{"id":36385,"date":"2025-07-30T17:58:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/i-act-out-my-dreams-2\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T17:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:58:11","slug":"i-act-out-my-dreams-2","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/i-act-out-my-dreams-2\/","title":{"rendered":"i act out my dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Christine – <\/p>\n

<\/span>You are experiencing a mild case of REM Behavior Disorder. The fact that your symptoms increase with stress is common in RBD, and also illustrates an interesting consequence of tension. REM Behavior Disorder is a disorder of too much muscle tone – too much tension in the muscles – during sleep. Your stress – which is mental and emotional – is causing your entire body to tighten up – even into your sleep. And this is why you are “acting out” the behaviors of your dreams – your muscles aren’t getting the signal they need to relax! <\/span><\/p>\n

Because your symptoms appear mild, experts recommend a hot shower or bath before bedtime. This will relax your muscles and help you de-stress from the day’s events. Taking fifteen minutes to stretch out before sleep also will help. Have you ever taken a yoga class? If not, you may find it enlightening. Yoga is as close to a science of stretching and release of tension as you’ll find. All of these remedies, however – the shower, simple stretching at home, or the more advanced stretching of yoga – should cause an immediate and significant decrease in your symptoms.
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If your REM behavior disorder (acting out your dreams) ever gets really bad, to the point that you hurt your boyfriend or endanger yourself, you’ll need to schedule an appointment with <\/span>a sleep docto<\/a><\/span><\/span>r<\/a><\/span>, to talk about more aggressive, medical interventions.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Back to the original question<\/a>
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