A mother's worst nightmare is seeing her baby get hurt. To know that you do not have to be a specialist in the field. However, some mothers, in periods of stress, or fears caused by traumatic situations, actually have nightmares.
They are usually recurring dreams, usually very real and distressing. Those kinds of dreams that you are happy to wake up from and you run to look at your children to make sure everything is going well. Just watching them sleep will reassure you and with a bit of luck, you can go back to sleep.
Why do I have those kinds of nightmares?
The answer is obvious, because you are afraid. When someone is stressed and distressed, they tend to dream about what distresses them the most and what they fear the most. If that fear is that your children will be harmed, it is clear that you will dream about it. You can dream that they are being chased, abducted, physically hurt. Whatever you fear that they will do to them, that will be what you see happen the most in these dreams.. No matter how twisted and bizarre it is, you will see it with such a reality that you will think it is really happening.
If you are also one of those super warrior mothers, who have overcome extreme situations, it is clear that you will see your children relive that situation. Because that is what a mother who has suffered to that point fears most. There is nothing more painful for a mother broken inside, than to see her baby, break in the same way.
Is there a way to control them?
There is what is called lucid dreaming, which is neither more nor less, than knowing that you are dreaming. If it's nightmares like that, you can control what happens in your dream and be victorious. In case of being a nightmare full of realism, there is little you can do, as far as the dream itself is concerned.
If you're trying to prevent them from happening, try not to stress yourself too much. Nightmares in adults occur due to various factors, such as the following:
- Physical reasons, such as pain or fever.
- A new drug or for a drug.
- See a horror movie that has shocked you.
- Going to sleep too soon after eating or too full.
- Stress due to work or personal situations.
- A traumatic situation.
- Withdrawal from any medication or drug.
In case of having recurring nightmares, it is possible that we are facing some type of disorder sleep, such as night terror or narcolepsy. It can also be a respiratory disorder (sleep apnea), or it can be an anxiety or depression disorder, including Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. For the last, it is always recommended to go to a specialist, It will be the best for you to advise us on the appropriate treatment.
The other big reason we have nightmares
There are experts who assure that the reason why our body produces recurring nightmares is due to the need to overcome its worst fears. That is, these nightmares are a defense mechanism of our own brain to overcome its own fears.
If we accept this theory as true, it is not surprising that most of a person's nightmares occur during childhood and adolescence. They are the stages in which the most difficult situations and the most changes have to be overcome. It is no wonder that they are afraid of almost everything. There are many barriers to overcome, very difficult moments in life, which can cause a lot of stress. As we have already said, one of the most relevant factors when it comes to nightmares.
There is no denying the human body is fascinating, which always surprises us in each study, as science progresses. The brain, that great unknown, has functions that we cannot even imagine and it seems that one of them is to remind us that our worst fears only exist in our minds.