how do i stop getting nightmares, /x/? i've been having

Look into Out-Of-Body Experience. Get gud at that shit and kamahamaha the shit out of what ever nightmare you are having. Works for me

What kind of nightmares are you having exactly?

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>how do i stop getting nightmares

Stop sleeping.

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>>16983163
i keep dreaming about my ex girlfriend who ran out of my life 3 months ago, in the dreams she always comes back to me apologizing and i forgive her and we end up living together in various scenarios
then at the end of the dreams she disappears, like walks behind a wall and i go to follow her and she's not there, i look at my phone and she's not there as a contact and then i wake up with a feeling of despair and emptiness

i've been over her for a while now, and i'm even interested in someone else but whenever i have these dreams it just rips me open again

>>16983138
I shit you not this works for me

>have frequent nightmares
>mostly those ones where you see hands or shadow people/sleep paralysis
>started praying before bed every night
>no nightmares
>test fate by not praying every now and again
>get a nightmare

Praying works

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>>16983179

[ see pic ] Damn, this reCapthca threw me for a loop, at first I thought it was a picture of people in the distance walking against a horizon. Was all like, "type in text??"

>>16983185
Placebo effect.

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>>16983211

>Placebo effect.

While I agree with you there's a lot to be said for something that works. It's better than using meds or lengthy counseling. It doesn't harm you anon, what does it matter what way they use to solve a problem?

>>16983138
are you talking any meds?

>>16983211
>being a queer

>>16983244
I'm just saying it's not a useful method for people who aren't believers.

>>16983262
Well then it's on you for not believing, scrub.

>>16983138
What kind of nightmares are we talking about, kiwi?

Something thAt helps me is to take sleeping aids a little bit more than you need. It stops me from dreaming all together.

>>16983262
> be non-believer, think "man i'm so good at placebos this placebo is gonna slay all these nightmares that aren't real"
> end all nightmares
> profit
checkmate atheist.

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hmm
try a waterbed and lampshade
this shit is mkultra, 99%, i know it

>>16983138
Deal with the stresses in your life right now as dreams as Representative of events that are affecting you.

>>16983138
I stopped having nightmares when I developed the ability to realise that I'm dreaming, or at least most of the time. From that point my preception on them changed from "absolute horror" to "lulzy satire". Anyways, you should try to make your dreams lucid. If you know it's not real, it can't piss you off.

bump for interest

while your falling asleep say " I will be dreaming next, And I'm gonna puch that in the face" say this till you fall asleep, simple as that. Soon your dreams will be care free.

>>16986449
I use to have bad nightmares.

I get really bad dreams every once in a while.
>Wash sheets, pillow cases included
>flip mattress
>clean room
>organize shit and vacuum the carpet, all that junk.
>Go to the store, buy that febreeze bedding refresher spray, spritz it over sheets
Something about being in a clean room is calming. Like there's nowhere for bad stuff to lurk. Kinda helps i get bad dreams every couple of weeks. Gives me a reason to keep my shit organized.

Also, stop eating before you go to bed, lay off the caffeine, and for the love of god, do not drink apple juice before bed.

>>16986733
>and for the love of god, do not drink apple juice before bed

Why?

>>16986733
I had a glass of orange juice before bed last night and the dream I had seemed like some weird version of hell. It was like I was on some weird road trip that went horribly wrong and I had to repeat the trip twice before I finally woke up.

>In some school, have to pass through it to get from where I was to where I was going
>Make it through, but my friends didn't. Something was killing us as we ran through.
>Once we got out to the other side we could see a clearing and then woods with 5+ beings between us.
>They weren't very humanoid.
>Had blow darts that shot out some sort of energy.
>It would hit and stun the things long enough for us to get by.
>Finally made it to the woods, but it killed the last of my friends.
>Alone, walking, I finally come out to some Asian city.
>Wander, trying to get home. Never could.


>Reset, back at the school but now it's dark and empty.
>In a bathroom in the middle.
>Darkness in the corner, looks like metal filaments under a magnet, filaments pointed in my direction.
>Run
>I can feel it on my back.
>Make it out to clearing.
>Flash foreward and I'm at home hanging out with my brother.
The devil/Baphomet/whatever communicates to me though my brother.
>I have to go back.
>Eventually I'm forced to go back.
>This time there is no exit.
>I'm running through the halls with magnetic filaments chasing me until I wake up.


