journaling problems

I have a reoccurring nightmare but my problem is this nightmare really stresses me out so that it's hard to fall back to sleep. Writing in my dream journal right after i woke up really helped me fall back to sleep (i don't know why). But since i had the same dream so often and it was so terrifying it became hard to write over and over. I would fall asleep and struggle to remember details.

Is there anything else i can do or does anyone have any other tips about how i can retain stuff from the dream and write. anything that would help me avoid the post waking stress mainly.


thank you :)

You could write all the differences that you notice... or how you feel about the dream.

Instead of writing out the events that took place, I would try to look at the minute details... even so much as "I felt slightly moreless scared" or, "I noticed the lighting was darker/lighter," etc...

if the exact same thing happens in the dream each time, instead of thinking of the events, think of the small stuff.