the Sleep Disorder Center at Rush Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago, has conducted extensive research on modifying bad dreams – and she has […]
no help
Dear Stranded: Your dream indicates a sense of frustration in your relationship with your father, and that you wish to improve this situation. Your dream suggests that you are uncertain how to proceed in accomplishing this goal, however. You want to go home – this is your desire to improve your relationship – but you […]
some of our favorite dream books…
Our Dreaming Mindby Robert L. Van De Castle Dreams and Nightmares: The New Theory on the Origin and Meaning of Dreamsby Ernest Hartmann, M.D. Interpretation of Dreamsby Sigmund Freud Memories, Dreams, Reflectionsby Carl Gustav Jung Dream Powerby Ann Faraday The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Interpreting Your Dreamsby Marci Pliskin, Shari L. Just, Pamela Valley Thacher […]