Nightmares

[Womannchains]

I've had night terrors and fluid dreams since I was a small child. I actually learned to live with these dreams through therapy and sleeping pills, but this year my dreams are so horrible they make me not want to go to sleep. I know it's my anxiety, and I know it's all the worry and fears, like killer bees in my brain. I will dissociate completely and lose time, I hate that. I have to be this strong woman for my daughter, for myself. Depression has stolen all joy and peace from my life. Anxiety keeps me from eating, keeps me from the things I love. I don't like to even be around people anymore, besides the fact I don't want to get covid.

One thing I did though, that has helped both myself and my daughter, I shut the local tv off. I refuse to watch the news, even tho sometimes it gets through to my iphone. I have also stepped away from social media, the negativity and paranoia fueled my own inner hell. I feel this world is beyond help, doomed, so now I need to go pop a xanax and smoke a cigarette.

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Have you ever been tested for food intolerances like gluten or dairy? They can cause chronic nightmares. I had chronic nightmares when I was kid. I know it sounds like a far fetched idea but it could be something that simple.

[Womannchains in reply to Hidden]

I haven't ever had those food allergy tests, but I do mostly eat glutton free because of migraines, and I am a vegan, and I don't drink or eat any animal products, but my doctor says I need some added "nutrition", or whatever, so I eat almonds and brazil nuts, and drink almond milk, ect..

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That's good you sound like you have some healthy eating habits. Even a little gluten a day can trigger an immune response although.

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livescience.com/55166-celia...

[Womannchains in reply to Hidden]

thank you for the info!

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That's just an example of the potential gluten has to mess with your mind. It shocked me when I first saw it so I feel like I need to share it with the community.