People
with psychic disorders like bipolar or borderline personality disorder are prone
to have a chronic nightmare as they have less or no control over their negative
thinking. People with these types of the disorder usually ruminate and
catastrophize. In rumination, they develop some negative emotion and get the
pain of those negative emotions which happens repeatedly. On the other hand, in
catastrophizing, they imagine so many things which have no link with reality.
They just make stories in their imagination and develop a belief on it that yes
that situation has happened to me or going to happen with me. Here are some
useful tips that will help you to detect whether you are having a simple
nightmare or have developed a chronic nightmare. Maintaining these tricks may
help you out to overcome this fearful problem.
Watch yourself whether you have tendencies for ruminating and catastrophizing:
Stop thinking about negative things. Catch yourself when you feel that you are
envisioning some situations or too much worst-case scenario that actually have
no chance to happen. Divert your mind when you are getting such negative
thoughts. Before going to bed think about your good moments and do meditation
at least for 10 minutes. This will reduce your tendency to get a nightmare.
Keep yourself away from negative thought and negative situations:
People who have
chronic nightmare problems are mostly the patients who suffer from the
borderline personality disorder. They have a high tendency to catch negative
thought from a situation that happens in front of them. If you are facing the
same challenges then keep yourself away from such a situation. For example, you
hang up in a fight with your sister where may be a small argument might happen
but you are envisioning that your sister is coming to beat you up. If you are
really experiencing such problems, keep yourself away.
Distinguish whether you are awake and getting a nightmare:
You are allowing some
negative situations to swallow your mind, check yourself whether you were awake
or you had been sleeping that time. Distinguish the fact. Control your negative
thoughts or emotions throughout the day which in turn will help you to
eliminate nightmares.
Put your head down and take rest:
Keep your mind fresh and positive. Take a resting time and think about some
positive events that had happened to you during the daytime. If you don't have
any, then just spin on what you had experienced before. Thinking about positive
and good events before going to bed will reduce the chances of bad dreams.
Consult with your psychiatrist:
Are you getting regular nightmares? This means that you have developed chronicity.
Counsel yourself to have good control over your negative emotions and thoughts.
If you find that it's going beyond your control then seek counseling or
medication to identify if you have any psychic disorders or not.
Dreaming
is natural but when on a regular basis you get nightmares this means
consciously, subconsciously or maybe unconsciously you are envisioning negative
events to worst. To overcome this problem you are the best doctor for yourself
as you have the control in your hand that what you will think and what will be
your action. Having control over your emotions, thoughts actually reduce the
chance of your nightmare. Try out with these tricks and have a deep
uninterrupted sleepy night.
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