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sky432: 1 year ago via iPhone

What causes nightmares?

Lately while I have been sleeping, I have been getting scary nightmares. What causes them? Is there a way to prevent it?

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LOLworld: 1 year ago

my brother's face.. O_o

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Yournumber1resource: 1 year ago

lol

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BigGortha: 1 year ago

Mean...I gave it an up vote

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maryanneotieno: 1 year ago

A nightmare can be caused by anxiety and depression or sleep deprivation. Another cause of nightmare is eating before going to sleep, which triggers an increase in the body's metabolism as well as brain activity. Read more on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightmare.

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XxJuliaC: 1 year ago via Android

Depression, memories, guilt..

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TaisiyaSokoll: 1 year ago

If you want to prevent them you should try thinking positively before you go to bed. Think about something you like, something really nice.

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nexai12: 1 year ago

staying up late or watching a scary movie or just a bad memory

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CrAcKMuFn: 1 year ago | Last edited at 10:43AM on 5/7/2012

Anxiety formed from paranoia. or when you eat certain foods the paticles spread to every cell in your body and to you brain cells when the particles get to your brain cells they cause altered memories. when sometimes when people have dreams they have a dream about something that is going to happen i beleive that someday they will be able to use this for millitary purposes such as knowing wher a crime is going to take place or wher to evacuate before a bombing takes place. To keep from having nightmares watch what you eat before going to bed, no spicey foods, try to think of something nice and happy as you are going to sleep, try to let go of guilt wich is a huge cause, come clean if your guilty of something, (a death of someone you know is also a cause as well as watching a scary movie) and facing your fears helps alot.

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CrAcKMuFn: 1 year ago

if you wher able to tell me your knightmares exactly then i would know exactly what is causing them and how to prevent them.

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lovemejones: 1 year ago

watching something that scary you or thinking bout something that scar you before going to bed.

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vbfreak12345: 1 year ago

well then u have problems and u need help.. not to sound rude

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sky432: 1 year ago via iPhone

No it doesn't mean that, it's actually normal to have a nightmares at least once in your life.

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gretagoose123: 1 year ago

that is rude why would u say that its pretty common to have a nightmear and i have nothing wrong with me and i have nightmears

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bballqueen: 1 year ago

When your tired or having some problems or family problems

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JamesHooker: 1 year ago | Last edited at 1:38PM on 5/7/2012

Dreams usually are interpretations of things that you need to do, forgot to do and sometimes will do before it happens. There is a part of the brain which some religious people refer to be your "higher self". This Higher Self is a part of the brain we all have access too, it stores everything we taste, smell, hear, see, learn and feel permanently. -- This is why some people can "Tell the future", because their higher self accumulated all of their current life's aspects and gave them an answer.

Your brain is trying to tell you to pay attention even in your sleep!

Generally nightmares mean you forgot something very important, and you need to wake up now.. because your higher self calculated it will be very bad for your future if you don't.

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justtheone: 1 year ago | Last edited at 2:03PM on 5/7/2012

I think the answer depends on the definition. I am retired and I sometimes dream that I am back at work and the problem solving associated with work. To me that is a nightmare..

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star234stylista: 1 year ago

dont eat at night it will cause stress and gives you nightmares

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Cynthia101: 1 year ago

Are you suggesting skipping dinner?

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BigGortha: 1 year ago

No way man I will never miss a meal ever ever NO WAY MAN!!!!! I don't get nightmares anyways but yeah if I did I would still eat alot before bed.

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Blue3007: 1 year ago

so, just don't do something like have a big piece of cake right before you go to bed, right?

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luvmeornot: 1 year ago | Last edited at 3:03PM on 5/7/2012

Dreams are caused by recently thinking or remembering something. You can prevent a nightmare by not watching scary movies before bed, listening to scary stories, etc.

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answerseeker: 1 year ago

Your dreams come from what you think about during the day so if you wake up thinking about the nightmare or you lay in bed thinking about it you will most likely have another. Dreams are all your thoughts in a big blender and swirled together... Hope this helps just think about something else before going to bed or read that might help thumbs up if you like my answer!

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ChocolateCatella: 1 year ago

Probabiliter verum.

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shala13: 1 year ago

Eating late at night can cause nightmares or seeing something that freaks you out before you go to sleep.

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digger_8504: 1 year ago | Last edited at 3:50PM on 5/7/2012

well your nightmares come from a spore inside your brain that brings you into the dream realm thus, the spore, targeting your memory for things you remember and our going to your voice in your head by either having it make a monster or it might make a great dream for you. Mainly nightmares come from your memory (you saw something scary perhaps) but it will not normally go to your voice in your head if it is a nightmare.

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jackandsally123321: 1 year ago

a nightmare can be cause by thinking scary stuff and seeing bad people,GHOST
and monsters :C

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GavinLucas: 1 year ago

if you are too hot in your sleep it causes nightmares

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coolegirl: 1 year ago

A nightmare is an unpleasant dream that can cause a strong negative emotional response from the mind, typically fear or horror, but also despair, anxiety and great sadness. The dream may contain situations of danger, discomfort, psychological or physical terror. Sufferers usually awaken in a state of distress and may be unable to return to sleep for a prolonged period of time.Nightmares can have physical causes such as sleeping in an uncomfortable or awkward position, having a fever, or psychological causes such as stress and anxiety. Eating before going to sleep, which triggers an increase in the body's metabolism and brain activity, is a potential stimulus for nightmares.Recurrent nightmares that can interfere with sleeping patterns and cause insomnia may require medical help.

