Re: disturbing nightmares
Re: disturbing nightmares not all prescriptions automatically have side affects that are bad, though again there is a lot of miss information about this, and as for your parents as you said they would probably be okay with things. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=201318#p201318 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: disturbing nightmares not all prescriptions automatically have side affects that are bad, though again there is a lot of miss information about this, and as for your parents as you said they would probably be okay with things.As I said, I dont know why people are a lot less easy with psychological than physical problems, really they have the same response. when it comes to seeing a professional. Its up to you of course, though if what you describe about the frequency and severity of nightmares is true if it was me I would see about doing something. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=201318#p201318 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: disturbing nightmares At this point, its not worth it to me to go through the hassle of getting a prescription and dealing with side effects, not to mention the fact that I still live at home, so Id probably have to involve my parents for transportation if nothing else; while Im sure they wouldnt think any less of me and most of my family has been through counseling at some point, I like to keep things like that private and dont generally talk about them, so my only option would be internet counseling, which as discussed previously could be hit-or-miss, to say the least. It looks like Im just going to have to learn to live with it, or practice meditation myself, something I really should be doing more often anyway. My only theory about the cause that remotely makes sense is that, being as this started happening when I was looking into lucid dreaming, and one of the basic starters is to become more aware of your environment in dream and waking life, I started trying t o cultivate a mindset to enable lucid dreaming. This entails doing reality checks in your dreams and a generally greater level of awareness; the latter doesnt really seem to be a problem for me as I frequently reflect on my daily experiences, sometimes pretty extensively even as things are happening, whether normal or unexpected, but it was very much emphasized in all the material I read, so I guess a lot of people must not truly be aware of whats going on in their lives to have it brought up so much, sometimes literally on every page. I think my subconscious mind understands in many dreams that a fundamental part of myself is missing, that being the capacity for logical thinking and self-reflection; most of the prefrontal cortex I believe, which is "shut off" during sleep. Why this wasnt happening before I dont know, possibly it was just maturity and brain development, and wouldve happened regardless of whether or not Id looked into lucid dreamin g. For whatever reason Im not becoming fully lucid, and I think this may account for the suppressed feeling. I wonder if this is similar to what people dealing with mental illnesses on antipsychotic medications feel, and this is why they cause so much distress, if so I can certainly understand why people wouldnt want to take them even if they theoretically help with behavior. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=201300#p201300 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: disturbing nightmares @Wanderer, Counselling is not necessarily the same as self analysis, or being self aware, sinse a good counseller will do more than tell you things you dont know, but react in a way that helps you process what you know. Its not a new perspective, more sort of guiding you through your own explorations, and at least in the person centered field, being there nd reacting in a way that lets you be! in a slightly different sense than you do normally. it is not however correct for everything as you said. if your condition is indeed something biological, then psychiatry rather than psychology might be a better solution, sinse there really isnt that much intrinsic difference in taking psychiatric medications to relieve problematic mental states to taking pain killers, again, provided theyre prescribed by the right person, indeed my dad as a psychiatric nurse worked with a lot of people with that sort of issue and Ive certainly met friends who have it. < /p>As to social stigma, well what gives other people the right to know about what your doing? if your doing counselling, taking prescription drugs for mental health, heck if you dress up in a bunny suit and hop around your bedroom each night munching on raw carrots, its nobody elses business (accept perhaps whoever is downstairs and hears you stomping on the cieling)and is entirely between you and your doctor/therapist/counseller. That is part of what "confidentiality" actually means.@Turtlepower, one idium of language Ive noticed is that in America the term "counseller" can often mean just someone at a school or camp who is there specifically to listen to peoples problems, but doesnt have any actual psychological training or experience. Thats generally not the case in Britain, in Britain it would be held as part of the responsability of a teacher or camp leader or whatever, either that or if it were a christian motivated thing would be part of the duties of the vicar or chaplain, indeed it was that end of things I was most interested in myself back when I was a teenager and seriously considered being ordaned, (before god and I stopped communications). So, I wonder what sort of "counseller!" this chap was, despite his qualifications, and especially if he was more into cognitive disabilities sinse generally dealing with children with cognitive imparements and counselling are tentirely wo different matters, then again it sounds like your school was very screwey from this perspective anyway (I cant see how youd logically combine cognitive and visual imparements without it being totally loopy). URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=201299#p201299 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: disturbing nightmares @Wanderer, Counselling is