Nightmares related to Depression? Please HELP?!


Question: Nightmares related to Depression? Please HELP?
Hey, any answers here would be much appreciated. I know its a little long, but I really need help. Please, please read on:

Ok, so I have been depressed for about 7 months now. I think I know why I have been depressed and lately I have done a lot of thinking and have decided that things need to change and I shouldn't feel the way I do. I have a few regrets from the past, and have a lot of guilt etc (I haven't told onw single person what happened, and I think its starting to eat me up - should I get it off my chest? I am just proper scared, and scared of people will think). When I started to first feel depressed, I didn't really know why but thinking about things, I think this is the reason and I really need to get over things, so I can move on with my life. There's no point in dwelling on the past when I can't change it no? I can change the way my future looks, and I want it to be a good one.....not the miserable one I'm leading now :-(

Ok, so, ever since I decided to change things, which was about 3 weeks, to a month ago, I have had about 4 nightmares. They have all been different. One was about a demon, he was a human that got infected and was killing people, and I was just scared and I don't really know, I don't really know what this one has to do with.

My last one was Sunday night, and in the dream I was raped. It was absolutely terrifying. In my dream I felt useless, I was so scared, I was just crying, I tried to get help but no one seemed to care and I felt like things were going no where. I also had a police officer who wanted me to talk to him and to have some tests done, but I wouldn't allow it. Now, I'm not sure if this is related, but all of these feelings is how I feel now, being depressed. I don't really want to talk about things, I won't go to my GP, I do feel like no one cares and things seems to be going no where, and I just feel like things are going to be this way forever. Lately, since I have decided to work on things, I have been talking about my feelings, and it has helped a bit.

Are my nightmares my sub-conscious coming through and showing my feelings that way? I never had nightmares before, even when my depression was really bad - so its a bit weird that they're starting now after I am trying to work on things? My friend said that I probably tried to repress my feelings for so long that I became good at it, but now I am working on things, all of the feelings are coming to the surface and they feel more real? Does any of this sound like it could be related? I'm not sure, it's just weird where they started at the same time of when I started to work on things. And nightmares can be related to depression, stress and anxiety?

Please, any answers would be much appreciated. I'm sorry this is quite long. Thank you for reading. I'm really scared to go to sleep and I'm just terrified of having the same or another nightmare. Thanks again xx

Answers:

Yes, dreams do portray what you may be feeling or going on in your life right now. Try to think of the events in your dream as a metaphor. Not all of them mean they are all metaphors or have meaning but it seems like your sub-conscious is definitely under some stress... Dreams can also portray what you in life however judging by your description, it doesn't seem so.

The demon may be your fear of telling others your story.

Your dream of being raped may your outlook of how you view your current situation and the people around you. Feeling powerless to do anything and thinking that people wouldn't care or may hurt you for your "past" and "guilt".

I hope this helped.. and I hope you can move past this and feel life again. My best suggestion would be is try to find a really good councilor/therapist/psychologist/psychia… Whatever you choose. There may even professionals you can talk online to.
Good Luck!



yeh yur right is long. stop putting significance on dreams you can be objective in sub-con' if you try see them as stories and enjoy. dont tell folk about you will lose friends



anxiety disorder!



you should see a therapist there very good you unload all your problems that you have encountered in your life. and they pinpoint were you have gone wrong and tell you how to address the problems whether it be therapy or medication or both.



Take the quiz, at http://www.womentowomen.com/assessments/… and check out their info on depression. Also see http://www.typeofdepression.org/Cause-Of…

A number of books are shown *: I recommend the chapter by Dr. Hyla Cass - See: "NATURAL HEALING FOR DEPRESSION" - Stroehecker - * SEARCHBAR- WWW.AMAZON.COM
(largely about NATURAL HORMONES) provided the best overview of treatment for treatment of depression in females that I have encountered in decades. Books: Natural Prescriptions for Women: What to Do-- And When to Do It-- To Solve More Than 100 Female Health Problems-- Without Drugs by Susan Berg and The Editors of Prevention Health Books, & Depression-Free, Naturally: 7 Weeks to Eliminating Anxiety, Despair, Fatigue, and Anger from Your Life (Paperback) by Joan Mathews Larson, & Healing Depression & Bipolar Disorder Without Drugs (Paperback) by Gracelyn Guyols, from your bookstore, or Amazon.com.

A sensible approach is to test for vitamin (optimising vitamin D3) and mineral deficiencies; correct, and ensure good levels of Omega 3 fatty acids. Stabilise hormonal levels; consult a naturopath. Learn, and employ coping methods. Perhaps it would be a good idea to have Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy, or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for up to 6 months, if you haven't had it, yet. If hormonal treatment is unavailable, or in the meantime, use the effective natural core treatments for depression at ** http://your-mental-health.8m.com/blank_2… and see page O about nightmares, but they may disappear with effective treatment for depression. If using a RECOMMENDED** brand of St. John's Wort (take with meals to avoid possible stomach upsets; check out the websites on St. John's Wort via page B and read the rest of that page), and if using UP TO 50mg of 5-htp daily in addition (or UP TO 200mg of 5-htp if NOT using the wort) take with a very low protein meal, to maximise the amount crossing the blood/brain barrier, with no, or extremely little protein 2 hrs before, to 2 hrs afterwards. Alternatively, take SAMe with the core treatments, but don't use anything else. 5-htp made my dreams less unpleasant.

View http://curetogether.com/depression/ig/tr… Should the above prove insufficient, (unlikely) after 3 - 6 months, you may have to look deeper at your life, and upbringing; see http://sfhelp.org/gwc/wounds.htm What is your reason for living; your aims, ambitions; what drives you?



I think some customized text messages in association with audio and images that work at your sub-conscious might help you out of this rut. You may visit this site to have some idea of what I'm talking about: http://www.mindmaster.tv/




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