Jumped awake from a nightmare/angry dream.

[Walking Circles]

Anyone else every literally jumped to their feet straight out of a nightmare or angry dream? I did this last night and it kind of freaks me out. I worry about Rem Sleep Behavior Disorder where people act out their dreams fairly violently because it's almost always a precursor to some neurological disorder. Like I woke up as I was jumping to my feet. Just seems really weird. It also tripped me out because I was much more angry in the dream than afraid which is a feature of Rem Sleep Behavior Disorder dreams.

 

[Doug97]

My wife's son used to get night terrors, that would make him jump out of bed. They seem to have stopped now though.

 

[MATD]

I was dreaming my husband was being mean to me and I actually clobbered him in the groin. I didn’t jump out of bed, but he did. True story. It still causes me to snicker once in a while. But anyway, I‘ve had a lot of turbulent dreams and apparently I talk in my sleep quite harshly, according to family members. Since I’ve been recovering, apparently the dreams aren’t nearly as turbulent as they once were, as I don’t remember them when I wake up now. Yah! Along with therapy, medication, and relaxation meditation I have also incorporated the acceptance method into my daily regimen. I didn’t expect things to progress as quickly as them seem to be. I highly recommend this method to everyone. My cognitive functioning is so much better now. I am actually thinking more positively and have been able to choose if I want to react to Negative thoughts or let anxiety rise up to those thoughts. Liberating, to say the least.

 

[Phillies Phan]

Not the same thing, but related. When I’m having a baad dream, in my dream I’m asking myself is this real, or am I dreaming? In order I guess to answer that question I literally shake my head , to wake myself up. I’ve given myself a headache from doing that. But it feels good waking and knowing it was a dream

I was dreaming my husband was being mean to me and I actually clobbered him in the groin. I didn’t jump out of bed, but he did. True story. It still causes me to snicker once in a while. But anyway, I‘be had a lot of turbulent dreams and apparently I talk in my sleep quite harshly, according to family members. Since I’ve been recovering, apparently the dreams aren’t nearly as turbulent as they once were, as I don’t remember them when I wake up now. Yah! Along with therapy, medication, and relaxation meditation I have also incorporated the acceptance method into my daily regimen. I didn’t expect things to progress as quickly as them seem to be. I highly recommend this method to everyone. My cognitive functioning is so much better now. I am actually thinking more positively and have been able to choose if I want to react to Negative thoughts or let anxiety rise up to those thoughts. Liberating, to say the least.

Thanks to Mr. James I’m sure

 

[Walking Circles]

It also occurs to me that I went back on Lexapro after a few weeks off recently. I know SSRI's can make you sleep weird at first, maybe that played a role.

 

[Doug97]

So weird, the night after reading this thread I had a dream where I was smashing a plate into a guy's face - next thing I know I'm being shaken awake by an angry wife - I'd punched her in my sleep!

Not hard luckily, she saw the funny side when I explained my dream.

 

[Walking Circles]

So weird, the night after reading this thread I had a dream where I was smashing a plate into a guy's face - next thing I know I'm being shaken awake by an angry wife - I'd punched her in my sleep!

Not hard luckily, she saw the funny side when I explained my dream.

Thankfully I haven't pulled that one yet! lol