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So these past few weeks I've been experiencing dreams and nightmares that are much more vivid and sometimes lucid but I'm not really sure why. There have been some changes in my life recently. I'm thinking maybe it has something to do with a shift in my diet or perhaps going to bed earlier and (sometimes) getting more sleep.
At any rate, lately I've been having this reoccurring nightmare that is causing early morning insomnia. The general scenario: It's nighttime, maybe around 9:00pm. I'm sitting in an office chair at my personal desk that faces a second story window when all of a sudden this extremely loud and terrible thunderstorm forms outside and I'm just sitting their petrified in fear. It's not like a normal thunderstorm. The lightning strikes are at very close proximity all around the building and the accompanying thunder is loud as hell. I try to move away from the desk for cover but I just can't or I'm moving at a snails pace. At some point the power goes out within the room and I usually wake up with my heart racing.
Except this last iteration was different. After the power went out, I found myself surrounded by a swirling shadow of figures with fluid movements. The best term to describe them would perhaps be apparitions. They are swirling at such a fast rate I just sit there in fear and when a lightning strike illuminates the room for a brief second, I can see that these things don't have facial features. By far one of the worst nightmares I've ever experienced I woke up at 4:30 am and could not go back to sleep at all. It just felt so vivid and real and I can remember every detail.
All of this has been a strange development for me. Prior to this sudden spate of freaky nighttime brain-****ery, I very rarely remembered anything from dreams or nightmares, or they were usually so mundane and hazy that they held no meaning. I'm not sure what's causing this. I don't have PTSD, trauma, or anxiety. Life feels pretty good right now.
The only hunch I have right now is that it might be related to consuming more omega-3 fatty acids. Some people say it can cause more lucid dreaming but I'm not so sure. Any ideas?
So these past few weeks I've been experiencing dreams and nightmares that are much more vivid and sometimes lucid but I'm not really sure why. There have been some changes in my life recently. I'm thinking maybe it has something to do with a shift in my diet or perhaps going to bed earlier and (sometimes) getting more sleep.
At any rate, lately I've been having this reoccurring nightmare that is causing early morning insomnia. The general scenario: It's nighttime, maybe around 9:00pm. I'm sitting in an office chair at my personal desk that faces a second story window when all of a sudden this extremely loud and terrible thunderstorm forms outside and I'm just sitting their petrified in fear. It's not like a normal thunderstorm. The lightning strikes are at very close proximity all around the building and the accompanying thunder is loud as hell. I try to move away from the desk for cover but I just can't or I'm moving at a snails pace. At some point the power goes out within the room and I usually wake up with my heart racing.
Except this last iteration was different. After the power went out, I found myself surrounded by a swirling shadow of figures with fluid movements. The best term to describe them would perhaps be apparitions. They are swirling at such a fast rate I just sit there in fear and when a lightning strike illuminates the room for a brief second, I can see that these things don't have facial features. By far one of the worst nightmares I've ever experienced I woke up at 4:30 am and could not go back to sleep at all. It just felt so vivid and real and I can remember every detail.
All of this has been a strange development for me. Prior to this sudden spate of freaky nighttime brain-****ery, I very rarely remembered anything from dreams or nightmares, or they were usually so mundane and hazy that they held no meaning. I'm not sure what's causing this. I don't have PTSD, trauma, or anxiety. Life feels pretty good right now.
The only hunch I have right now is that it might be related to consuming more omega-3 fatty acids. Some people say it can cause more lucid dreaming but I'm not so sure. Any ideas?
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