I was entirely sober the day before. Does apple/orange juice really mess with dreams that bad?

I used to have nightmares every single day of my life until i was like 9 or so when I started to try self hypnosis. Have never had a bad dream since.

>>16987157
>Does apple/orange juice really mess with dreams that bad?

I think we have some in the fridge and I'm about to take a nap. Should I drink some, /x/? For science?

>>16987186
>For science?
No do it for the black arts!

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>>16987190

>>16987201
Why can't they be one in the same?

Computers are golems.

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>>16987201
>>16987206
For magical science then.
Get to it anon.

>>16987209
Right then, I'll report back in several hours because I have shit to do after.

The only problem is, I have weird dreams to begin with, so I might not be able to tell the difference. We need to recruit a few more anons for this experiment.

Smoke a joint. It helps with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder which war veterans suffer from,it should help u stay away from nightmares too. Watch Weed 3 a documentary by Dr. Sanjay Gupta on YouTube to know more weed helping PTSD patients sleep.

>>16983138
I used to have horrific recurring nightmares as a child. Gory, realistic, painful stuff (before I'd ever even seen my first horror movie). I'd wake up at night screaming sometimes. One day my Mum took me to a crystal shop and bought me the biggest dream catcher she could find and hung it over my bed. The recurring nightmares stopped just as though something were sorting and filtering them out.
These days, I have my own rituals when I feel a bad night coming on. Ask for protection, surround myself with a bubble of white light and create a mental box in space to contain anything that I might need to send elsewhere.
Of course, this all helps with attacks of the horrific variety. Social nightmares involving realistic interactions with people you know are often about needing some form of closure with them in the real world. The mind is an odd thing...

>>16983138
I used to get nightmares recurring all the time, until I started self-inducing them myself on purpose, and eventually I befriended my nightmare characters.

>>16987108
>>16987157

I have no idea. I used to drink Angry Orchard before bed and I would get the weirdest, most intense dreams. If it was a neutral dream it was ok, but goddamn those nightmares... I told my friends about it and some weird chick asked if I was drinking apple juice before bed, and said I should stop because it messes with you. I stopped, and no more weird dreams.

As far as reasoning... I mean all I can think of is either the high sugar content fucks with your brain or maybe when you fall asleep and your metabolism slows down, the juice ends up rotting/fermenting in your stomach and releases weird shit into your body? Idfk

>>16987216
Reporting in.

I drank a small glass of orange juice, about a (measuring) cup's worth and went to sleep for about 4-5 hours. I know I had some dreams, but now I can't remember them. However, I don't think they were any weirder than the ones I usually have, and one of them might have even been good. Willing to repeat this experiment a few more times just for the hell of it.

>>16983138
I'm not sure. Try to read before you go to sleep. It might put something else to imagine in your mind that's preferable to the nightmare

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Summon a succubus and she will eat the negative energy causing you nightmares.

>>16983138

I have terrible sleep paralysis which is worse than nightmares.

This is gonna sound childish but just sleep with the light on. It works 9/10

Also never ever watch porn. Just go to a mall and take mental photographs of girls at victoria secret or something.

>>16988855
He said apple juice you tremendous homo

>>16983138
eat 5 small meals a day, stop eating after 7pm, exercise for 40 minutes in 10 minute blocks, once in the morning, once in the afternoon, twice in the evening. Wake up at 6am and go to sleep at 11pm religiously.

No more nightmares, gone poof.

>>16986733
>>16987108
>>16987157
Chocolate milk fucks me up hardcore.
Most of my dreams are far out crazy, but whenever I have a glass of chocolate milk and go right to bed, all hell breaks loose.
Shit you not, a person had a morphing head. Body stayed the same, but the head kept changing shape and species.

>>16989712
We have no apple juice and this dude >>16987157 mentioned orange juice, which we do have, so that's what I drank. Pay attention next time.