not necessarily the same as self analysis, or being self aware, sinse a good counseller will do more than tell you things you dont know, but react in a way that helps you process what you know. Its not a new perspective, more sort of guiding you through your own explorations, and at least in the person centered field, being there nd reacting in a way that lets you be! in a slightly different sense than you do normally. it is not however correct for everything as you said. if your condition is indeed something biological, then psychiatry rather than psychology might be a better solution, sinse there really isnt that much intrinsic difference in taking psychiatric medications to relieve problematic mental states to taking pain killers, again, provided theyre prescribed by the right person, indeed my dad as a psychiatric nurse worked with a lot of people with that sort of issue and Ive certainly met friends who have it. < /p>As to social stigma, well what gives other people the right to know about what your doing? if your doing counselling, taking prescription drugs for mental health, heck if you dress up in a bunny suit and hop around your bedroom each night munching on raw carrots, its nobody elses business (accept perhaps whoever is downstairs and hears you stomping on the cieling)and is entirely between you and your doctor/therapist/counseller. That is part of what confidentiality actually means.@Turtlepower, one idium of language Ive noticed is that in America the term counseller can often mean just someone at a school or camp who is there specifically to listen to peoples problems, but doesnt have any actual psychological training or experience. Thats generally not the case in Britain, in Britain it would be held as part of the responsability of a teacher or camp leader or whatever, either that or if it were a chris tian motivated thing would be part of the duties of the vicar or chaplain, indeed it was that end of things I was most interested in myself back when I was a teenager and seriously considered being ordaned, (before god and I stopped communications). So, I wonder what sort of counseller! this chap was, despite his qualifications, and especially if he was more into cognitive disabilities sinse generally dealing with children with cognitive imparements and counselling are tentirely wo different matters, then again it sounds like your school was very screwey from this perspective anyway (I cant see how youd logically combine cognitive and visual imparements without it being totally loopy). URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=201299#p201299 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: disturbing nightmares At this point, its not worth it to me to go through the hassle of getting a prescription and dealing with side effects, not to mention the fact that I still live at home, so Id probably have to involve my parents for transportation if nothing else; while Im sure they wouldnt think any less of me and most of my family has been through counseling at some point, I like to keep things like that private and dont generally talk about them, so my only option would be internet counseling, which as discussed previously could be hit-or-miss, to say the least. It looks like Im just going to have to learn to live with it, or practice meditation myself, something I really should be doing more often anyway. My only theory about the cause that remotely makes sense is that, being as this started happening when I was looking into lucid dreaming, and one of the basic starters is to become more aware of your environment in dream and waking life, I started trying t o cultivate a mindset to enable lucid dreaming. This entails doing reality checks in your dreams and a generally greater level of awareness; the latter doesnt really seem to be a problem for me as I frequently reflect on my daily experiences, sometimes pretty extensively even as things are happening, whether normal or unexpected, but it was very much emphasized in all the material I read, so I guess a lot of people must not truly be aware of whats going on in their lives to have it brought up so much, sometimes literally on every page. I think my subconscious mind understands in many dreams that a fundamental part of myself is missing, that being the capacity for logical thinking and self-reflection; most of the prefrontal cortex I believe, which is shut off during sleep. Why this wasnt happening before I dont know, possibly it was just maturity and brain development, and wouldve happened regardless of whether or not Id looked into luc id dreaming. For whatever reason Im not becoming fully lucid, and I think this may account for the suppressed feeling. I wonder if this is similar to what people dealing with mental illnesses on antipsychotic medications feel, and this is why they cause so much distress, if so I can certainly understand why people wouldnt want to take them even if they theoretically help with behavior. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=201300#p201300 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: disturbing nightmares @Wanderer, Counselling is not necessarily the same as self analysis, or being self aware, sinse a good counseller will do more than tell you things you dont know, but react in a way that helps you process what you know. Its not a new perspective, more sort of guiding you through your own explorations, and at least in the person centered field, being there nd reacting in a way that lets you be! in a slightly different sense than you do normally. it is not however correct for everything as you said. if your condition is indeed something biological, then psychiatry rather than psychology might be a better solution, sinse there really isnt that much intrinsic difference in taking psychiatric medications to relieve problematic mental states to taking pain killers, again, provided theyre prescribed by the right person, indeed my dad as a psychiatric nurse worked with a lot of people with that sort of issue and Ive certainly met friends who have it. < /p>As to social stigma, well what gives other people the right to know about what your doing? if your doing counselling, taking prescription drugs for mental health, heck if you dress up in a bunny suit and hop around your bedroom each night munching on raw carrots, its nobody elses business (accept perhaps whoever is downstairs and hears you stomping on the cieling)and is entirely between you and your doctor/therapist/counseller. That is part of what "confidentiality" actually means.