RE: Subject:SICK, HORRIBLE, VIOLENT, GRAPHIC, NIGHTMARES PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

Follow-Up posted by CERISA (RICHARD@JANICS.COM) on 1:7:21 7/31/99

Follow-Up: I WAS READING SOME OF THE OTHER POSTINGS, ONE OF THEM SAID TO READ A PAGE OF THE BIBLE BEFORE YOU GO TO SLEEP. I'M A VERY STRONG CHRISTIAN AND I SUFFERED FROM NIGHTMARES EVERY SINGLE NIGHT OF MY LIFE FROM ABOUT 5 YEARS OLD UP UNTIL ABOUT 20 YEARS OLD. IT WAS ODD, TOO, BECAUSE I NEVER WAS AROUND ANYTHING SCARY, LIKE SCARY MOVIES OR ANYTHING, BUT MY DREAMS WERE BLOODY AND GORY AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW MY MIND COULD COME UP WITH SUCH HORRIBLE IMAGES, AND I READ MY BIBLE AND PRAYED DAILY. MINE DIDN'T GO AWAY SIMPLY BECAUSE I WAS A CHRISTIAN AND "READ MY BIBLE EVERY NIGHT". BUT THE PERSON WHO GAVE THAT ADVICE HAD GOOD MOTIVES, I THINK IT WAS OBVIOUS THOUGH THAT SHE HAD NO REAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOUR GOING THROUGH BUT BLESS HER HEART FOR TRYING TO HELP. ALTHOUGH I DO BELIEVE READING THE BIBLE DOES HELP IF YOU CAN LEARN TO BELIEVE AND TRUST WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT GOD'S PROTECTION AND LOVE. I RELIED ON THAT FOR MANY YEARS. BUT MY NIGHTMARES, THAT WERE ALSO HORRIBLY GRAFFIC, VIOLENT, AND TERRIFYING, DIDN'T GO AWAY UNTIL GOD DELIVERED ME AND GAVE ME A VERY DEEP EMOTIONAL HEALING FROM THINGS THAT HAD HAPPENED TO ME IN THE PAST THAT HAD NOT BEEN DEALT WITH, I STILL HAVE A BAD DREAM EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, BUT THEY AREN'T ANY WHERE NEAR WHAT THEY USED TO BE AND I DON'T HAVE THEM VERY OFTEN AND THEY DON'T TERRIFY ME. I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT I'M REALLY SORRY THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THIS, I KNOW HOW HARD AND SCARY IT IS. I HOPE YOU CAN FIND THE ANSWER SOLVE YOUR BAD DREAMS AND MAKE THEM GO AWAY. NIGHTMARES CAN BE CAUSED BY ANY NUMBER OF THINGS. I DO KNOW THAT THERE IS A NATURE'S SUNSHINE HERB THAT HELPED ME SLEEP BETTER CALLED STR-9, IT'S FOR STRESS AND IT HELPS BUILD YOUR BODY'S ABILITY TO DEAL WITH STRESS AND RELAX, THAT WAS ONE OF THE MANY HERBS THAT HELPED ME SLEEP BETTER WHILE I WAS WAITING TO FIND GOD'S HEALING. ALSO, MAKING SURE I GOT ENOUGH CALCIUM HELPED TOO, IT HELPED MY MIND RELAX TO GO TO SLEEP. I JUST WANT YOU TO BE CAREFUL AND TAKE EVERYTHING EVERYONE SAYS, INCLUDING ME, WITH A GRAIN OF SALT, I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE THAT HAVING A SEVERE PROBLEM CAN MAKE A PERSON VERY VULNERABLE. YOU JUST DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO TO FEEL BETTER AND I HOPE THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO FIND GOD'S FREEDOM AND HEALING FROM THOSE NIGHTMARES JUST LIKE I WAS. IT TAKES TIME TO FIGURE THINGS OUT, AND I SINCERELY WISH YOU LUCK, I HOPE YOU'RE GETTING A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE AND I HOPE YOU'RE ABLE TO FEEL BETTER SOON. GOD BLESS YOU.


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