A thoughtful and practical look at why we have nightmares and how to cope with them. Includes valuable information on stress and sleep disturbances, how to tell night terrors from nightmares, and how to interpret common dream symbols in nightmares such as chase scenes, war, sickness, violence, tsunamis, falling from great heights, and more. The heart of the book is a "dream first-aid" list, seven practical steps to take immediately following a nightmare, and in the days afterward. This advice is invaluable for parents whose children suffer nightmares, and readers of any age who are afflicted with disturbing dreams. While acknowledging the power of nightmares to predict actual events and traumas, the author suggests that most nightmare imagery is best understood as symbolic of other conflicts in the dreamer's life. The book also shows how to use advanced dream techniques such as dream re-entry, re-scripting, and lucid dreaming to transform nightmares into creative allies. The author discusses how nightmares challenge us to live up to our potential and make use of information and opportunities we may not be aware of consciously. This is a book that should be within easy reach of everyone who has been disturbed by a dream. Overall, it is a reassuring portrait of mind-body healing, and the power of the human psyche to overcome periods of great stress and adversity.
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A wonderful collection of gentle, wise, cross-cultural wisdom about nightmares. It belongs on every dreamworker's 'six-foot shelf' of useful tools and resources! --Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.Min.
r. Anne Hill, the author of this very well written and useful book, does an excellent job of surveying what has been discovered about these bad dreams. Metaphorically speaking, she describes what can be done to smooth out the ruffled sheets they leave behind on the bed, and how we can learn to work with these valuable and important messages so they can serve as springboards to improved self understanding. Again speaking metaphorically, if we start getting into credit card debt, we set into motion increasingly higher monetary payments and other undesirable consequences until we settle our Master Card account. The accountant of our dreaming mind keeps sending us these "bad" dream reminders to alert us that we have not been balancing our emotional lives, and will be subject to such future penalties as anxiety, depression, negative self-image etc., If we don't settle up our personal accounts. This very readable, and easy to understand, book provides a nice survey of what has been discovered about bad dreams, and the author discusses some examples from her own life of how she has successfully dealt with such dreams. The reader is left with a sense of optimism that they too will be able to diminish the number of nocturnal "dunning" reminders that they will receive in the future indicating that their balancing sheets have become unbalanced, and need to be dealt with in more effective ways. Dr. Hill devotes several chapters to describing techniques that have worked well for her personally, as well as clients who have sought her out, and she includes some useful reference sources, as well as websites that the interested reader can consult. For about the cost of two fancy cappuccinos at Starbucks, the reader could buy this handy size volume to keep in their purse or briefcase to share the information with their friends at the breakfast table. If they were alone at the table, they could read through it for suggestions about how to better understand their mood they were in that morning . --Dr. Robert Van de Castle
r. Anne Hill, the author of this very well written and useful book, does an excellent job of surveying what has been discovered about these bad dreams. Metaphorically speaking, she describes what can be done to smooth out the ruffled sheets they leave behind on the bed, and how we can learn to work with these valuable and important messages so they can serve as springboards to improved self understanding. Again speaking metaphorically, if we start getting into credit card debt, we set into motion increasingly higher monetary payments and other undesirable consequences until we settle our Master Card account. The accountant of our dreaming mind keeps sending us these "bad" dream reminders to alert us that we have not been balancing our emotional lives, and will be subject to such future penalties as anxiety, depression, negative self-image etc., If we don't settle up our personal accounts. This very readable, and easy to understand, book provides a nice survey of what has been discovered about bad dreams, and the author discusses some examples from her own life of how she has successfully dealt with such dreams. The reader is left with a sense of optimism that they too will be able to diminish the number of nocturnal "dunning" reminders that they will receive in the future indicating that their balancing sheets have become unbalanced, and need to be dealt with in more effective ways. Dr. Hill devotes several chapters to describing techniques that have worked well for her personally, as well as clients who have sought her out, and she includes some useful reference sources, as well as websites that the interested reader can consult. For about the cost of two fancy cappuccinos at Starbucks, the reader could buy this handy size volume to keep in their purse or briefcase to share the information with their friends at the breakfast table. If they were alone at the table, they could read through it for suggestions about how to better understand their mood they were in that morning . --Dr. Robert Van de Castle
From the Author
This book is the result of a nightmare I had while traveling and leading a workshop on transforming nightmares into allies. Through working with the dream, I realized that the central figure was not threatening me, but offering assistance.
At the time I was at work on a much larger book about dreams, and this dream convinced me to change course and publish a much shorter work that was tightly focused on gleaning powerful and creative insights from our most disturbing dreams. Once I made that decision, the material for this book came pouring out.
I hope you find this a useful guidebook for navigating the stormy waters of our nighttime fears. I have included a resource section with many excellent, in-depth works on the transformative nature of nightmares, but What to Do When Dreams Go Bad is one that you will want to keep right by your bed, just in case!
At the time I was at work on a much larger book about dreams, and this dream convinced me to change course and publish a much shorter work that was tightly focused on gleaning powerful and creative insights from our most disturbing dreams. Once I made that decision, the material for this book came pouring out.
