Nightmares: How to Make Sense of Your Darkest Dreams

by Alex Lukeman

Overview

Nightmares discusses subjects such as why we have nightmares, the language of dreams, universal symbols and some basic instructions for finding relief from nightmares.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461663126
Publisher:	Lyons
Publication date:	10/24/2000
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	432
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Alex Lukeman, Ph.D. is certified in the field of Clinical Hypnotherapy, and has spent over twenty years working in the field of practical psychology and dreams. The author of What Your Dreams Can Teach You and Sleep Well, Sleep Deep, he resides in Ft. Collins, Colorado, where he maintains a private practice in psychotherapy.

Table of Contents

Acknowledments
Introduction
How to Use This Book
Part One: Nightmare Basics
1. What Are Nightmares?
2. A Nightmare Quiz
Part Two: Universal Nightmare Themes
3. Insects and Other Pests
4. Spiders and Snakes
5. Paralyzed With Fear—Hypnogogic Dreams
6. Running for Your Life
7. Dreaming About the Death of a Loved One
8. Rape and Attack
9. Buckets of Blood
10. Faceless Horror
11. Demons
12. Choking, Drowning, and Suffocation
13. Teeth
14. Fangs and Claws
15. The End of the World
16. Prophetic Dreams
17. Other Common Nightmare Themes
Part Three: Living With Nightmares
18. Health NIghtmares
19. Nightmares and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
20. When Children Have NIghtmares
21. Teen Nightmares
22. What to Do When You Wake
Appendix: A Glossary of Common Nightmare Symbols and What They Mean
Index
About the Author