Bad dreams

[T-Bird]

Since going raw in January - I've notice that I have a lot more bad dreams.

These are heart wrenching dreams filled with sorrow, guilt, terrible feelings. Some were of a person or pet that died and I was responsible for their deaths and felt awful. Other bad dreams too....

Any ideas on why this is the case?

[mstrish]

I have had night terrors for many years and did EMDR(google it) with a professional and was fine until I started back to a 100% raw diet and have experience this again but not as bad. I think it is part of my emotional detox(some call it retracing.....learn more on rawschool.com in the article section) I have had days where I was so emotionally raw that even my dogs breathing has bothered me....which is pretty bad. I hope my experience can shed some light on this for you. Stay strong and do some soothing things when this hits hard....taking an epsom bath before bed helps me.

[Springtime]

I personally have never suffered from nightmares, and i hope i won't now when going raw.

But, i have two suggestions for you, both have helped me in different ways.

The first is Bach Flower Remedies, there are lots of helpful information on these on the internet, but basically they are herbal remedies that balance our emotions. Not as in "sedate" but simply balance out and help you get past certain issues. There is one essence in particular, called The Rescue Remedy, or sometimes The Five Flower Remedy. It works in acute situations, such as strong fear, panic, anxiety and/or shock. I have had huge help from this one when i suffered from panic attacks. But, i strongly suggest to read more on a website dedicated to the remedies, where you will find information on all the 38 different remedies and how they may help you.

The second one is something i've just learned about, it's called EFT- Emotional Freedom Techniques. It's sort of hard to explain, and sounds pretty dumb (or at least that's what i thought when i first read about it) but from what i know, it really really really works. it's about unblocking energy in your body, very easy and quick.
check out emofree.com or just do a random internet search. There are also many great books, and videos on youtube that describe the procedure.

Lots of love to you, i hope you can find peace of sleep

[piccolittle]

Hmm... that's really interesting (and sounds scary, actually!).

I can't really comment on your sad dreams, but I thought I'd hijack your thread a bit :p because right after I started raw, I began having crazy dreams as well!

However, these were about binge eating, bizarrely enough, which I guess is a vice I used to have before raw. I would dream about eating trays of Krispy Kremes, stacks of pancakes, mountains of scotch eggs, cupcakes, whatever. I would wake up in the morning feeling absolutely disgusting.

I wonder if anyone else has had their emotional detox in the form of dreams?

[Colorawdo girl]

It made sense to me while reading this. As we clean the body, it is cleaning up the emotional stuff that we have experienced.

So the body remembers all that has happened in life and even subconsciously, in dreams or nightmares, these come out.

I might see it as a detox and cleaning house and make sure I had whatever I needed to be ok. Find comfort, epsom salt bath yes, brings one to a more balanced state, as well as other things mentioned.

Someone that can support you in healing this as well.

[Stina]

Oh my God! Me too! I thought about posting about the night terrors but felt kinda shy about it. I pray about it. It seems to help if I take the time to do sitting meditation before I go to sleep. I'm going to try the Bach's rescue remedy next. It definitely corresponded with going raw.

[Zoocrew10]

could it be our hormones balancing out too with the balancing of the diet? I know that when I was pregnant I'd get horrible dreams.

[Bookish Lass]

Do you eat cocao?

[T-Bird]

I don't usually eat cacoa....haven't had any for at least 2 weeks....maybe longer.

Would it help, do you think, or cause them?

I do usually take alot of epsom baths....I will try to see if there is any correlation between not having one for a few days and the dreams.....

Will look into the bach flower remedies. Could be good for DS too - he gets panic attacks sometimes....so that would be a good purchase to make...

[Bookish Lass]

Oh, I had just heard recently that nightmares was a possible bad effect of cocao.

