Is it normal that i have intense nightmares?

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So I have Been Having Really intense nightmares in which i am overcome by a familiar feeling of terror which often makes me stay awake with the lights on and often makes it hard for me to sleep without the lights on.

The feeling is Just Pure fear and sometimes I see things in the darkness of my room, it is very terrifying and i would like to know if this happens to other people, or if i am being haunted by a demon or some shit, not like i legit believe in any of that shit.

but none the less i am very intrigued by this terror and would like to know if this happens to other people.

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  • Notquitesure23
    10 years ago

    If what you're experiencing is in fact sleep paralysis, it's normal but also very terrifying nonetheless! As ItDuz stated, it has to do with chemicals in the brain. I also thought my house was haunted and something evil was effing with me when I first experienced it! Turns out sleep paralysis inspired many myths and legends back in the day, when they blamed all kinds of shit on "demons". I can't remember the exact references, one was something like a demon sitting on your chest because you get that weird heavy feeling when you're trying to move. If you research sleep paralysis you'll find tons of info and hopefully "rest" assured you're not dealing with anything supernatural :). I only experience it when napping at odd times and sleeping on my back so try to look at common denominators throughout your experiences and maybe you can figure out how to avoid it

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  • [Old Memory]
    10 years ago

    I would say it's somewhat normal. I have the same thing from time to time, however the thing that always brings me terror is another "me". I have no idea if this is my subconscious somehow showing due to how conflicted mentally.
    I would assume, like my own, these dreams tend to have the same person, demon, or reason for fear, correct?

    This is something that really has me thinking when I go through such things. I have had dreams where I am in college, walk through a corridor, and the other me comes through the door and I am just in complete fear and on the ground, completely incapable of getting up, another where I was being mutilated by the same person, one where I was in a murder train and this person was in it, and another dream which was about that person, although in a different manner, which I have to say, although most of the dreams with him in it tend to have me feeling intense horror, my favorite dreams has got to be the one that was about him.

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    • Samson
      10 years ago

      No, What I did not explain is that when these "night terrors" occur it has mostly been as though I am awake and paralyzed in my bed, and that is when I begin to see things.
      Once I was lying there and i suddenly felt very scared, and i had been listening to music when i went to bed and that music was playing as i was having this "night terror"
      so when I had finally snapped out of it the music i was hearing continued.

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      • [Old Memory]
        10 years ago

        I think I know what you are speaking of. I can't remember the actual name of it, however it has something to do with the chemicals in your brain and your body muscles, where your body shuts down like you were asleep, without you actually falling asleep.

        I used to have that a lot last year. From what I have heard, it's nothing to worry about, even if it hurts incredibly.

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        • Notquitesure23
          10 years ago

          I get this a lot when I take a nap on the couch, something with sleeping on my back causes it. It's called sleep paralysis. You feel as though you're trapped, like your mind has woken up before your body and no matter how hard you will yourself to move and snap out of it to wake up, you can't. Most often I just "see" my surroundings and "see" or "hear" people come in the room and it's very confusing as to whether it's real or not. I can imagine if you experience this while having a bad dream, it could be quite horrifying.

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  • gummy_jr
    10 years ago

    Sure

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