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Six Reasons We Have Bad Dreams

divinecaroline.com — No one likes being jolted awake from a deep sleep, especially when what riled you up was an assailant, a snake in the bed, or being engulfed by flames. Bad dreams—or worse, nightmares aren’t just annoying; when reoccurring, they can disrupt a good night’s sleep, and sometimes, life.

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  • AaronCo, on 12/18/2008, -0/+571. Anxiety and Stress
    2. Spicy Foods
    3. Fat Content of Food
    4. Alcohol
    5. Drugs
    6. Illness

    There, now you don't have to scroll thru 2 pages.
  • StigNordas, on 12/17/2008, -1/+50#7: My ex girlfriend.
  • theadvinci, on 12/18/2008, -2/+24#11: My new girlfriend (your ex-girlfriend).
  • fixerofthings, on 12/17/2008, -2/+17#8: Your ex girlfriend.
  • thetrza, on 12/18/2008, -0/+11You just saved me valuable time.
  • koldmilk, on 12/18/2008, -1/+12#9: Your ex girlfriend.
  • TheFoshizzler, on 12/18/2008, -1/+10There's actually a lot of truth to that. The first month or so after she left me, I would dream every night that we got back together. Then I'd wake up. Boy that sucked.
  • DarKnight90, on 12/18/2008, -1/+9#10: Your ex girlfriend.
  • DiggieDarko, on 12/17/2008, -1/+9Drugs have a huge impact for me. Whenever there's anything slightly narcotic in my system, my dreams get really freaky.
  • wowsah156, on 12/18/2008, -2/+10Another badly written, shallow article from the divineCaroline bloggers who keep trying to get their articles Dugg up. Buried. Again.
  • sfhock, on 12/17/2008, -5/+13inability to avoid getting buried on digg...
  • philz, on 12/18/2008, -0/+7Uhm, the other articles there are titled:
    "Are Hands the Blueprint of Our Destiny?"
    "What Do Your Moon and Rising Signs Mean..."
  • BlackVincent, on 12/18/2008, -2/+9I think that's called a 'night terror'
  • darkfish, on 12/18/2008, -0/+6I call ***** on #2. Half the world would be having nightmares if eating spicy foods was the cause. Besides a "small study" is worth crap anyway.
  • borez, on 12/18/2008, -0/+5Woah Captain Obvious... slow down there.
  • cJw314, on 12/18/2008, -0/+5And you are too.
  • inactive, on 12/19/2008, -0/+4#15: Xenu's ex girlfriend (excuse me now I must go and get audited).
  • donkevin, on 12/18/2008, -0/+4I read that as LSD at first.
  • wangaramus, on 12/18/2008, -1/+5I've heard that nicotene patches induce CRAZY dreams.
    I'm not sure why, so if anyone can explain it to me, that'd be cool, but I haven't had a nightmare in over 5 years. Or at least maybe I have and just not awoken? Anyone else?
  • thetrza, on 12/18/2008, -1/+4I relish the insane dreams that happen when I take narcotics.
  • Easyoffbam, on 12/18/2008, -0/+3#7 ***** articles
  • Mujokan, on 12/18/2008, -0/+3#7 Being the emotionally-conflicted mob boss of New Jersey.
  • dicer999, on 12/18/2008, -0/+3#13 Your Wife
  • david76, on 12/18/2008, -0/+3"Reoccuring"? Perhaps recurring.
  • BrettFromTibet, on 12/18/2008, -1/+4Shadow / unconscious projections!
  • bitbytebit, on 12/18/2008, -0/+2This is a good place to maybe get an answer.

    I can consistantly cause myself nightmares if I take Advil PM or that pure sleep aid that has the same drug. Tylenol PM doesn't do this.

