So every now and then I get these nightmares that are horrific. Think very, very gruesome and graphic, extremely vivid and feel very real and emotional - content is always very distressing and usually relating to someone I care about like my parents, dh or ds and usually involves them dying/ being in the process of dying or waiting for something horrific to happen. I wake up feeling so upset and shaken and it can sometimes knock me off for the whole day especially the ones about something happening to ds who's only a baby.
I've had them on and off for a few years now particularly around times of stress and they got especially bad when I was pregnant but I put that down to pregnancy itself. But I've been having them lately again and I'm not overly stressed, I feel like I'm doing OK so why am I plagued with these! I try to monitor what I watch especially around bedtime, practice good sleep hygiene and try to meditate etc before bed so I'm going to sleep on a good mind set but it feels like these just come out of nowhere. Anyone been through similar and find anything helped?