@Turtlepower, one idium of language Ive noticed is that in America the term "counseller" can often mean just someone at a school or camp who is there specifically to listen to peoples problems, but doesnt have any actual psychological training or experience. Thats generally not the case in Britain, in Britain it would be held as part of the responsability of a teacher or camp leader or whatever, either that or if it were a christian motivated thing would be part of the duties of the vicar or chaplain, indeed it was that end of things I was most interested in myself back when I was a teenager and seriously considered being ordaned, (before god and I stopped communications). So, I wonder what sort of "counseller!" this chap was, despite his qualifications, and especially if he was more into cognitive disabilities sinse generally dealing with children with cognitive imparements and counselling are tentirely wo different matters, then again it sounds like your school was very screwey from this perspective anyway (I cant see how youd logically combine cognitive and visual imparements without it being totally loopy). URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=201299#p201299 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: disturbing nightmares At this point, its not worth it to me to go through the hassle of getting a prescription and dealing with side effects, not to mention the fact that I still live at home, so Id probably have to involve my parents for transportation if nothing else; while Im sure they wouldnt think any less of me and most of my family has been through counseling at some point, I like to keep things like that private and dont generally talk about them, so my only option would be internet counseling, which as discussed previously could be hit-or-miss, to say the least. It looks like Im just going to have to learn to live with it, or practice meditation myself, something I really should be doing more often anyway. My only theory about the cause that remotely makes sense is that, being as this started happening when I was looking into lucid dreaming, and one of the basic starters is to become more aware of your environment in dream and waking life, I started trying t o cultivate a mindset to enable lucid dreaming. This entails doing reality checks in your dreams and a generally greater level of awareness; the latter doesnt really seem to be a problem for me as I frequently reflect on my daily experiences, sometimes pretty extensively even as things are happening, whether normal or unexpected, but it was very much emphasized in all the material I read, so I guess a lot of people must not truly be aware of whats going on in their lives to have it brought up so much, sometimes literally on every page. I think my subconscious mind understands in many dreams that a fundamental part of myself is missing, that being the capacity for logical thinking and self-reflection; most of the prefrontal cortex I believe, which is "shut off" during sleep. Why this wasnt happening before I dont know, possibly it was just maturity and brain development, and wouldve happened regardless of whether or not Id looked into lucid dreamin g. For whatever reason Im not becoming fully lucid, and I think this may account for the suppressed feeling. I wonder if this is similar to what people dealing with mental illnesses on antipsychotic medications feel, and this is why they cause so much distress, if so I can certainly understand why people wouldnt want to take them even if they theoretically help with behavior. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=201300#p201300 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: disturbing nightmares At this point, its not worth it to me to go through the hassle of getting a prescription and dealing with side effects, not to mention the fact that I still live at home, so Id probably have to involve my parents for transportation if nothing else; while Im sure they wouldnt think any less of me and most of my family has been through counseling at some point, I like to keep things like that private and dont generally talk about them, so my only option would be internet counseling, which as discussed previously could be hit-or-miss, to say the least. It looks like Im just going to have to learn to live with it, or practice meditation myself, something I really should be doing more often anyway. My only theory about the cause that remotely makes sense is that, being as this started happening when I was looking into lucid dreaming, and one of the basic starters is to become more aware of your environment in dream and waking life, I started trying t o cultivate a mindset to enable lucid dreaming. This entails doing reality checks in your dreams and a generally greater level of awareness; the latter doesnt really seem to be a problem for me as I frequently reflect on my daily experiences, sometimes pretty extensively even as things are happening, whether normal or unexpected, but it was very much emphasized in all the material I read, so I guess a lot of people must not truly be aware of whats going on in their lives to have it brought up so much, sometimes literally on every page. I think my subconscious mind understands in many dreams that a fundamental part of myself is missing, that being the capacity for logical thinking and self-reflection; most of the prefrontal cortex I believe, which is shut off during sleep. Why this wasnt happening before I dont know, possibly it was just maturity and brain development, and wouldve happened regardless of whether or not Id looked into luc id dreaming. For whatever reason Im not becoming fully lucid, and I think this may account for the suppressed feeling. I wonder if this is similar to what people dealing with mental illnesses on antipsychotic medications feel, and this is why they cause so much distress, if so I can certainly understand why people wouldnt want to take them even if they theoretically help with behavior. