Copyright 2000, Alex Lukeman, Ph. All rights reserved. Millions of people all over the world have terrifying dreams. Fortunately, most of us will only occasionally experience the fright that accompanies a true nightmare. If you are one of the people who have frequent dark dreams, you know that nightmares are nothing to be laughed at.
Nightmares are a signal from the unconscious that something is amiss with our psychic well being.
Often there will be other dreams that attempt to address the underlying issue, but if these are not understood or noted a nightmare may become necessary to get our attention. But if it can make us take notice, perhaps we will do whatever is necessary to restore balance and well being. There are many reasons why we might get a nightmare. Stress of some kind is always a factor. Work, relationships, health problems, school or college deadlines, financial problems and anything else you might think of as especially stressful can contribute to the creation of a nightmare.