{"id":36381,"date":"2025-07-30T17:58:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/awake-and-still-dreaming\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T17:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:58:11","slug":"awake-and-still-dreaming","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/awake-and-still-dreaming\/","title":{"rendered":"awake and still dreaming?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I \u201csuffer\u201d from very disturbed sleep. It tends to go in phases which usually last a week, but can last longer. I rarely get more than one or two nights of undisturbed sleep in a row. The most annoying part is where I dream but I seem to be awake and looking at my surroundings. <\/p>\n<p>Usually I\u2019m dreaming that something has changed in my room. I see my pillows as boxes or can\u2019t work out what objects in the room are. I quite frequently pick my clock up because I can\u2019t work out what the numbers mean. I also pick up things nearby in the room and will occasionally get out of bed and move things around. <\/p>\n<p>I can usually arouse myself from this by persuading myself that I know I\u2019m asleep so what I think is happening can\u2019t be. Often I think that there is someone else in my room, not threatening, but I don\u2019t want them to be there. Again I have to persade myself that I\u2019m asleep and reason with myself that, as I live alone, there can\u2019t be anyone else in my room. It really does lead to some very disturbed nights. <\/p>\n<p>As far as I can tell these events are totally unconnected with my general daytime mood. They don\u2019t seem to be in any way connected to stress. Any suggestions why I have these episodes, or more importantly, what I can do to stop them?<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2014 Cary, Age 38, Wakefield, UK<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For the Dream Doctor&#8217;s response, click<span style=\"color: black;\"> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/awake-and-still-dreaming-2\/\" id=\"1408\" option=\"com_content\">here<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/><\/span><\/a> <\/span> <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Back to <a href=\"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/walking-talking-terrors\/\" id=\"82\" option=\"com_content\">Walking, Talking &amp; Terror page<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[3224,3228],"class_list":["post-36381","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","category-better-sleep-question","category-rem-behavior-disorders"],"acf":{"article_id":"1403"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/36381","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=36381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}