[puzit19]

I might just guess but it was really interesting ecuring in my mind...

think of us being raw, detoxing and cleansing our body, also we clean our soul, because we have space and time in our body.
think even deeper, our "Reincarnation".

maybe we actually dream and do our "corrections" while clearing our mid and soul... so we might have been really terified etc every night, but its all for good... because we already did that...

in the jewish belief, persons soul is leaving every night to go to judge her actions....

I also had bad dreams, and most of them , now thinking in a very very very artistic way do somehow connect to "bad" things i've done or so, btw meditation or prayer is part of the forgivness we go through, so since I started parying at night, I feel much better.
but i guess I do get "cleared" of stuff i've been doing' thinking' or saying for this life, and im really young !
but apparantlly i haven't been so pure and raw since i was born, as much as i wasnt eating well and my body and mind were'nt clear.

so thanks god we are getting cleared up in every single way to become the wonderfull light we all are :) yeehee !

Miryam

[sport]

Are you taking MSM. Some have reported problems when taking it.

[Blue Sojourn]

I think this is a way of uncovering and releasing emotional layers that are embedded in our psyche over a lifetime(s). I like to think of it as peeling an onion -- with each new layer, there is more to release.

When I have dreams like this, I don't fight it or try to find some way to prevent it, but I actually rejoice in it and embrace it, because it means I am releasing stuff that has become unneeded baggage in my life journey. I am becoming lighter, not only physically, but psychicly and spiritually as well.

Just feel the hurt of it, take some deep cleansing breaths, and move on. Kudos to you for delving deep into the layers of the self!

[Aleesha Sattva]

when i fast i have crazy dreams... i believe it's part of detoxing the emotions... perhaps that's it for you as well?

[T-Bird]

Hey all!

How funny to see my old thread resurface!

The update is that I haven't had any of these dreams in quite some time, and I can't remember the bad dreams I wrote this about.

Not taking MSM at all, but have ordered some so will see if anything changes.

Actually quite interesting as I had a significant dream last night. Yesterday - for real - found out my ex. FIL had died in November. No one thought to tell us - this is DS's grandfather! I told DS his grandfather had died, but not that it happened months before.

That night - I dreamt that I took a flight over there to discuss the situation with an old friend I had when I lived there. In my dream, DS showed up while we were talking, having taken his own flight and dressed for a funeral. Then I had to tell him that the funeral was long over.

So kind of interesting in that I am processing things in real time, rather than suppressing and dealing with it later.

I'm kind of hurt about this treatment of DS - not different from his whole life, but you'd think at a time like this somebody would "do the right thing" and call their son and offer plane fare if they want to attend the funeral. But oh well. I'm still a little shocked by this turn of events - the death, the lack of notification, and the disrespect to DS....

[Blue Sojourn]

Ha! I didn't notice that the thread was rather dated. I just started reading and then responded.

Regarding death and the way it's dealt with, people can get really strange, especially where there's an ex-spouse in the mix. It seems like nobody knows how to act.

[mallow]

Hmm... that's really interesting (and sounds scary, actually!).

I can't really comment on your sad dreams, but I thought I'd hijack your thread a bit :p because right after I started raw, I began having crazy dreams as well!

However, these were about binge eating, bizarrely enough, which I guess is a vice I used to have before raw. I would dream about eating trays of Krispy Kremes, stacks of pancakes, mountains of scotch eggs, cupcakes, whatever. I would wake up in the morning feeling absolutely disgusting.

I wonder if anyone else has had their emotional detox in the form of dreams?

I sometimes have dreams similar to this. The negative feelings during sort of worth it for the feeling of relief when I wake up.

Just two nights ago I dreamed of eating a bowl of (dairy) cheese soup... something I used to love but haven't eaten in about five years. I didn't enjoy eating it in the dream... I was eating rather mechanically. I realized while eating it that I didn't want it in my body, nor was I enjoying it.

But I finished it, actually continuing at a much faster pace with a "the damage is done" attitude. I was really upset as I was waking up, but then I felt so good that I hadn't really done that. I think it's a way for me to remind myself that not only is it bad for me to eat cooked, but that I don't even really WANT to.