What Causes a Nightmare or a Bad Dream
Most Montrealers complain they do not get enough sleep. Yet, sleep affects our physical and mental health. Not having enough sleep affects our mood, our stamina, our home-life and career, and our social relationships.
Sleep is an important human function which is essential for good physical health and good mental health. Even though sleep is so important many Montrealers take sleeping for granted. They either sleep too much or more often than not, sleep less than is recommended for good health. Montrealers will catnap rather than sleep, burn the midnight oil studying, play on the computer, or just insist that they are too busy too sleep.
Conditions that affect sleep, our health, and mental health include such topics as nightmares and bad dreams. For help in the Montreal area for sleep disorders in Montreal click here:
Mount Sinai Hospital Sleep Center
What causes a nightmare or bad dream?
Stress or trauma in a dreamer's life may trigger nightmares and bad dreams. Sometimes the nightmares and bad dreams are induced because the mind is troubled from and accumulation of too much worry. It is the hormones that are released during these stressful times that can cause a nightmare or bad dream
Major life crises such as death, divorce, loss of job, or a family member who is sick or jailed, can cause the dreamer to have nightmares or bad dreams. Any kind of dream is related in some way to what we are experiencing in daily life.
- Other times it could be a physical reaction to certain medications or even a certain kind of illness, or high fever may bring it on.
- Eating a heavy meal before going to bed may bring them on
- Certain sleep disorders such as sleep apnea and narcolepsy can bring them on.
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Published by Carol Roach
Carol Roach holds a masters in counselling psychology. She worked as a therapist at the Douglas Hospital in Montreal before becoming a professional writer.Carol is the author of the book Picking Up The Piece... View profile
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