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=201300#p201300 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: disturbing nightmares @Wanderer, Counselling is not necessarily the same as self analysis, or being self aware, sinse a good counseller will do more than tell you things you dont know, but react in a way that helps you process what you know. Its not a new perspective, more sort of guiding you through your own explorations, and at least in the person centered field, being there nd reacting in a way that lets you be! in a slightly different sense than you do normally. it is not however correct for everything as you said. if your condition is indeed something biological, then psychiatry rather than psychology might be a better solution, sinse there really isnt that much intrinsic difference in taking psychiatric medications to relieve problematic mental states to taking pain killers, again, provided theyre prescribed by the right person, indeed my dad as a psychiatric nurse worked with a lot of people with that sort of issue and Ive certainly met friends who have it. < /p>As to social stigma, well what gives other people the right to know about what your doing? if your doing counselling, taking prescription drugs for mental health, heck if you dress up in a bunny suit and hop around your bedroom each night munching on raw carrots, its nobody elses business (accept perhaps whoever is downstairs and hears you stomping on the cieling)and is entirely between you and your doctor/therapist/counseller. That is part of what confidentiality actually means.@Turtlepower, one idium of language Ive noticed is that in America the term counseller can often mean just someone at a school or camp who is there specifically to listen to peoples problems, but doesnt have any actual psychological training or experience. Thats generally not the case in Britain, in Britain it would be held as part of the responsability of a teacher or camp leader or whatever, either that or if it were a chris tian motivated thing would be part of the duties of the vicar or chaplain, indeed it was that end of things I was most interested in myself back when I was a teenager and seriously considered being ordaned, (before god and I stopped communications). So, I wonder what sort of counseller! this chap was, despite his qualifications, and especially if he was more into cognitive disabilities sinse generally dealing with children with cognitive imparements and counselling are tentirely wo different matters, then again it sounds like your school was very screwey from this perspective anyway (I cant see how youd logically combine cognitive and visual imparements without it being totally loopy). URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=201299#p201299 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: disturbing nightmares Well, having qualifications is no guarantee of how good a counselor will be. Someone can have 8 titles under their belt and still be the most egotistical bastard you ever had the misfortune of meeting.I had this experience myself. The counselor was more than qualified, but his approach was, in my opinion, confrontational and lacking in empathy, in fact I remember spending sessions trying to persuade him that my emotional state was valid for me in the moment.A counselor can offer advice without directly antagonizing you. I also clearly remember his completely indifferent attitude when I told him I no longer wanted to see him and that we were not a good match. Im not saying he should have begged me to stay, but he could have at least asked why, rather than just shrugging and saying, ok, it was nice knowing you. Which, of course it wasnt.As to the problem youre explaining, Wanderer, I think Ive experienced something similar. Thou gh it hasnt happened in awhile, I go through periods where it happens frequently, like for several nights in a row, then nothing for weeks or even months at a time. For me, what happens is that sometimes Ill dream about something, or sometimes I dont even remember the dream I obviously must have been having, and yet I wake up completely terrified, and literally bolting out of my bed. When I say I dont remember, I mean that I literally have no recollection of dreaming about anything, although sometimes I can remember the dreams, and while I would consider some of them nightmares, some of them arent really, theyre just strange and fantastical.I do have a history of depression and anxiety, and Im sure that has something to do with it. Ive never actually told anyone about this particular thing, though. Since I currently dont have a partner or anyone who would notice, I dont know whether I do anything else before waking th at might shed some light on this problem, but Id like to find out. Interestingly, its only been in the past year or so that this has started happening much more frequently. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=201274#p201274 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: disturbing nightmares @Turtlepower, what type of counselling was this chap using? Some methods such as the more psycho dynamic or existential counselling can be confrontational sinse they often involve the counseller having a very specific map and idea of what the client is feeling and telling! them rather than the other way around as in the rogerian person centered stuff. Of all the approaches Id recommend person centered, sinse there if you feel something is wrong your quite at liberty to say so, and the counseller should in theory take that on board, (its in the name, person! centered), but then again its the one I know most about myself so I likely would say that, plus of course having read Freud I think hes a moron so would hardly warm to psycho dinamic approaches based on at least part of his philosophy, . URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=201286#p201286 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: disturbing nightmares To be honest Dark, I dont know. He was a psychologist who was employed by the school for the blind I went to. So perhaps that was the problem, since he worked with kids who had cognitive disabilities much more frequently than someone like me. