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Can anxiety cause bad dreams?

I can sleep perfectly, but my dreams are horrible. I'm stressed at the moment. Could they be related, even though the dream subject matters are completely non-related to the initial stress causing incident?

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yes Yes YES!!!! I was going through a horrible time several years ago and would dream of spiders coming down the ceiling on me (I am terribly afraid of spiders) I would literally jump out of bed and run out of the room.....once things in my life calmed down, the nightmares did too. **hugs**

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CrossEyedMary	Posted Oct 13th, 2009 at 6:38PM A world of yes Rated: +2Vote for this!
krystelle148	Posted Oct 12th, 2009 at 10:32PM maybe your bad dreams cause anxiety Rated: +1Vote for this!
MISTRESSROXY	Posted Oct 12th, 2009 at 9:59PM A lot of nightmares are caused by worry... Try to let the bad stuff go and try to get rid of the panic. Rated: +1Vote for this!
justicia	Posted Oct 12th, 2009 at 9:16PM Definitely! Stressful situations will bring about anything. Our brains are constantly working on overdrive. As strong as we are, we can only put up with so much. Then our bodies react a certain way to deal with it. It is an awful feeling at times because the nightmares make the anxiety worse. It's back and forth,repeatedly....stress=anxiety=nightmares, then vice-versa. Rated: +1Vote for this!
LonelyYiska	Posted Oct 12th, 2009 at 8:55PM Yes. I have an anxiety problem and all I ever HAVE is nightmares. Rated: +1Vote for this!
vexonic	Posted Oct 12th, 2009 at 8:45PM hell, yes! Rated: +1Vote for this!
ryzinson	Posted Oct 12th, 2009 at 8:45PM Yes anxiety definetely can affect the nature of your dreams because everything that you are feeling at this moment, every moment gets recorded into your subconcious and either stays there or can come out at the most odd times and yes affect your dreams and everything else we may do. Rated: +1Vote for this!
iscreamforicecrea m	Posted Oct 12th, 2009 at 8:43PM I, too, speak from experience: YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated: +1Vote for this!
smteachersrule1	Posted Oct 12th, 2009 at 8:42PM YYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS, i have it too! terrrible isnt it?! Rated: +1Vote for this!
vlowery1105	Posted Oct 12th, 2009 at 8:41PM Oh Yeah big time Rated: +1Vote for this!
BoxingBro	Posted Oct 12th, 2009 at 8:40PM Yes, nightmares are not uncommon for people with anxiety. I have it too. Rated: +1Vote for this!
RachelR	Posted Oct 12th, 2009 at 8:40PM Debt can do this to Rated: +1Vote for this!
CrystalClear1	Posted Oct 12th, 2009 at 8:40PM YES~ Anxiety does cause nightmares. I have some doosey's too Rated: +1Vote for this!
emptysoul99	Posted Oct 12th, 2009 at 9:02PM it can cause that and major illness or even death in severe cases. Rated: +1Vote for this!
NeonBlueMidnight	Posted Oct 15th, 2009 at 7:49PM For sure, waking life has a big influence on dream content. Rated: +1Vote for this!

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