I keep having bad dreams.?!
Question: I'm 13 yrs old and I am terrified of death and anything that has to deal with death (funeral, grave sites etc.) My grandparents have recently died (like in Dec. 06 and then May 07.) I constantly lay in bed at night thinking about them getting prepared in a funeral home's basement. People have told me about how this is done and I listened not knowing it would give me nightmares for a long time to come. I also have dreams of them in their grave and scary stuff like that. I hate this!!! I loose so much sleep to this and I want it stopped. What ways can I fix this I don't want to tell my mom and I don't want to go to a DR. I have tried not to think about this but it wont go away. So basically I'm very very very scared of death.
Answers: I'm 13 yrs old and I am terrified of death and anything that has to deal with death (funeral, grave sites etc.) My grandparents have recently died (like in Dec. 06 and then May 07.) I constantly lay in bed at night thinking about them getting prepared in a funeral home's basement. People have told me about how this is done and I listened not knowing it would give me nightmares for a long time to come. I also have dreams of them in their grave and scary stuff like that. I hate this!!! I loose so much sleep to this and I want it stopped. What ways can I fix this I don't want to tell my mom and I don't want to go to a DR. I have tried not to think about this but it wont go away. So basically I'm very very very scared of death.
You should talk to somebody because holding it in can help this fear grow. I will say this, to a christian(me) death is a victory. How? can that be? When I die , and if I died trying with all my heart to be pure before God, I will go to heaven. Death can be scary, especially how the world depicts death. The bible tells me this about this world."
John 15:19 (Whole Chapter)
If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
God chose all of us to serve, the devil wants to sabotage that.God bless
It sounds like you have let your mind become "obsessed " with this, try to take up something to really get interested in to take the place of this obsession, Mind control really can work.
If your mom is a nice and sweet mom you don't need to be shy. Tell her and maybe you can even ask her if you can sleep in her bedroom until the bad dreams stop. You are a young boy and it is normal to be scared and affraid. I would too ( and I am not very young :-)
Also before going to bed try reading a cool book instead of just being there thinking about what makes you scared.
Good dreams!
just keep living your life. ive had depression like that before and even thought about killing myself because of it. but i realized that life is a gift from god, and find something to keep your spirits up. trust me, you will recover.
I think you should talk about it with friends and family to let it out of your system. If you try to suppress it then it will only get stronger.
Also if you have nightmares, when you wake up look at the time. People usually start dreaming about the same time each night. If you wake up at 2 from nightmares, set your alarm to 1:45 in order to stop the dreams from occurring.
It also helps to sleep with a small light on for a while. I know it sound silly, but darkness just accelerates fear.
Good luck
as soon as you can write out your dream...do a word association with the major words and then re-write your dream with the new words and you will find that your dreams are really not that scary....for example...i was driving a car....me was going a leave....the story will sound funny but you will find them more peaceful
You should tell your mom. Your mom would help you and give you good advice. Cmon shes your mom! You have to tell her sooner or later.