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=201291#p201291 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: disturbing nightmares Im honestly not crazy about the idea of getting counseling. Some of it might have to do with that bad social stigma (though I probably wouldnt outright admit it to myself) but mostly just because I dont think itd help that much. I get plenty of time to psychoanalyze myself; while a fresh, objective perspective might reveal something that Ive missed, I doubt it. Perhaps thats a bit overconfident, but Im pretty self-aware, and Ive never been able to describe a lot of what goes on in my head to anyone the few times Ive tried. @Enes, Ive never done any psychoactive (or any other, for the most part) medications, and dont plan to.@Turtlepower, Ive also experienced what you describe of unremembered terrifying dreams a few times, mostly when I was younger. Generally I recall at least a bit of every nights dreams, and when the little 10-15 minute episodes happen, recollection isnt difficult at all,but not much would make any sort of sense without the context of my own memories. Im curious as to what I might do or say as well though I dont think it would be much, if anything, since Im in the exact position I was in when it starts. Its definitely an altered state of consciousness, but Im not sure it could be called sleep, like I said in post 1 theyre distinctly different from normal dreams, though sometimes in regular sleep the two can somewhat overlap. If I were expecting one I could have something recording the whole time since theyre not too long, but they usually catch me unexpected; a lot of them happen after Ive decided Im probably not going to get any sleep anyway and am just lying awake. I think it could be something biological, since while it was somewhat gradual, there was a definite starting point. If so or if its something in my core psychological makeup, I wonder if its simply a normal part of who I am and might not necessarily be indicating any real problem. Then again my emotional state isnt always great, and for a long time now Ive seemed to have a general lack of motivation (though seems like it might finally be getting a bit better), so who knows? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=201293#p201293 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: disturbing nightmares @Wanderer, Counselling is not necessarily the same as self analysis, or being self aware, sinse a good counseller will do more than tell you things you dont know, but react in a way that helps you process what you know. Its not a new perspective, more sort of guiding you through your own explorations, and at least in the person centered field, being there nd reacting in a way that lets you be! in a slightly different sense than you do normally. it is not however correct for everything as you said. if your condition is indeed something biological, then psychiatry rather than psychology might be a better solution, sinse there really isnt that much intrinsic difference in taking psychiatric medications to relieve problematic mental states to taking pain killers, again, provided theyre prescribed by the right person, indeed my dad as a psychiatric nurse worked with a lot of people with that sort of issue and Ive certainly met friends who have it. < /p>As to social stigma, well what gives other people the right to know about what your doing? if your doing counselling, taking prescription drugs for mental health, heck if you dress up in a bunny suit and hop around your bedroom each night munching on raw carrots, its nobody elses business (accept perhaps whoever is downstairs and hears you stomping on the cieling)and is entirely between you and your doctor/therapist/counseller. That is part of what confidentiality actually means.@Turtlepower, one idium of language Ive noticed is that in America the term counseller can often mean just someone at a school or camp who is there specifically to listen to peoples problems, but doesnt have any actual psychological training or experience. Thats generally not the case in Britain, in Britain it would be held as part of the responsability of a teacher or camp leader or whatever, either that or if it were a chris tian motivated thing would be part of the duties of the vicar or chaplain, indeed it was that end of things I was most interested in myself back when I was a teenager and seriously considered being ordaned, (before god and I stopped communications). So, I wonder what sort of counseller! this chap was, despite his qualifications, and especially if he was more into cognitive disabilities sinse generally dealing with children with cognitive imparements and counselling are tentirely wo different matters, then again it sounds like your school was very screwey from this perspective anyway (I cant see how youd logically combine cognitive and visual imparements without it being totally loopy). URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=201299#p201299 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: disturbing nightmares At this point, its not worth it to me to go through the hassle of getting a prescription and dealing with side effects, not to mention the fact that I still live at home, so Id probably have to involve my parents for transportation if nothing else; while Im sure they wouldnt think any less of me and most of my family has been through counseling at some point, I like to keep things like that private and dont generally talk about them, so my only option would be internet counseling, which as discussed previously could be hit-or-miss, to say the least. It looks like Im just going to have to learn to live with it, or practice meditation myself, something I really should be doing more often anyway. My only theory about the cause that remotely makes sense is that, being as this started happening when I was looking into lucid dreaming, and one of the basic starters is to become more aware of your environment in dream and waking life, I started trying t o cultivate a mindset to enable lucid dreaming. This entails doing reality checks in your dreams and a generally greater level of awareness; the latter doesnt really seem to be a problem for