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tolduso: 1 year ago

GIRL....YOUR answer was so PROFESSIONAL yet very personable...way to go!

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dvdprincess: 1 year ago

Often if you have been worrying about something (overdue school work, a horror movie you've seen, etc.) you will get a night mare. The way to prevent it is by praying that you wont have them and talking about your problems with somebody.

P.S

Just for fun, I'm gonna tell you this: MY DOG JUST TRIED TO CRAWL OVER MY SUNBURNED SHOULDERS!!! It hurt!!! Waa. Again, just for fun... But it's true!

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ChocolateCatella: 1 year ago

That must've hurt.

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mikimica09: 1 year ago

It's caused by memories or other bad things in life, it just makes those moments in life seem worse or in a more worse scenario than when the moment actually happened.

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zenlady: 1 year ago

Nightmares are warnings that your life needs a change.

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ChocolateCatella: 1 year ago

It's caused because you're worried.When you worry or get scared about something so much,that's how you get it.

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GlitzGal: 1 year ago

Watching tv and shows that are bad or haunted. Your dreams are what your thinking of when you sleep. So if your thinking of something that scares you from tv or a show or even your fear it will cause a night mare. So Dont watch Halloween movies, haunted movie, scary movies, same with shows... EXPECIALLY any time before bed. So it will get out of your head thinking of scary things.

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YomamaSHouse: 1 year ago

i agree. :D

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taylorswiftie: 1 year ago

me i dont have a nightmare i just have problem a problem to my galaxy y it's been locked because i played the pattern so i dont have nightmare i just cant sleep so just pray after you go to bed dont see scary movies because i have a nightmare too it's very scary but it's 1 month ago because i watch scary movie and dont pray after going to bed

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tamika17: 1 year ago

To have a nightmare you feel like something you watched is there and you attend to get afraid. Sometimes you feel like something is touching you when its not.

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Ian54321: 1 year ago

It could be caused by a creepy or bad experience that's in your memory

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YomamaSHouse: 1 year ago

Nightmares are caused by the deep thoughts of your sleep. When you sleep you are just thinking, like you would do when your awake. Nightmares can be caused by many things. Such as a scary movie before you fall asleep, or something that you just think about. You are in control of your dreams. Studies are shown that most of the nightmares are caused by guilt, but then again, your mind could just think about something interesting to you while your sleeping.

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hbree37: 1 year ago

It can be caused by imaginations, deep thoughts in your sleep, scary movies, or something you did that was really scary.

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Mario_64: 1 year ago

persons in life

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zarentheman: 1 year ago

they are caused by thoughts from earlier in the day or memories the same things that just regular dreams are made of.

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tonyorelli: 1 year ago

Scary movies.

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BigGortha: 1 year ago

Only if youre a pusspuss. :D

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reapergirl17: 1 year ago

ha ;)

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TheCourier: 1 year ago

think of things that makes you happy before you go to sleep

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overtaker: 1 year ago

Personally, I'm not really sure because I never have nightmares. Maybe you should try excercising before be. It will help relieve stress.

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LittleRedGIR: 1 year ago

Nightmares can also be caused by stress, emotional turmoil, or just fear in general.

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kev32: 1 year ago

Suppressed fear within.

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angelsanny: 1 year ago | Last edited at 2:33PM on 5/13/2012

bcz anxiety or depression

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shinyswampert: 1 year ago

It could be from some memories that happened, or fear.

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Haushinka393: 1 year ago

I get nightmares every night, and my parents think it's due to stress.

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WISEST: 1 year ago

its a way of unconsiously fighting out thoughts ans things in your sleep

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cookthehook: 1 year ago

Whateva happened that Day

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lnmt_blue: 1 year ago

Search your dream analysis and interpretation at my website http://www.dreams-1.com

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Dreams are sequence images, sounds and feelings experienced while sleeping, particularly strongly associated. Reveal the meanings behind your dreams.

A nightmare is a dream which causes a strong unpleasant emotional response from the sleeper, typically fear or horror, being in situations of extreme danger, or the sensations of pain, falling, drowning or death. Such dreams can be related to physical causes such as a high fever, turned faced down on a pillow during sleep (most often in the case of drowning nightmares), or psychological ones such as psychological trauma or stress in the sleeper?s life, or can have no apparent cause.

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cutiegirl: 1 year ago

Yes! due to negative thoughts.

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TylerShumway: 1 year ago

Usually talking or thinking about something before bed.... Example: I was talking about this scorpion type thing I made before bed and the nightmare I had was about a scorpion.... 7 inches long......

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IWannaGoHome: 1 year ago

If something really scary happens it can turn into a nightmare.

Say u want money to my dad and watch wat happens

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PrincessDi: 1 year ago | Last edited at 3:05PM on 5/20/2012

Watching scary movies or reading suspense novels before going to bed. Make sure you're thinking about something positive before you go to bed.

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