if bad dreams are called nightmares...???
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I looked up the entomology of nightmares and dreams.  \nDreams are sleep or vision or aspirations, all good things.  Nightmares were seen as the indications of something bad, a goblin sitting on the chest of sleeping people causing distress.  So good dreams are normal and so a just called dreams; bad dreams have to be explained and so the idea of nightmares are introduced to explain a problem.
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Well first of all if you watch lots of horrer films or else if you listen to rowdy type of music or devil type music. It always depends on how you feel before you go to bed to. If your in a bad mood your in for a ride. Found something right off the web about it...\n\nThere are a number of possibilities. Some nightmares can be caused by certain drugs or medications, or by rapid withdrawal from them, or by physical conditions such as illness and fever. The nightmares of early childhood likely reflect the struggle to learn to deal with normal childhood fears and problems. Many people experience nightmares after they have suffered a traumatic event, such as surgery, the loss of a loved one, an assault or a severe accident. The nightmares of combat veterans fall into this category. The content of these nightmares is typically directly related to the traumatic event and the nightmares often occur over and over. Other people experience nightmares when they are undergoing stress in their waking lives, such as difficulty or change on the job or with a loved one, moving, pregnancy, financial concerns, etc. Finally, some people experience frequent nightmares that seem unrelated to their waking lives. These people tend to be more creative, sensitive, trusting and emotional than average. \n\nIf you want more info go to http://www.asdreams.org/nightma.htm more info.
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no.\nbut it doesn't mean it can't happen.\nwe still don't know exactly the biochemistry affecting dreams, and specifically nightmares. we can't even be sure there is a unique chemistry to nightmares.\neating cheese before bed-time might change to a small extent the chemical balance in your brain, but it probably changes as much as many other different foods. \nfrom the little we do know about brain-chemistry, metabolism of food and the connection between both, it seems improbable that this is true, but hey - be your own guinea-pig :)
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I don't think so...I heard that if you dream about snakes you will have some problems with an envious person or even love problems, snakes mean betrayal but you musn't believe in dreams, they don't always come true.
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dreams are just means to release stress or solve some internal problems or pressure .... \n\nfigure it out
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You can't do that really...but you can try to change the dream. Maybe the re-occuring bad dream is something that YOU are worried about. So what you can do is try to think of your nightmare and see what it means by yourself, not by using any of those dream books (because not everything in your dream is interpreted the same by others). Like maybe in your dream you're drowning..instead of thinking about drowning think about you being able to breathe under water and swimming..know what i mean?\nGood luck..and by the way...it's YOUR dream, do what you want in it ;)
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Dreams are usually manifestations of what you were thinking while awake. They can mean just about whatever you want them to mean.
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Sometimes, dreams and nightmares, as I've read in a fairly recent Reader's Digest, is our mind's way of preparing for something. We run the situation in our head, and we try and see what to make of it. For instance, if you've been thinking of that job promotion, you might have a good dream if you're totally up to it, and you'll be rolling in the dough at home, and so on. If you're not too confident, then you might get a nightmare about all of the things that go wrong. In a sense, we use those thoughts that invade our minds as we sleep as a form of preparation. A dream is a desire that we want, a nightmare is the worst case scenario. In either case, we can learn from them - learn what we want, learn what we fear, and learn how to make what we want happen.
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I have to agree with the others.  It sounds like you are trying to run away from something in your life.  Something that you fear has the potential to be harmful, but at the same time....that you really don't have totally figured out yet.\n\n  You try and avoid dealing with it...but even doing that is fraught with unknown twists and turns.....and the harder you try and avoid it.....the more and more it looms over you.\n\n  To the point where....you start having dreams like this.\n\n  Whatever it is.....it would be best to confront it and see if you can decide what sort of concrete decisions you are going to make in order to deal with it. \n\n   Ummmmm....does any of that seem to fit with what's going on in your life right now ??\n\n   My guess is that it might....or else you would not be having dreams that contain this sort of message ??\n\n   Bob
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i can't remember what dream. if go to sleep right after  eating, i have nightmares. definite they're not inspiring, more scary
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Dreams are how your subconscious mind works out issues.  They don't necessarily have to mean anything, it's just your mind's way of playing out scenarios you would never think of performing.  Don't sweat it...if you're happy with your new beaux, enjoy it.  And enjoy the dreams as well...heck, have a grand old time with both of them IN THE DREAM WORLD ONLY!
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I am not blind and don't even know someone who is, but I should certainly think so - dreams are your brains way to deal what you experienced and are necessary for mental health. But probably blind person's dreams would be less visual than yours - maybe sounds are more dominant.
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Last night I dreamed that I woke up 4 hours late, went through my whole day in a wreck... and then I woke up. I HATE it when that happens!
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Not much really! :-) Just that you are keep thinking about the same things! You'll probably have some people wanting to give you Freudian interpretations, i.e. that you are repressed, fixated, etc. Dreams are just your brain continuing to be active when your body is asleep!
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Oh THANKS A LOT!  Now I'll be having nightmares for weeks!  LOL
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Some dreams are our subconcious telling us something were afraid of, something we feel guilty of , someone we miss, there are alot of different way to interpert dreams, especially if you are remembering this one, you may take a closer look and try and sort it out.
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"They" say dreaming is a way your brain works things out subconsciously.  If I'm really in a quandry about something and it is stressing me out, I find that I'll either dream about it or dream about something else that gives that same feeling.  Either way, its like a computer defragments I think, getting things orderly.