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Question

I had a dream today...and I was running away from something..But all I could see was the grass and some of the grass missing so you could see the sand/dirt in between the grass spots...so I looked back and then kept running....I could then feel myself controling it...like if I wanted to run faster i would run hella fast....so that's what I did as in that moment I STARTED to feel tired of ''controlling it'' so I let go and then I could see darkness...JUST DARKNESS...like a fade of darkness as the image video of me running slower of letting go was turning into darkness...then I could feel like my lilbrother was rightnext to me in the room..but I knew he was at school...but I kept believing withmy heart he was there..I COULDN'T BREATHE NOR MOVE...I tried using everything in my body to just move IT DID NOT WORK....

I just really am scared..I love That I can control the dreams but NOT MOVING NOR BREATHING...is not worth it.

Answer 1

The dreams you are talking about are known as &quot;night terrors.&quot;  They are the absolute worst kind of nightmare to have as they can have a traumatizing effect on a person.  Night terrors are generally caused by stress in life, stress that makes you feel powerless, without control.  I had them in High School, and later on I had them while attending a Christian College in Nampa Idaho, in Nampa though, the night terrors I had, very nearly scarred me.  &quot;Terrifying&quot; is an inapropriate word to describe them.

Let me take a wild guess, you wake up in the middle of the night, you try to open your eyes but you can&#039;t, you try to move, but its as if the bed itself has become a magnet, and you are terrified beyond what words can describe am I right so far?  The only way to overcome a night terror, believe it or not, is with anger.  You have to express anger and outrage at the thing scaring you, and the thing making you feel powerless.  You express it, telling your mind not to feel fear, or to be so cowardly, and let your anger build until you regain control.

A night terror, is very much your enemy, so you have to treat it as such.  It is a bit of an irony, but a person can be their own worst enemy indeed; night terrors will cause crippling fear, even in the toughest looking of men.  Its nothing to be ashamed of, but you do need to take care of it.  I majored in Psychology and one of my professors talked about how she dealt with clients who were traumatized by night terrors.  Anger is a better emotion than fear, if you only have two choices; at least remember that.