Thread: bad bad dreams

I am 20 years old and have had really really bad dreams since i was little. I was actually diagnosed with night terrors when I was a toddler. As long as I can remember, I would wake up in the middle of the night screaming for my dad. Now that Ive grown up I wake up screaming for my husband. Last night I had a dream that I left my daughter at the grocery store and when I went back to get her they told me that I was going to jail because she had died. I know that they're just dreams but they really get to me. When I first wake up I don't realize that its not real, Im still crying and screaming, I feel like i can't breathe!! and I can't fall back asleep. Ive gone to the doctor in the past and all he really told me is that i should see a therapist. But because there not just about one particular thing that I dream about I didn't see how that would help. Sometimes I dream that i catch my husband cheating and when I wake up I am really mad still!!! When I dream about my daughter I have to go check on her when I wake up. If I dream about my parents I have to call them. I am not one to take pills. My mother still to this day has a pharmacy in her bathroom and she has since i was a kid. I can't even take asprin when I have a headache. I know its weird but I just hate taking pills. Plus sometimes I need to wake up in the middle of the night for my daughter. I have no clue what to do. These dreams are really affecting me. I don't know anyone who has the same kind of problems. And after the last time I went to the doctor, I feel kinda embarrased about it. He treated me like "Why are you wasting my time with this stupid !" But I know that this can't be normal. Its sometimes happens every night!! Has anyone heard of any ways to help????

i too am very spiritual . i know that i need to trust god with my life, i do pray and i ask for prayer from my family and friends. i know god is with me and wont put me through anything i can't handle...but i put myself through things i cant handle. its interesting to hear you talk about your fears of satan as a child, i experienced the same thing. i still can let myself be tormented by him. i will usually repeat bible verses over and over until i feel comforted.
my family gives me a hard time about it, saying that i have control over it and i need to just stop letting my self get that way, but what they don't understand is that this is a constant battle. i try not to be afraid i just am. my husband is a fire fighter and is gone a lot of nights and even though i have been doing this for a few years now, i still dread every time i'm home alone. i have 3 small children so i have to stay strong. i will put you in my prayers because i hate knowing other people have to go through this, maybe you could put me in your prayers too. the power of prayer is an amazing thing.