{"id":36367,"date":"2025-07-30T17:58:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/spiders-on-my-bed\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T17:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:58:11","slug":"spiders-on-my-bed","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/spiders-on-my-bed\/","title":{"rendered":"spiders on my bed!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I am 35, mother of four (ages 11, 10, 8, 3), a devout Catholic, college-educated, Anglo, married 13 years to an attorney who is doing well financially in his private practice. I have stayed at home to raise my family and have stayed active with volunteering and with writing for a few newspapers. I am happy these days, but nearly every night for months, I have nightmares. (I have experienced insomnia for years). <\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In my nightmares, for example, there is blood all over me or my child, or somebody\u2019s dead, or there are slimy bugs covering me, or there are tarantulas in my bed, or evil spirits around me. When I open my eyes, I am still in a dreaming state for several seconds and \u201csee\u201d what I am dreaming, until I turn on the light. I also scream or gasp audibly\u2014which alarms my family. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Though I am hallucinating things, I am conscious enough to know they are not actually there\u2014even when I \u201csee\u201d them. I have thought about asking my doctor for a sleep aid (a small dose of Elavil for night time only which I used years ago) but wondered if I should consult a sleep disorder physician. Thanks!<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2014 Deanna, Age 35, Married, USA<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"color: red;\">For the Dream Doctor&#8217;s response, click<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/spiders-on-my-bed-2\/\" id=\"1398\" option=\"com_content\">here<br \/><\/a><\/span><\/span> <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Back to <a href=\"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/walking-talking-terrors\/\" id=\"82\" option=\"com_content\">Walking, Talking &amp; Terrors page<\/a><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[3224,3225],"class_list":["post-36367","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","category-better-sleep-question","category-walking-talking-terrors"],"acf":{"article_id":"1389"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/36367","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=36367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}