Sleep Disorders?? Or God?

[forgivenmuch]

i am a child of God.. i have been saved for almost 15 yrs now.. i love jesus..he is my savior.. but im having way to many sleep ordeals..i dream everynight ... but sometimes i have dreams that are meaningful... and most of them are bad dreams... sometimes i have a good dream but its rare.. im just wondering if dreams mean anything? i know for my husband ..he dont dream much at all.. has anyone ever thought they were awake..and thier mind woke up.. but you could not move? and you was trying to move but could not.. i was like my brain was still awake..or subconscious was ...have any of you done this? .because i have done this a few times.. and it was like a tickleing of my stomach..so strong its like im going to die feeling and i want out..i have to do something to get myself to wake up .. i would think i was trying to move my hand or foot..but really i was not... i remember one time.. i done this..and even though i was asleep.. i could see what was going on in the room ... at the time.. i wanting to know if anyone has done anything like this in thier sleep.. and would anyone know how to tell me what a dream means? i have alot of questions i have written .. i need answers to.. when i do this most..i usually have something going on in my life that is stressful... do i need medication or what? i dont do it as much now... as i use to.. but still i will every now and then.. 2 of my sisters experience this also .. over the yrs.. please leave post..

 

[gsmithcat]

I don't know much about dreams or sleeping disorders, but I do occasionally experience the thing where you wake up but can't move your body. That really freaks me out! I'll try really hard just to get a little movement. Eventially I do and my body wakes up. Still it scares me.

 

[throwingbones]

I dream all the time, every night! Most of my dreams seem to have significance with my real life and are often very, very deep. Sometimes they are really hard to figure out. I can't tell whether or not some are from God or just simply "dreams." Unfortunately, I have no answers for you. Just keep praying.

 

[Rafael]

If you cannot sleep and are haunted by demonic or frightening dreams, rebuke them in Jesus name, turn over and go back to sleep. God has promised you sleep if you are in Christ. Say your prayers before you go to bed, just like Mom and Dad said, if that is the case, for there is wisdom in closing out the day in prayer. Ask Him to guard your dreams and to make them sweet.
God bless...

Ps 4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

Ps 127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, To sit up late, To eat the bread of sorrows; For so He gives His beloved sleep.

Pr 3:24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid; Yes, you will lie down and your sleep will be sweet.

 

[forgivenmuch]

love the verses.. about sleep ... raphe .. but you must not know what i am going thru i am a child of God .. .. i have prayed during this.. i have rebuked satan.. its a very terrifieing experience for anyone that has ever been thru it.. if it happened to you.. then you would understand.. you would be already doing that.. what you adviced of me to do..but thank you.. and to throwignbones..i would like to talk to you more about this.. i know how you feel.. it does scare you.. i have done it for yrs on and off... its gotten alot better now.. i have got to the point if it comes on me..just not to fight it off..and it leaves..and i go back to a deep sleep the kind that heals your body and mind...i try to relax now and i see that when i do that.. it leaves quickly.. if anyone has some advice.. please leave info.. thanks

 

[throwingbones]

and to throwignbones..i would like to talk to you more about this.. i know how you feel.. it does scare you..

I didn't say it scared me, that was "gsmithcat." I've never had the frozen body thing. Although, both of my brothers and my mother have. They say it feels like a darkness pushing weight on them and they can't move or cry out. Sometimes they even feel a hand grab them, but there is nothing there.

I just have dreams, and lots of them. Some good, some bad... mostly just neutral. If I am interpreting them right, they are quite intricate and deeply relate to my feelings. I don't think I could come up with some of this stuff on my own. Only a few times have I felt however that they were from God.

 

[fishstix]

i am a child of God.. i have been saved for almost 15 yrs now.. i love jesus..he is my savior.. but im having way to many sleep ordeals..i dream everynight ... but sometimes i have dreams that are meaningful... and most of them are bad dreams... sometimes i have a good dream but its rare.. im just wondering if dreams mean anything? i know for my husband ..he dont dream much at all..

I believe that God can use dreams as a way of communicating with us but also that most dreams are just a product of our own minds. I dream a lot, but as far as I know they've all just been my own imagination or my mind processing things that I had thought about during the day. I'd suggest prayer and talking with someone you know who you consider to be spiritually mature - a pastor or a mature Christian friend - to decide whether your dreams have any real meaning.

has anyone ever thought they were awake..and thier mind woke up.. but you could not move? and you was trying to move but could not.. i was like my brain was still awake..or subconscious was ...have any of you done this? .because i have done this a few times.. and it was like a tickleing of my stomach..so strong its like im going to die feeling and i want out..i have to do something to get myself to wake up .. i would think i was trying to move my hand or foot..but really i was not... i remember one time.. i done this..and even though i was asleep.. i could see what was going on in the room ... at the time.. i wanting to know if anyone has done anything like this in thier sleep..

Yes, that happens to me fairly often, especially when I know that I have to wake up for something important or if I'm taking a nap and haven't set my alarm. Quite often I think that I can see what is going on in the room but I'm really only dreaming most of it. Sometimes it does feel like I'm not getting enough air, but that's usually just a function of what position I'm sleeping in, and I don't think I have actually been short on air, just uncomfortable in whatever position and I can't roll over because I'm still asleep. I can avoid that by making sure I'm in a comfortable position before I go to sleep in the first place. Usually I go back to fully asleep and sometimes I do actually manage to wake up.

and would anyone know how to tell me what a dream means? i have alot of questions i have written .. i need answers to.. when i do this most..i usually have something going on in my life that is stressful... do i need medication or what? i dont do it as much now... as i use to.. but still i will every now and then.. 2 of my sisters experience this also .. over the yrs.. please leave post..

Again, I'd suggest prayer and talking with someone who is spiritually mature. I doubt that you would need medication for any of the stuff that you have described, but a counsellor or doctor would be a better person to ask about that, especially if you have other sleep or health problems that you haven't mentioned in this thread.

 

[forgivenmuch]

yes.. your right .. i feel sometimes i cant breath real well too.. prayer is always needed

 

[Johnnz]

Forgivenmuch

Dreams can come from our inner being, our human spirit. Usually, they are images of issues we are facing in a symbolic form. Troubled people often have troubled dreams. Often you can get some understanding of a dream by trying to understand what the actual image means for you. For example, a person may dream about suddenly being naked in front of friends, and is terribly embarrassed. The dream may be telling the person that he/she is constantly worrying about what other people think about him/her, or that the person struggles with a sense of inferiority. If other knew what he/she was really like (being exposed) they would laugh. Can you see what I am saying?



Dreams and visions account for about 30% of the bible. We are a bit too ‘rational’ at times in our Western society, and we can ignore the workings of the spiritual side of us.



Does this help?



John

NZ

 

[TheMainException]

You have a sleep disorder that many people deal with...it is not uncommon.