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For the last month, Ive been having very vivd dreams where I have lyme and I am always worried about giving it to other people in my dream. ugh. I can't even escape this disease in my sleep. Does anyone else dream about Lyme?
Keebler
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- Yep. Sometimes we need to listen. Other times, fill our awareness with something other than health matters in the evening hours so our brains have something else to process during the night. -
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- Giving that some more thought after a rough night, if the liver is stressed, nightmares are more likely to occur. Same with just dreams that are more worrisome or complicated - or an ordeal.
Also, when we face fears in our dreams, the intent is for our brain to work out the problem. Often, upon awakening, a thought will come that says my brain figured something out. Or it could just be that I hear I should eat salmon for breakfast.
Listen to what your subconscience is telling you in your dreams if there is a way to rethink or rework. But also know that often the brain is just downloading and sorting out all its exposed to during the day.
I find my dreams are filled far too often with my feeling ill or having seizures. I'd rather dream of having fun, fun, fun. So, I'm making a concerted effort to see more images of people having fun, being good at their jobs, good in relationships, etc. and then feeling that myself.
Especially before bed, it's important to avoid all scenes of violence and that can add to the fear as we sleep.
As your head hits the pillow, you might do a visualization with music and set the scene for how you want your dreams to be. You can also ask for your brain to work out the solution to a particular matter while you sleep. You'll be amazed at how many times this can work. Maybe not for world problems or even all my toughest challenges but I've found things - or remember things - prioritized matters - with this approach.
Some counselors are trained in matters of dreams if you'd want to pursue that further but, mostly, if we are facing fears in dreams one night, we can ask before bedtime the next night how those might be solved. I think our deep brain really does want to help.
First, be sure your liver is happy. A happy liver is important to good sleep. And get out as much as you can to engage your body in activity. I can't get out at all so I know my brain has little to process at night and chews on the same old stuff, then.
Even for good sleep at night, varied activity during the day really matters. New experiences, learning something totally different - well, the brain needs all that, too, and it works on it during sleep. -
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