Three Ways To Overcome Nightmares

Nightmare is an intense mental activity that happens mostly during rapid eye movement, REM, sleep. It is mostly experienced as very vivid dreams that are terrifying or distressing. And, naturally, they can disrupt our sleep and affect our mood.  Here are three ways to overcome nightmares.

Don’t avoid sleep

It’s not unusual to have some fear about going to sleep if you regularly have nightmares and as a result think you can overcome that by staying awake. But depriving yourself of sleep can backfire and cause more nightmares. Avoiding sleep leads to less rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which is the stage of sleep which most dreams happen.

Decrease alcohol intake

Alcohol may seem like a tempting way to “quiet the mind” since it makes you drowsy and might help you to pass out. However, it actually disrupts your sleep, keeping you in lighter stages and preventing you from entering the healing and restorative deep sleep stages.

Seek treatment for PTSD and other mental health needs

 Nightmares often happen due to having Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, or another psychiatric condition, and successfully treating those conditions can often decrease nightmares. Treating PTSD will improve your daytime activities too, allowing you to have less anxiety, better relationships, and the opportunity to be your full self.

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