Posted by WorryGirl on April 13, 2003, at 19:57:25
Are nightmares more healthy than a sign of bad things?
I slept 10 hours last night, but it was very broken sleep, with a total of about 8 hours of actual sleep (bless my husband, he let me sleep in and watched the kids).
In the last year or two I have dreamed very little (aside from the dreams none of us remember), probably because I am lucky to get 5-6 hours and am not getting enough REM sleep.
So even though my dreams were extremely disturbing (two tornado dreams, one dream that my husband was insulting me and relaying his dislike of me, and one fuzzy one I can barely remember of a neighbor not knowing who I was). I already know what the tornado dreams are supposed to represent, but I'm wondering if it's more of a release (my subconscious mind getting emptied of negative thoughts) or is it a sign of my anxiety (the tornado dreams)? Maybe a little of both?
When I awoke I didn't feel disturbed at all, only obvious relief that the dreams weren't real and extremely rested.
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