Dreams and anxiety

[Belkin]

Hello, I have been recently having dreams that make me very anxious and I end up waking up with a pounding heart and shortness of breathe, then everything is fine when I wake up but usually happens again later through the night? I was wondering if you guys get any dreams that make you do this!?

Thanks

[bhamlaxy]

Interesting. I can see how that would be scary. For me, dreams and sleep have been a welcome relief from my anxiety. Sometimes I'll wake up and start feeling anxious, only to lie back down and be in a kind of half sleep-dream state which is very soothing. Definitely not a solution but it's a nice break.

Not sure what you can do to fix it. Do the dreams themselves relate to anything that is going on in your life, maybe directly or metaphorically?

[ladywillow]

Hi Belkin,

I too have have night time panic issues. Mine aren't linked to dreams, that I have noticed, but I wake up feeling exactly the same as you. I think it's just a burst of adrenaline. Are you on any medication???? I know that antidepressants can cause vivid dreams in some people.

[Belkin]

Hi bhamlaxy, no the dreams are never lnked to anything with my life it's just random dreams... Weird right? And ladywillow, I do not take any medications, it doesn't happen every night but when it does it happens multiple times In a night.