I hope you find this a useful guidebook for navigating the stormy waters of our nighttime fears. I have included a resource section with many excellent, in-depth works on the transformative nature of nightmares, but What to Do When Dreams Go Bad is one that you will want to keep right by your bed, just in case!
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Anne Hill has expertise in many areas, from dreams and spirituality to self-publishing and author platforms. She is a sought-after speaker and teacher, helping people improve their lives using both inner and outer resources. As a consultant, Anne creates content and messaging strategies for people with wisdom to share. Anne hosts Dream Talk Radio on YouTube, writes for the Huffington Post and SageWoman Magazine, and is co-leader of the Bay Area Bloggers Society.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Research in modern sleep and dream laboratories has confirmed that everyone dreams, everyone dreams every night, and everyone spends approximately 100 minutes engaged in dreaming activity.througout the night. What has also been discovered is that the most frequently recalled types of dreams are unpleasant or negatively toned dreams. Researchers have categorized these dreams that "go bump in the night" into three groupings that vary in terms of their intensity of disturbing emotions. The most troubling are night terrors which are associated with the experience of intense terror and are often accompanied by screaming and disorientation upon awakening. The next category involves nightmares which may awaken the dreamer and leave her/him unable to return to sleep readily, and the most typical kind of troubling nocturnal imagery that most of us experience when we wake up in the morning - "bad" dreams.
Dr. Anne Hill, the author of this very well written and useful 62 page book, does an excellent job of surveying what has been discovered about these bad dreams. Metaphorically speaking, she describes what can be done to smooth out the ruffled sheets they leave behind on the bed, and how we can learn to work with these valuable and important messages so they can serve as springboards to improved self understanding. Again speaking metaphorically, if we start getting into credit card debt, we set into motion increasingly higher monetary payments and other undesirable consequences until we settle our Master Card account. The accountant of our dreaming mind keeps sending us these "bad" dream reminders to alert us that we have not been balancing our emotional lives, and will be subject to such future penalties as anxiety, depression, negative self-image etc., If we don't settle up our personal accounts. This very readable, and easy to understand, book provides a nice survey of what has been discovered about bad dreams, and the author discusses some examples from her own life of how she has successfully dealt with such dreams. The reader is left with a sense of optimism that they too will be able to diminish the number of nocturnal "dunning" reminders that they will receive in the future indicating that their balancing sheets have become unbalanced, and need to be dealt with in more effective ways. Dr. Hill devotes several chapters to describing techniques that have worked well for her personally, as well as clients who have sought her out, and she includes some useful reference sources, as well as websites that the interested reader can consult.
For about the cost of two fancy cappuccinos at Starbucks, the reader could buy this handy size volume to keep in their purse or briefcase to share the information with their friends at the breakfast table. If they were alone at the table, they could read through it for suggestions about how to better understand their mood they were in that morning .
Dr. Anne Hill, the author of this very well written and useful 62 page book, does an excellent job of surveying what has been discovered about these bad dreams. Metaphorically speaking, she describes what can be done to smooth out the ruffled sheets they leave behind on the bed, and how we can learn to work with these valuable and important messages so they can serve as springboards to improved self understanding. Again speaking metaphorically, if we start getting into credit card debt, we set into motion increasingly higher monetary payments and other undesirable consequences until we settle our Master Card account. The accountant of our dreaming mind keeps sending us these "bad" dream reminders to alert us that we have not been balancing our emotional lives, and will be subject to such future penalties as anxiety, depression, negative self-image etc., If we don't settle up our personal accounts. This very readable, and easy to understand, book provides a nice survey of what has been discovered about bad dreams, and the author discusses some examples from her own life of how she has successfully dealt with such dreams. The reader is left with a sense of optimism that they too will be able to diminish the number of nocturnal "dunning" reminders that they will receive in the future indicating that their balancing sheets have become unbalanced, and need to be dealt with in more effective ways. Dr. Hill devotes several chapters to describing techniques that have worked well for her personally, as well as clients who have sought her out, and she includes some useful reference sources, as well as websites that the interested reader can consult.
For about the cost of two fancy cappuccinos at Starbucks, the reader could buy this handy size volume to keep in their purse or briefcase to share the information with their friends at the breakfast table. If they were alone at the table, they could read through it for suggestions about how to better understand their mood they were in that morning .
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By R. Mellicker
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What I really liked about this book is that the author doesn't lay out pre-fab interpretations or recipes for dealing with nightmares. I found the book encouraging and inspiring. It's practical, concise, and very helpful without being preachy.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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most of the info seemed like just normal intuition.The reading club likely adored her. I was expecting a deeper study. Pleasant book, pleasant experience... but if you are trying to assist a troubled soul... you'll be like me and feel that this under delivered. No malice. It's a casual read for the casual observer. Problem is.... when dark nightmares scare friends enough that they need to figure out the way to stop em or change em or beat them.... this offers up a series of lightweight defenses.
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Great insight to dreams good and bad
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Published on January 17, 2010 by J. Hood
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Best practical resource on nightmares I have found
As a therapist who works with clients to make sense of their dreams, especially nightmares, this book is the perfect resource. Read more
Published on January 13, 2010 by Deborah Cooper
