Why do we experience nightmares? Although it is still unknown in the contemporary society on why it occurs, there are many possible theoretical causes that lead to nightmares: food before bed, sleep disorders, and emotional state and issues. Many people wonder why eating food before bed can lead to nightmares; however, eating food causes the brain to release an enormous amount of energy, which makes the brain more active. This leads people to have more dreams, which could eventually develop into nightmares. Sleep disorder is another cause of nightmare because people who are diagnosed with narcolepsy or sleep apnea tend to be occasionally fatigued or exhausted. Above all, the main theoretical possible cause of nightmares is the emotional state …show more content…
For example, “Being Chased, or Attacked”, where people are being chased or attacked mostly by other people or paranormal creatures, is a common nightmare that people frequently experience. This tends to occur because people are afraid of something in their daily lives such as abusive parents or a recently watched horror film. In addition, if one is trying to hide from these so called paranormal creatures, it implies that one is trying to conceal his or her real life issues. In order to overcome this kind of nightmare, there is a need for people who are currently experiencing it to recognize their actions within their dreams, and directly confront their conflicts instead of avoiding it. Another common nightmare people usually experience is “Being Trapped”. In this case, one is dreaming where they are trapped in absolute darkness, unable to move with no way of escaping. Similarly, there are cases where you are being buried alive or you are in a situation where you have lost the ability to breathe or scream. It often occurs to people who are suffering from claustrophobia - the fear of being locked or trapped
Most men suffer from constant nightmares, some even feeling like they’re trapped in a loop of their traumatic
Reading Journal 1. 3.05 Poe describes the sensations of being buried alive. What imagery does Poe use to help you hear, see, smell, and feel? The unendurable oppression of the lungs- The suffocating fumes from the damp earth-
The Nightmares Behind Closed Doors Imagine being mentally lost and being sent away because no one wants to care after you. You are put into an insane asylum where you are beaten every day for no real reason. You are always confused and are being put through absolute misery.
I base this opinion on my own experience. For year I had a recurring nightmare, about a woman insulting and attacking my parents; it was a hazy dream that most of the time was forgotten by the time I woke up. I never commented the recurring situation of the dream with my parents, mostly because I thought it was just a bad and silly dream; it wasn’t until I was 10 years old and by chance I met the woman in my dream; to make a long story short, she was my father ex-wife, and my supposed dream was an actual fight between my parents and her, when I was 4 years old. My point is, it took me years to recognize the event, let alone understand the nature of the feelings behind it. Mostly, because I was not exposed to those feeling and my innocence was not very disrupted.
I would imagine that a huge monster is inside my closet waiting for me to go to sleep then attack me. One day I finally overcame my fear and closed the door.
TV SHOW NAME: SVU: Law & Order 1. Psychological Aspect/Concept: Nightmares a. The night before trail one of the trafficking girl had a nightmare about her pimp. b. On page 196, are bad dreams that take place during the REM sleep.
Both nightmares are due to regret and continue to haunt him. The narrator is haunted by regret and sorrow in the form of his friend and will never fulfill a normal life due to
Nightmare is meaning to show the things we are scared/ afraid of facing our fear. King mentions how “we also go re-establish our feelings of essential normality”, which might mean that after watching horror we think about how the real world is (king, Why we crave. 1). Does he really want to make us think about why we over think the most precise thought.
One situation where dreams and reality are disrupted in this section is when Jonathan has visions of unordinary occurrences. When he encounters the three supernatural figures in one of the rooms that he is forbidden from, he is unable to determine whether he was dreaming or if it actually happened. Jonathan says, “I suppose I must have been asleep; I hope so, but I fear, for all that followed was startlingly real... I cannot in the least believe I was sleeping” (Stoker, 44). His encounter with these women seemed too unusual and frightening to have been real, since one of them drank blood from his neck as if she were a vampire, so he doubts that it actually happened.
Dream-production mechanism tends to simulate stressful and threatening situations. By already experiencing a threat in a dream, we are at an advantage to perceive and avoid with threats in real life. (Trippitt slide, 14) “ Treats encountered in recurrent dreams would be particularly dangerous; most of the time the treat was sufficiently severe to jeopardize the subjects life or physical wellbeing” (Antonio Zadra, Sophie Desjardins, Eric Marcotte, 10) in the readings it says that six of eight predictions were reported by subjects to test the treat simulation theory. Each subject kept a journal of their dreams, most of the dreams found that there was an escape route to be found.
While it is not entirely certain how phobias are caused, when it reaches the point where common fears become unwarranted and irrelevant to the perceived object or situation that is considered to be dangerous, and impacts on our regular daily routine, then a phobia is said to exist. Somniphobia, or the dread of sleep, impacts on the life of the person with the condition in a way which affects their overall well- being. It affects their health, work, social relationships and can be detrimental in every way. There are several psychological perspectives or competing theories which attempt to explain what may give rise to the onset of phobias, each with their own merits and demerits. Some can be explained by themselves or can be combined to explain why people react the way they do to seemingly harmless situations and objects.
And they can be emotionally intense, even though you might wake up totally calm” (Shamsian). Some people scream in their sleep and wake up crying which is evidence to how intense some people’s dreams are. Brains are extremely active when people are sleeping even if they don’t recognize it. People don’t think about what parts of the brain are being used and why they are being
Many scientists have found this to be true, however, many still can't find the sole reason as to why we dream. But there have been studies that have found certain things that can disrupt or interfere with dreaming. According to Michael J. Breus, PhD, who many people refer to as the Sleeping Doctor, drugs and alcohol affect dreaming. He states Alcohol has shown to have a dramatic influence on dreaming including: the fragmentation of sleep, the possibility of diminishing time in REM sleep, and the chance having nightmares frequently. Drugs such as marijuana also have a great effect on how you sleep such as: also reducing REM sleep, and odd dreams.
There have been many times in my life where I have either woken up in the middle of the night from a horrible nightmare or woke up in the morning trying to recall my dreams. I have spent a lot of time researching what my dreams mean. Although we have experienced countless dreams in our lifetime, do we ever stop to think: how dreams occur? How dreams affect our lives? Do dreams even mean anything?
Plato thought that dreams was revealing a man’s true nature, while a person sleeps their dreams hold no shame and will seek whatever is of interest to that person. One dream that I have had repeatedly is being buried alive. Its always as if I am a witness in the dream, like a participant almost. In the end, I am always trying to scream but not