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How to cope with your dreams

I've really been trying to move on since the break-up of my common law marriage. Since I didn't have a chance to have any closure with my ex, I've been going to therapy, I've gone to 2 divorce groups, I journal, I read, I exercise, I dated someone else for a year. I daily still let myself grieve, if I feel like it. For instance, I let myself cry if I feel like it; I will talk with others when I have something troubling me; I've tried to develop and continue to develop a good support group. Lately, I've been feeling really good. The problem is that I will have these dreams constantly with my ex in them. In some of the dreams he's cheating on me and I even encounter his new love interest. In other dreams, I re-enacting scenes that took place during our break-up phase. In some dreams, we are just doing ordinary, mundane rituals, like house cleaning or yard keeping that we used to do together. There are a lot of dreams where we are actually having fun together say at an amuzement park, a rock concert or a water park. No matter what the context of the dream, I'm terribly shaken after the dreams. It takes me days to recover emotionally from these dreams. The dreams seem to live through my betrayal situation over and over. I've been living like this for about 2 years now. It's gotten to the point now where I dread going to sleep. I find myself watching movies, reading, cleaning, reorganizing everything to keep from going to sleep. If anyone has any suggestions. Am I the only one experiencing this encounters with my dreams. Does anyone else having these nightmare/ex-dream encounters? I haven't physically seen my ex since we had to legally meet in court.

by angelhead   17 Posts 
Posted on 12/26/2007 11:42 AM
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I've been going to counseling before and after the break-up. I am a lot better than I was. I was pretty much a basket case when he broke-up with me. See, I have moved on in my life during the day, my waking hours. But, at night, that is where I haven't moved on. I have to admit, that it is hard to move on in the day following one of those dreams. I dated another man for a year. He was so much like the first man. Once the second man broke up with me; I decided not to date for a while, so I could discover why I was picking the same type of man. Now I am feeling like trying to date again. Maybe I'll try on-line dating. New Years Eve I went to a big hotel bash by myself, hoping to meet someone new. I had a blast at the party, but I didn't meet anybody. I'll keep putting myself out there. I'm attractive and I have a great personality. My job has weird hours and because I work for myself I have to work a lot.
by angelhead   17 Posts
Posted on 1/5/2008 7:40 PM
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by the way...I havent had a good nite's sleep in a month or so....i always wake up at 3am and just lay there till its time for me to go to work. This is also wearing on my mental.
by Tara001   4 Posts
Posted on 12/26/2007 2:06 PM
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I am really going through the same thing as you. I do not have any advice, but i can tell you that on Dec. 24th, my dream/nightmare came true. Me ex came to pick up our 1 year old child with this other woman. My situation is a bit different because he started a relationship with this woman while he and I were still together. Normally I am not a jealous person...and do not have a hard time moving on...but the fact that i was pregnant with our son and homeless due to the fact that he left me to live with this woman at her mother's house...and me and my older 9 year old son and I had to sleep on couches and really struggle due to his selfish ways. I have talked to him and the fact that we were still messing around up until 2 wks ago and he took me home to meet his family in March 2007 for the past two years he had been giving me hope...but he is a liar and i know this...and it is just hard for me to move on. I dont know what to do. I am going to seek counseling. I have also been told that an anti-depressant will work for me, but I am nervous about taking any kind of medication. The pain hurts so bad sometimes I think I am willing to at this point. I totally understand...and I have been told that with time...wounds will heal and one day there will be no feelings whatsoever. Just focus on you and do what brings you happiness. Let others pamper you....last nite, I spent the nite with a male friend of mine....nothing major happened except for I was able to talk to him and he consoled me and held me...and that made me feel alot better.
by Tara001   4 Posts
Posted on 12/26/2007 2:04 PM
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Its part of the grieving process. Its yours brains way of helping you to heal, even though it doesnt feel like it. Have you tried something to help you sleep? It sounds like you are doing all of the right things. Maybe you dont feel the closure that you needed to move on. Try writing him a letter and telling him everything you feel and mail it to yourself. It might help. When I went thru a terrible break up 5 years ago, I was put on anti depressants and given ambien to help me sleep. However, its been a long time since your break up. You really need to close the door and move on. Something is holding you back. You might need counseling to find out what it is.
by Lori-Woodall   923 Posts
Posted on 12/26/2007 1:03 PM
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