[Tim]

Hey Cheyenne, That sucks! Here’s my bit:

I had a lot of nightmares as a kid too. The details varied and are likely irrelevant, but I believe it went on a few years.. I read a lot as a kid too, and while I don’t remember exactly how this came about, I ran into the idea of lucid dreaming. It had happened spontaneously before and I guess I started focusing more on doing it. When I was able to “wake up” (know I was dreaming) in the middle of something scary I summoned all my (faith) “knowing” that it was my dream and I could do what I wanted, so that (whatever) couldn’t hurt me. After doing this a few times the night terrors stopped. I’ve had a few intense or haunting dreams since, but have always been able to overcome them by facing into whatever the fear was and remembering I’m ok, that I’m held and protected from beyond the veil (evidence has been persistent in this, and it’s true for you too) which I guess parallels what I experience with a lot of things in life (sitting with my own emotions, etc) nowdays. Anyway my favorite practice for getting lucid in dreams is to check myself during the day.. sincerely explore whether I could be dreaming, and look for anomolies. The Don Juan book said to look at your hand a lot with the same idea. and take notes so you remember more from dreams. Worth a try, maybe!

Then an entirely different angle: In “The Wisdom of Teeth” (I’m looking into doing “dentosophy” with a dentist the Bigelsen’s work with) Michel Montaud’s son had crying fits for a few years then was drugged to sedate him for school, after which he had night terrors for years, until his dad came home with a device that started to adjust his mouth (his teeth and jaw structure, breathing, swallowing) and a week into that treatment his terrors stopped, for good. Could be physical elements?

Oh, you mentioned calling on the Christ, which is awesome, but also got me thinking about Jesus as counselor in that he had a lot to say about things like fear, casting out “demons”, etc, which might shed light too. I literally ran across this today in a non=religious essay: “These things I do you shall do also, and even greater things” from John 14/12 and no I do NOT memorize bible verses (though I like that one). it’s just synchronous. If you believe it, it means “You’ve got this!” ; )