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Anyone wake feeling exhausted after seemingly dreaming all night
Sleep Health | Last Active: Oct 30 7:19am | Replies (158)Comment receiving replies
Just came across this discussion after waking up from another night that felt like a whole year of dreaming! Not sure why I waited so long to Google the issue, which has been annoying and exhausting me for years.
My first question: wondering how many of you have a history of serious childhood trauma, e.g. domestic violence, sexual abuse, etc.? I always had vivid dreams, but they went into serious overdrive the past few years as I began to come to terms with the abuse I suffered decades ago. Haven't really been dreaming about that issue specifically, but plenty of scary and stressful stuff. (I know anxiety can play a part in this issue. No question I have a good bit of that, too.) Tired of feeling so tired when I wake up in the morning!
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From what I gather from many discussion online and from my own experience, I would like to address some of your questions:
1, people were mostly born with it, no matter growing up trauma or not.
2, the dreams are not necessarily nightmares, just very active vivid and you can remember them long after waking up.
3, I myself am not sure if I really wake up "tired" or "refreshed" because as you have experienced this the whole life, you don't have a standard to refer to. You can only know someday you feel worse or better than your other days. So it doesn't really bother me anymore and I learn to function with whatever amount of energy I restore from my sleep.
What I am trying to say is, your problem seem to be very different from what is currently discussed here, and medical treatment can potentially help!