    Any idea why? The nightmares arn't the same, but they are all unpleasant
  • kdoig, on 12/18/2008, -0/+2If you wear the nicotine patch while sleeping (I am currently), it really gives you the most wierd vivid dreams ever...
  • EmiliaGarcia, on 12/18/2008, -0/+2This article blows. I've been having nightmares every night since the middle of October for no apparent reason, and I wake up with migraines. I even got an MRI and a CAT scan to make sure there was nothing wrong. I eat healthy and get enough sleep and even quit smoking pot and cigarettes and I still wake up thinking that an alien lunch-lady from my high school with eyes melting out of her face was trying to serve me a plate of tape worms, garnished with human bile... yeah I hate spicy foods too.
  • icepick314, on 12/18/2008, -2/+4to me, #4 combined with 7 hour L4D session gives me bad dreams...
  • pjsk8, on 12/18/2008, -0/+2Yes, nightmares are always worth pizza. You just need to learn to smoke more, that's all.
  • Lorddias, on 12/18/2008, -1/+3At least you guys are dreaming.
  • mediaspree, on 12/18/2008, -0/+2Man I was on some prescription tylenol with codeine for some mild pain...when I fell asleep I may as well have been on bad acid. My dreams were vivid hellish visions of an apocalypic future.
  • sat0shi, on 12/18/2008, -1/+3I agree. I eat spicy foods all the time and while I dream very often (usually every day if I take a nap) they are usually never nightmares. Although, when I do have a nightmare it is usually pretty hellish -- they usually always involve guns/warfare and I end up getting shot in them. That or I have a recurring nightmare where I go to prison, but that's probably because I constantly worry about going to prison, even though I'm not doing anything in particular illegal (usually). I just have a really bad fear of cops/the "justice" system.

    EDIT: I just noticed I used the word "usually" way too much in that paragraph. Maybe I should get some sleep...
  • inactive, on 12/18/2008, -0/+2Main reason? Cheese.
  • mellowmonk, on 12/18/2008, -1/+3Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Palin, McCain, and Rove.
  • Haoie, on 12/18/2008, -1/+3Can't take a good night's sleep, and a nice [or at least non disturbing] dream for granted.
  • inactive, on 12/18/2008, -0/+2Will someone please hack this stupid website? Caroline you suck!
  • Nrvana423, on 12/19/2008, -0/+2I absolutely love nightmares. I don't know why, but I do. I think it's the adrenaline rush. I have had a few that are script worthy.
  • captainanndor, on 12/18/2008, -0/+2When I was on tyenol with codeine, it was the best week of my life.

    I was only awake, on average, for 4-6 hours per day, felt great, and slept like the dead otherwise.
  • captainanndor, on 12/18/2008, -0/+2You're having a weird, vivid dream that you're posting on Digg while sleeping with a nicotine patch on?
  • jstem1994, on 12/18/2008, -0/+2I totaled my truck last week, pretty bad accident. Yet the only nightmares I’ve had lately were 2 nights ago, about a ghost in my house. WTF.
  • inactive, on 12/18/2008, -0/+2cool i don't have any bad dreams but the reasons are really cool
  • duewydo, on 12/18/2008, -0/+2Here I was thinking I would be reading about my wife... Buried, obviously an incomplete and inaccurate article.
  • jstem1994, on 12/18/2008, -0/+2#12 My soon-to-be ex-wife
  • immatellyouwhat, on 12/19/2008, -0/+2to pedobear that's called a wetdream
  • humperdeath, on 12/19/2008, -0/+2My next ex-girlfriend.
  • notquitegone, on 12/19/2008, -0/+2You and me both. It's kinda nice to know someone out there got as ***** a deal as me.
  • jeffwmartin, on 12/18/2008, -0/+1If it is a big enough "nightcap", it will cure insomnia. Others may call it "passing out."
  • Mujokan, on 12/18/2008, -1/+2So sad! :(
  • MsSpringsteen, on 12/18/2008, -0/+1I know I have horrible dreams if I wake up ,and go to the bathroom or something, and then dose off again in the morning hours
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