a question about dreaming....

[[cn...]]

I'm full of questions today. lol.

 

Ashton talks about dreaming etc. when healing.

 

I remember when I was ON ativan, I'd have dreams and nightmares etc. that were SO vivid I'd remember those dreams for days. This was NORMAL for me unfortunately (I wasnt benzo wise then)

 

Now when I sleep I dream just about every night. But they are not nightmares... but sometimes vivid. But when I wake up I can recall the dreams... but in a flash they are wiped out of my memory.

 

Now, after being used to having such vivid exhausting dreams back when I was on ativan for 4 years... this just doesn't feel normal to me to have reoccurring dreams every night that I cannot simply remember. lol.

 

I'm not complaining! Just saying, maybe this is what NORMAL dreaming feels like again... and it just doesnt feel NORMAL to me b/c I've been so used to vivid dreams/nightmares etc. the past 4 years.

 

Is this a sign of healing you think? I know it sounds dumb. But my sleep feels def. different.

 

Like I said I dream about every night, which I hear is great b/c that means I'm getting deep sleep.

[[os...]]

Sounds to me like your dreaming is normal now... a great sign indeed, who needs vivid and nightmares anyway? I never feel rested when i dream like that, you are healing really fast by the sound of it, even with the sore muscles... 

 

Oscar

[[cn...]]

Thanks Oscar! =)

[[On...]]

Most healthy people do not remember the majority of their dreams. It usually takes the right "type" of dream and the right state of REM sleep to remember them. The withdrawals from benzo's bring out some of the ugly past as well as your hidden fears and try's to "play through them' in the safe environment of a dream, otherwise known as a nightmare. Your brain is trying to sort through these anxieties and "deal with them" and better know how to react to these perceived threats imagined or real.

 

I myself, get more nightmares now, but I still get some good dreams, yet many are related to frustrating scenarios at work, which I am no longer at anymore since I have been on disability for Meniere's disease (inner ear disorder w/ vertigo). Obviously, we cannot do much about them at this point other than keeping our daily experiences as "light" and cheerful as possible, so we just need to let our brain sort it out. Our human bodies know best, afterall, it's been doing it for over 200,000 years.

 

Dreams are probably one the most least understood and complicated processes of the brain.