Why do some people have the same bad dreams over and over, and how can they be stopped?
How to get rid of a recurring nightmare
“Anxiety dreams depict everyday worries in a dramatized way. That is, the monsters represent normal fears related to the world, like school, teachers, nasty classmates, and so on,” says Michael Schredl, a researcher at the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim, Germany. Because these behaviors are avoidant, “running away and locking doors” in dreams “[are] typically not helpful.”
For those who are looking to get rid of recurring nightmares, experts recommend writing down or drawing what happened in the dream, which causes the dreamer to face the nightmare again in waking hours. This is commonly known as exposure therapy, and it should be used carefully after consultation with a trained therapist. Then, in waking hours, the dreamer canto the nightmare or draw something that makes the scenario less anxiety-inducing—an active coping strategy.
Kids can try these remedies, but they also may just grow out of the pattern. Schredl says that in the course of a child’s development, they will learn to cope with fear and accept that it’s okay to be afraid, so that they are no longer avoiding the feeling. Once they’ve stopped their avoidant dream behavior and even learned that they can act and have agency, the nightmares should lose their potency.
I had that same nightmare about four or five times in total until I reached middle school. From what I remember, the last few times I visited the creatures in my sleep, my dad was there to comfort me. Instead of being caught, as I had been when alone in the first few iterations of the dream, we eventually escaped together and the puppets stopped being as scary. These days, I don’t dream of monsters anymore, and I’m more likely to dream of luxury buffets and spa visits.
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