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    1. 02-25-2010 06:55 AM #1
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      Why do I have strange feeling dreams when I nap?

      Heeeyy! I haven't been here in a while but I figured this site would be the best place to ask something that has been bothering me since lots of people on here are so knowledgeable.

      I rarely nap because when I wake up I'm disoriented out of my mind. I looked it up and that feeling seems to be pretty common after naps, which makes sense. But I didn't see anything about unusual dreams. Is that normal?

      About three hours ago I fell asleep listening to music. I woke up, took my earphones out, and went back to sleep. But I had a really weird dream. The kind that isn't necessarily scary in context, but rather in feeling.

      I remember being in a bed in a weird room in the dream and when I opened my eyes there was a window open in front of me so I got up and closed it because I felt unsafe. The whole time I knew I somewhat understood that I was dreaming and would try to control it but it just didn't work (I haven't actually tried controlling my dreams in a really long time so maybe I'm outta practice?). Every time I woke myself up to get out of it, I ended up slipping back in and it was starting to freak me out because I couldn't escape it.

      Usually when I have dreams like this, it's after taking Nyquil or some other medicine that knocks me out.

      Sorry if I don't make any sense or if it's in the wrong section. I'm still pretty disoriented.

      In short, why is it that when I take a nap I have the same weird feeling "type" of dream that I have when I take Nyquil?
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    2. 02-25-2010 08:40 AM #2
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      Could be because in a nap you wake yourself up after such a short time?

      I don't take naps because, if I go to sleep, I can't get up until I've had several hours - otherwise I feel like crap. I never did understand how people can take a 20 minute nap... I can't even get to sleep in 20 minutes!!
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    3. 03-07-2010 02:46 PM #3
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      You might have a mental illness. I'm bipolar and I have weird feeling dreams all the time. I know EXACTLY what you mean by scary in feeling, not content.
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    4. 03-07-2010 02:50 PM #4
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      ^I wouldn't listen to him. Nightmares are quite common in naps in my experience. My theory is that it is because you don't have a lot of time to adjust from the chaos of the day to REM sleep. The same would also, of course, work with your NyQuil situation.
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