So it has been a while since any nocturnal occurrence took place. Apart from the standard snoring, I have not been made aware of any sleep talking or walking. Neither have I had any kind of dream that I can recall.
This, I feel, is down to the strict routine I have created for myself. No food or drink (except water) after 8pm. Shower at 9pm, read a book in bed for 1hr and then drift off to sleep. This routine has paved the way for a peaceful sleep. My fear is that this routine is merely masking the issues that lay in my dream world and my sub conscious.
So last night, I had a larger shandy at 9pm, I had a cup of tea at 10pm, I did not read my book, I was playing a computer game until 10.30pm when I showered and hopped into bed.
Then the night terrors began. I had a reoccurring dream. A dream that would end with me waking short of breath and panicked. The dream was very blurry and as in the past, hard to distinguish as a dream. This dream woke me 4 times before I decided to move to the spare room.
The decision to move to the spare room was purely based on the thought that I did not want to wake my partner. I was ashamed that I had let slip my evening routine and was now paying the consequences. I was also worried and nervous that my partner would be affected by my night terrors. This reaffirms my idea that my routine merely masks the issues at hand.
Once in the spare room, I had a further 2 occurrences of this repeated night terror. Finally I woke 10 minutes before my alarm was set to go off.
I am not going to let the routine slip again. But I don’t want to do this forever. I need answers to the issues and I am still searching
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