{"id":35731,"date":"2025-07-30T17:57:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/always-bad-dreams\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T09:38:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:38:31","slug":"always-bad-dreams","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/always-bad-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"always bad dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">I am 47 years old and have suffered from nightmares all my life. I don\u2019t have them frequently, on average about once a month. I am also afraid of the dark, which means that when I wake from a nightmare I don\u2019t feel safe until I can find a light-switch. When I am alone in the house (which happens as my husband works shifts) I have to sleep with a light on in the hall.<\/p>\n<p>As a child I had such bad nightmares that my vocal chords would freeze and the only way I could wake a member of my family would be by shaking them at the same time as I was screaming soundlessly &#8211; quite disturbing for them as well as me!<\/p>\n<p>My nightmares include predatory animals attacking my home, the day of armageddon and several premonition-type dreams. However, the most frightening ones are generally the ones I can\u2019t remember properly but I am always most afraid of what it is that may be lurking in the shadows when I get up from one of those.<\/p>\n<p>I have read recently that people who suffer regularly from nightmares may be suffering from some mental aberration. As far as I am aware I am a perfectly normal, working woman with a husband and grown-up daughter and son.<\/p>\n<p>I would be grateful for your suggestions as I feel silly still being afraid of the dark at my age!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Ruth, Age 47, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">For the Dream Doctor&#8217;s suggestions, click<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/always-bad-dreams-2\/\" id=\"723\" option=\"com_content\">here<\/a><br \/><span style=\"color: red;\">Back to \u00a0list of <a href=\"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/common-dreams\/\" id=\"27:dreams-common\" option=\"com_content\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">common dreams<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[2956,3094],"class_list":["post-35731","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","category-common-dreams-question","category-nightmares-common-dreams-question"],"acf":{"article_id":"720"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/35731","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=35731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}