>>16990468
Eat my dick next time

bamp

After years of suffering sleep paralysis You eventually just learn to go along for the ride,

Most of my nightmares feel like I'm watching a movie or going through a haunted house on rails but everyone and then I'll run into the situation where I'm in control of my own actions.

That's the part where you have to fuck shit up, the intense fear will give you overwhelming power it is the ultimate fucking motivator and you have to use it to get fucking crazy, you have to turn it around and become the fucking psychopath that causes the nightmare, you know what I did when the "I am legend" like creature cornered me in a clock tower? I tackled that motherfucker through the plate glass and held on to it determined to take it down with me, it struggled in my arms until we hit the ground and he exploded underneath me, I got up and looked at the others covered in its blood and shaking, they stared at me and you know what happened then?

I woke up and went back to bed, had a perfect sleep afterwards

Now see if your subconscious demons want to keep you around after a stunt like that

>>16983138
You have a brain imbalance caused by a mood or some shit and it's just fucking taking a form of shit like your waking sleep. I would sy cyclothymia, major depressive, stuff like that. It's cool. You don't need medication, but it helps. The paranormal is just some ancient brain shit.

>>16983187
Nigga you blind

Stopping eating garbage and watch what you put into your body. Greasy food will give you nightmares and so will foods that are high in tryptophan, like cheddar cheese.

If you have electronics around you when you sleep turn them off.

If none of this works then you sir have a serious entity problem In which case I recommend you tell this entity to fuck off.. If that's not the problem or it doesn't help then. Medication might.

Are there any good meditation methods to use to calm the mind before bed?

>>16983138
Get a dreamcatcher you nigger.

I got one four years ago, never had a nightmare since sleeping under it.

>>16989409
This, I had the worst nightmare ever after watching some porn. Worst
Do You know why

nightmares are cool, you get the chance to face some scary shit.

>>16993809
Because you are a pussy who's afraid of pussy?

>>16983187
you're right it looks like sandniggers walking on the horizon of a desert pitifully

Still wondering about this >>16993773

Hey, /x/. Want to help me out a bit with my dreams?

So, it all stems from this

>About 7 years old
>Going upstairs
>Turn my head slightly to the right at the top of the stairs
>Peer into dark bathroom
>Pale figure stares back at me with a wide smile
>Run down stairs screaming

The issue is that I never remember waking up, I don't ever remember that being a nightmare and it really stands out in my mind to this day.

Recently, this has been happening:

>Dream starts off as usual
>Quickly starts to scramble itself
>Begin to switch dreams rapidly, as though I'm seeing multiple dreams unfold at once
>Dreams start to seem together, everything becoming a profound mess
>Darkness surrounds me, pale white snow on the floor, a dark forest
>Like a winter forest with space as the backdrop
>Pale white figure with an upside down cross on left side of his chest appears
>Black eyes
>Skin seems leathery
>Wake up

It keeps happening, and his image is so stuck in my head. I'm a terrible artist, I wish I could draw him out for you guys.

>>16983138
suicide is your only option OP, dont let her take you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABcGHReGK5E

>>16983138
In your nightmares or in real life, you fight to kill anything that wants to kill you. If you die at least you die with honor. I used to have horrible nightmares but since taking this attitude I rarely have nightmares and when I do I still manage to sleep a bit.

>>16983182
>it just rips me open again
What have you done about this interest or yours?

>>16999757
It's not that easy, and I say this as someone who usually does fight my nightmares. I have friends who get really bad nightmares and just can't do it, which is why I've taken an interest in this thread.

>>16992675
>>16999757
I can attest to this method.
>>17000292
I would suggest to tell your friend(s) not to think anything negative before going to bed. I find that I have SP or a nightmare whenever I am in a paranoid mood.

If you pay attention you can come to recognize a dream. Was flying down the road with some guy in a black mustang. And he says something. And I say this is just a dream. Dreams can be so cool.

>>17000355
I'm that guy from dreamscape.

>>16999757
I just woke up and slept like a baby even though I was thinking in all the /x/ stuff I just read. From the back anything can get you, something might be right behind you! But you can't live your life looking over your shoulder. On the other hand if you see anything in front of you that is threatening be ready to face it (run or fight.)

>>17000313
But what if one of them has PTSD?