me as I frequently reflect on my daily experiences, sometimes pretty extensively even as things are happening, whether normal or unexpected, but it was very much emphasized in all the material I read, so I guess a lot of people must not truly be aware of whats going on in their lives to have it brought up so much, sometimes literally on every page. I think my subconscious mind understands in many dreams that a fundamental part of myself is missing, that being the capacity for logical thinking and self-reflection; most of the prefrontal cortex I believe, which is shut off during sleep. Why this wasnt happening before I dont know, possibly it was just maturity and brain development, and wouldve happened regardless of whether or not Id looked into luc id dreaming. For whatever reason Im not becoming fully lucid, and I think this may account for the suppressed feeling. I wonder if this is similar to what people dealing with mental illnesses on antipsychotic medications feel, and this is why they cause so much distress, if so I can certainly understand why people wouldnt want to take them even if they theoretically help with behavior. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=201300#p201300 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: disturbing nightmares
Re: disturbing nightmares Part of the problem with counsilling, even more so than with most forms of psychology, is that there is no standard in training. Any tom dick or harriet can call themselves a counsiller. There are propper techniques and qualifications, and true counsilling is a diciplin like any other (a friend of mine has a masters in person centered counsilling and the training she had was intensive). id personally suggest if you want to go the counsilling route find someone who has some sort of knolidge or specialty in what your looking for, and check they have a reasonable standard qualification in the specific sort of counsilling your looking for, as a bad counsiller can do more harm than good. Counsilling however is not a cure all, neither does it sute all psychological problems, something like schizophrenia, certain forms of depression or other illnesses might need more of a psychiatric, rather than psychological solution, or possibly a combination of things. @Bra d, your correct, men and women can have the potential to be equally bad, or sometimes equally good at counsilling. There are cases where a client might specifically need! a counsiller of a given gender, for example in recovering from s/xual abuse where say it wouldnt be helpful for the counsiller to be of the same gender as the abuser, but those are more specific to the needs of the client and any reasonable quality counsilling service will ask first off. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=200187#p200187 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: disturbing nightmares
Re: disturbing nightmares hi,If you are taking psychoactive medications, this could be the reason for the nightmares. Review the medications you are currently taking. Look at the possible side effects. I was once proscribed a medication for sudden hearing loss with drowsiness, mental confusion, enability to focus, tinnitus and ironicly, hearing loss as possible side effects. I noticed the drowsiness hearing loss, tinnitus and mental confusion right away. I distinctly remember at dinner someone asking me if I wanted bread and me spending 15 seconds trying to figure out what that person was saying. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=200175#p200175 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: disturbing nightmares
Re: disturbing nightmares @Wanderer, I do sympathize having had my own experiences with nightmares, for likely a very ifferent reason but consequently possibly similar, Ive certainly had periods where Im forcing myself to stay awake for fear of what might happen if I sleep. One of the more helpful deffinitions of a mental ilness (and the one my dad as a psychiatric nurse), worked with for all his working life was that a mental illness was a state of mind or perception that severely interfered with normal functioning I could give you a long discussion various possible deffinitions of normal functioning but its pretty clear that not sleeping is one pretty clear one. A friend of mine who was diagnosed with a certain mental condition actually stated that what alerted her to things going rong was the fact that for her, stressful events like exams were far more! stressful than for those aroun her. So, Id personally suggest looking at some sort of psychological assistance. If you can yourself identify the cause of the problem or believe it is primarily an issue of emotions or understanding, try counselling, if however the issue is (as you partly suggest), more causeless and possibly of a genetic origin then maybe talking to a psychiatrist as well might be helpful. i know there is a big social phobia about psychological problems, but really theyre no ifferent from physical ones, and can be just as debilitating and hard to live with, and just the way youd go to your doctor if you started feeling really sick, its worth getting an opinion. My only major advice is if you decide to go the counselling route, take care where you go and who you talk to. Badly adviced counselling by people who dont know what theyre doing can in some ways cause more harm than good, indeed you might want to talk to a Doctor first and get an idea of where might be a good place to go if you dont yourself know the source of the issue, rather than ratling around the internet or goin to see some local quack. Hth. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=200176#p200176 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: disturbing nightmares
Re: disturbing nightmares Hi.I cant help much apart from saying, getting a councilor who you feel safe talking with is the most important thing. I went to a couple of councilors and one was bad, female, and the other was very nice, male. Im not saying female councilors are bad, but if you go the counseling route, look for one you will feel good talking with. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=200183#p200183 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
