Nightmares

[RileyG]

Please pray I will have no more nightmares.

They plague me constantly, and I'm tired of living in fear.

Thank you

God bless

 

[Pop D.]

Heavenly Father, Holy is Your Name, we pray You will guard RileyG's dreams and protect him from nightmares, in the Name of Jesus. Amen and Amen.

 

[linux.poet]

Dear Lord Jesus, You have not given us a spirit of fear, but rather of power, love, and self-discipline. Please help Riley with whatever subconcious or unconcious mental realities that are producing these nightmares, and help him to have restful sleep. In Christ's Name, Amen.

 

[RileyG]

Dear Lord Jesus, You have not given us a spirit of fear, but rather of power, love, and self-discipline. Please help Riley with whatever subconcious or unconcious mental realities that are producing these nightmares, and help him to have restful sleep. In Christ's Name, Amen.

Thank you

 

[Hazelelponi]

Please pray I will have no more nightmares.

They plague me constantly, and I'm tired of living in fear.

Thank you

God bless

When I was younger I had nightmares all the time.

I had to be careful about everything I read (no Steven King short stories in English class), and everything I watched on television (no twilight zone etc)

If you need, start policing what you are reading about and watching. I finally outgrew the nightmares (granted by then I was already a parent but still.. lol,)

Try to give yourself breaks from anything stressful, keep books around that are comforting which you can turn to, to lighten your mood and heart before bed.

Books like chicken soup for the soul were good if I recall, and all the James Harriet books were awesome, all creatures great and small etc.

We just have to be more careful about what goes into the mind when we are more prone to having nightmares. To this day I can't watch many movies. For me it's just a fact of life... You figure out what you can deal with eventually.

 

[RileyG]

Thank you.

 

[William J]

I pray that God would take away your nightmares and give you either no dreams or pleasant dreams filled with good things. In Jesus' name, amen.

 

[RileyG]

I still have regular nightmares and difficulty sleeping. Thanks for the prayers and support.

 

[joymercy]

Dear beloved child of God, here is a simple three minute Prayer to open the heart to Jesus:

(remember to keep in a state of sanctifying grace)

 

[joymercy]

@RileyG , just to clarify that the evil one can run amok in our imaginations and in our memories, therefore affecting our dreams/nightmares.

Any mortal sin at all, unless confessed and absolved opens the door.

Just trying to help you in Christ Jesus

 

[RileyG]

@RileyG , just to clarify that the evil one can run amok in our imaginations and in our memories, therefore affecting our dreams/nightmares.

Any mortal sin at all, unless confessed and absolved opens the door.

Just trying to help you in Christ Jesus

Thank you

I went to confession, and received Holy Communion today

 

[Michie]

Thank you

I went to confession, and received Holy Communion today

Have you also tried listening to Scripture every night as you fall asleep? It’s helped me quite a bit.

 

[RileyG]

Have you also tried listening to Scripture every night as you fall asleep? It’s helped me quite a bit.

I haven’t! Thanks for the suggestion

 

[ralliann]

When I was younger I had nightmares all the time.

I had to be careful about everything I read (no Steven King short stories in English class), and everything I watched on television (no twilight zone etc)

If you need, start policing what you are reading about and watching. I finally outgrew the nightmares (granted by then I was already a parent but still.. lol,)

Try to give yourself breaks from anything stressful, keep books around that are comforting which you can turn to, to lighten your mood and heart before bed.

Books like chicken soup for the soul were good if I recall, and all the James Harriet books were awesome, all creatures great and small etc.

We just have to be more careful about what goes into the mind when we are more prone to having nightmares. To this day I can't watch many movies. For me it's just a fact of life... You figure out what you can deal with eventually.

I don't watch stephen king movies. They bother me.....

 

[RileyG]

Thank you, I was able to sleep well last night.

 

[RileyG]

I don't watch stephen king movies. They bother me.....

Nope.

None of Stephen King's writing NOR movies ever game me nightmares.

Only the actions of REAL PEOPLE and how they harmed me.

 

[RileyG]

ugh....I still see my abuser on a regular basis in my nightmares.

Please pray he goes away.

 

[RamiC]

13For it was you who formed my inward parts;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
that I know very well. - Psalm 139:13-14 NRSVCE

Jesus please create new neural pathways in RileyG 's brain, which can preserve his mind in your peace, and work around and over ride the invasions of his abuser. I believe You can do this because You knit him together in his mother's womb, and neurology shows us that You made our brains so that they can always develop new routes. Please enable RileyG to see Your spiritual victory over Your enemy who attacked him. Your will, not ours be done.

(Jesus could my DH please have some of this for himself, because You know he struggles with this kind of stuff too).

Please show every trauma survivor a glimpse of your gentle calming love Lord.

 

[Hazelelponi]

ugh....I still see my abuser on a regular basis in my nightmares.

Please pray he goes away.

That's generally called PTSD.



I'll keep you in my prayers.

 

[RileyG]

That's generally called PTSD.

I dealt with severe physical abuse (as well as mental) from my ex husband...

When we escaped the marriage I had nightmares, badly. I relived everything every night and woke up screaming all the time.

Because of this me and the kids all slept together for a while, it gave all of us comfort and when I woke up screaming the kids were there and knew it was just a dream.

We all managed through, and eventually I stopped reliving everything in dreams, stopped waking up screaming. (My children had PTSD also .. it was a family thing, what we all went through was really bad).

Certain things will cause me to go into PTSD episodes but it's far far fewer and farther between than it once was.

Time heals all wounds as they say, but it doesn't change what you went through. That's always a part of the lens you see the world through now.

The most healing thing you can do is to forgive who hurt you. That's the hardest thing to do, but it's necessary for your own soul.

If you're still dreaming it, you might need to explore how to forgive for whatever you went through?

I see you as a very forgiving person, but there's something here you might be hanging onto that you might need to let go of. It's either that or you just need more time to heal.

I'll keep you in my prayers.

Thank you

God bless you