Dec 16, 2003 11:47
I have reoccuring dreams. I often wake up in the middle of the night, tangled in my sheets and whimpering softly. For a few seconds I remember traces of the monster and the shadows that scared me so badly, and then they're gone. That is, until the next time they return, usually not more than one night away.
These dreams have been coming since I was sixteen, just after the time that I started modelling. When they started to get really intense I saw a sleep therapist, but he couldn't help me. His suggestions were in vain "Before you go to sleep, tell yourself that you're not going to feel this anymore." "In your dreams, command the monsters to leave and not return." "Look inside yourself, and extinguish the beast." but nothing worked.
I'm not really afraid of them, at least not on a concious level. When I wake up, I know that they were just dreams. But when I'm asleep, they're so much more than that. It's like living inside a horror movie, where the director doesn't ever yell "cut!"
It's so frustrating not to remember them when I awake. What am I so scared of, and what's been plaguing me for so long?
I had gone for over two weeks without one. I hadn't had a single night terror while Brandon was here, but last night they started again.