{"id":35631,"date":"2025-07-30T17:57:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/is-it-possible-to-opt-out-of-a-bad-dream\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T17:57:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:57:05","slug":"is-it-possible-to-opt-out-of-a-bad-dream","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/is-it-possible-to-opt-out-of-a-bad-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"is it possible to opt out of a bad dream?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">I often have dreams where I am being degraded and humiliated. I have experienced a lot of humiliation in my life, particularly by my father when I was a child.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">I see the obvious connection, but my question pertains to the ramifications of these dreams. I am often depressed for days after a particularly degrading dream experience. Is there anything I can do to try and change my dream as I am dreaming it, or to empower myself to maintain some dignity in my dreams? I know this sounds like a crazy request, but any advice would be a tremendous help.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211; Anonymous, Age 31, Female, Marital Status: Single<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; color: #ff0000;\">For the Dream Doctor&#8217;s advice, click <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/how-to-alter-bad-dreams\/\" id=\"1358\" option=\"com_content\">here<\/a><br \/> <span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; color: #ff0000;\">Back to<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/do-it-yourself\/\" id=\"49\" option=\"com_content\">do it yourself<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[2956,3043],"class_list":["post-35631","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","category-common-dreams-question","category-family-common-dreams-question"],"acf":{"article_id":"609"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/35631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}