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Vivid dreams and nightmares?
I’ve always had mental health issues, seeing things, depression, anxiety and social anxiety disorders, headaches and such. Those I’ve grown… somewhat used to. (All of that is not professionally diagnosed, but the anxiety, depression, and social anxiety disorders run in my dad’s side of the family, so I’m very unsurprised that I probably have them…)

Anyways, now I’ve been having very vivid and strange dreams. I can only remember two at the moment, but I’m sure I’ll have more before this question is resolved.

Now for the two I remember: The first one I’ve had more than once, and in it I am hunted down around my town and murdered by someone who I know I recognized, but could not identify. I’ve had that one twice now.

The second one, please don’t laugh because it left me feeling very uneasy. My family was apparently made up of werewolves (my mom, dad, little brother, and me). My brother and I were both a couple years older than we really are, he was around 13 (the age my best friend’s brother is…?) and I was around 17. Apparently my brother was having troubles where he sleeps for like 14 hours at a time, but does not feel very rested (a problem I myself am having in real life because of my dreams). I was some kind of chosen something or other, and was a very special kind of werewolf. However I was very depressed (as I am in real life) and was sobbing, nude, in the bathroom. My mother was talking to me though I did not recognize what she was saying, and my father was laughing from his bedroom.

I’ve always been interested in the human body, anatomy, and stuff like that, so my dreams are always very specific in the shapes of people’s bodies, and I’m an amature writer so everything else is always very descriptive and vivid. This makes it hard for me because I think it’s real at first.

Because of these dreams and all of my other issues, I’ve not been able to fall asleep easy from fear of them, and so I stay up lying in the dark in my bed for hours at a time, until about two or three in the morning, and then do not wake up until two or three the next day, feeling unrested and on the edge.

So uhm… any reason why I might be having these problems and can someone help me out with them?
Thanks!

I’ve tried Melatonin, it doesn’t do much for me.

I can certainly see your literary talent.
While reading your werewolf dream, I was going to suggest writing a short story on this as therapy.

There are techniques for dealing with stress and anxiety:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/relaxat ion-technique/sr00007

There is plenty of generic advice for falling asleep:
Go to bed at the same time every night, including weekends.
Don’t do daytime tasks in bed.
If you can’t sleep after a reasonable amount of time, get up for a while and do something non-stimulating.
Glass of warm milk.
Try taking a hot bath or shower before bed to relax you.

I have had some success with melatonin, sold in health food stores. Your body normally manufactures this when it is time to sleep. It does not make me sleepy at all, but I often fall asleep better after taking it. Strange stuff. I have had friends tell me it gives them strange dreams, so in your case maybe this is not such a good idea.

One specific technique you may benefit from is lucid dreaming:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dream
Taking control of dreams that would otherwise upset you might be helpful.

Counseling is a good idea as well, especially when you state conditions that you believe you have, but have not been professionally diagnosed.

OtherGuy | Jul 26, 2009