The Slums of the Dreaming

[eredien]

I am convinced that there are several things which one should never have to wake up thinking, such as:

I've just killed my father again. Look at the blood.
The bus is tipping backwards over this cliff; my sister and I are going to die.
There are millions of silverfish eggs attached to my face, and soon they are going to hatch.

One should especially never wake up with the last one and actually feel like there are millions of silverfish eggs attached to one's face for the next five minutes.

To put it bluntly: I have lately been having a spate of very very bad dreams. Even the ones that start off beautifully, however--like the bus dream, it started off with a beautiful purple and pink sunrise where the clouds were edged in orange gilt--seem to turn to crap in a very short time. For the past two months or so, this has been my default dream-setting.
Not only do I feel as if I have not gotten any sleep to speak of, but I feel as if I have gotten negative amounts of sleep.

Any suggestions on how to get decent, or even boring, dreams again would be much appreciated.

Comments

Bad Dreams

[theheretic.livejournal.com]

A thought is just a thought. A dream is just a dream, good or bad. When you train your mind not to feel anything about bad dreams, you win. As a diabetic I get a lot of them. Bad dreams are caused by low blood sugar. You may need to eat a snack before bed. Something that digests slowly like cheese and crackers, maybe with salami on it. Why low blood sugar? It triggers depression and adrenaline release, key for bad dreams. True, you need some stress, but adrenaline all by itself makes that. Eat a bedtime snack and it will probably help a lot. Easy to try.