Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Nightmares: Its Clinical Issues Among Grown Ups

By Mary Saunders

When you wake up almost every night after having a nightmare, it may be best that you see a doctor. Nightmares should not be taken lightly especially if they are experienced on a regular basis. People who are depressed and have constant nightmares can develop serious psychological problems because they are especially affected by the experience. Irrational fears caused by scary dreams have even resulted to several suicide incidents in the past according to experts.

People who experience nightmares all the time have a difficulty in going back to sleep, and when that happens they become susceptible to various health problems such as heart disease and depression. People who have sleep disorders are more likely to develop problems with their mental health due to having nightmares.

Every problem has a solution, even nightmares. So don't lose hope regarding your situation. There are so many ways for you to eliminate nightmares in your sleep. Anti-depressant medications can cause nightmares, too. If you are taking some, go and check with your doctor whether lowering your dosage of your medication is safe or not.

Sleeping disorders like sleep apnea and narcolepsy are common causes for having nightmares. Dealing with the underlying causes may help people manage their nightmare occurrences. Not all nightmares are a result of sleeping disorders or medications, so if that is your case, what you need then is behavioral change. Experts say that it always works 80% of the time.

If you're the type of person who doesn't like to move around a lot, you will have a good chance of having nightmares during sleep. Exercise relieves the body of stress and without stress, you can have a good night's sleep. And speaking of sleep, be sure you get enough of it too.

Most of the time, your nightmares are a result of too much television watching and horror comic book reading. It would be great idea if you could get rid of or at least minimize your addiction to these two activities. Make sure that your mind is free from stress and worry just right before you go to bed. That will surely result to sweet dreams instead of nightmares.

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