Banishing Nightmares Options

hey everybody! i have a friend who keeps getting a serious nightmare since he was 11, something about a monster with red eyes. anyway...he stops breathing in his sleep (to make the monster go away) and gave me quite a scare, so that got me thinking its about time to run some interference. anyway i was wondering if anyone knew a way to banish the nightmare so that he can get a good night's rest? i was thinking about the process of hand making a dream catcher...but how is it done? any ideas would be great....

hey everybody! i have a friend who keeps getting a serious nightmare since he was 11, something about a monster with red eyes. anyway...he stops breathing in his sleep (to make the monster go away) and gave me quite a scare, so that got me thinking its about time to run some interference. anyway i was wondering if anyone knew a way to banish the nightmare so that he can get a good night's rest? i was thinking about the process of hand making a dream catcher...but how is it done? any ideas would be great....

I've normally been able to tell the difference between nightmares that were purely about my own head, and those which weren't. The ones that weren't usually fell into either two catagories; a) the Greys, or b) acorporeal randoms who noticed that I was sensitive to them and wanted to communicate to someone about how they had died.

It's worth noting that inducing nightmares are strictly the domain of the bush league, at least in my own observation. Anything capable of causing more serious problems is usually both more direct, and more mature, even if still malevolent.

That being the case, for me the LBRP has generally worked. If you want to go to more effort you can draw up a multi-sigil pattern for warding as well, but such is probably overkill.

Sandalwood incense was very effective before I found out about the LBRP as well, but the single most effective thing I've ever found for protecting my sleep has been a statue of Kali Ma.

If the kid has a sleep disorder, then maybe he does need therapy; although truthfully I would tend to share his cynicism of that diagnosis. My own opinion on sleep apnea is that the term is an atheistic rationalisation for something unpleasant from astral space which is actually trying to pull you back into a nightmare so that it can continue to screw with your head.

Given that when I'm under attack, the undesirable in question will usually be able to cause the nightmare to continue from the moment I fall back to sleep, (and I am unable to continue dreams in such a manner otherwise) I tend to believe that said interpretation, however seemingly implausible, is actually accurate.

That being the case, for me the LBRP has generally worked. If you want to go to more effort you can draw up a multi-sigil pattern for warding as well, but such is probably overkill...

...If the kid has a sleep disorder, then maybe he does need therapy; although truthfully I would tend to share his cynicism of that diagnosis. My own opinion on sleep apnea is that the term is an atheistic rationalisation for something unpleasant from astral space which is actually trying to pull you back into a nightmare so that it can continue to screw with your head.

LBRP works fine.

Something also to remember - night terrors and sleep paralysis are almost always accompanied by a feeling of suffocation, choking, drowning, etc. Not being able to breathe. The old idea that nightmares are caused by a "witch" or "demon" sitting on your chest probably derive from this (at least that's what we're told).

There's typically not much to be done from a modern medical perspective, but the LBRP or similar centring rituals cannot hurt. I think the real risk isn't apnea (dreaming about not breathing doesn't mean you're not breathing, and feeling like you can't breathe while you're sleeping doesn't mean you aren't breathing normally), but mental/emotional. That's where the banishings can help before and after, and that's where one might be vulnerable to picking up Something/Someone else while asleep.

The one thing that can minimize these sorts of dreams is what we should all be doing anyway - good diet and regular sleep. Keep to a schedule - that in itself is a sort of ritual.

On the plus side, dream states like night terrors and sleep paralysis are the first steps in achieving lucid dreaming. I had both for many years before getting to the lucid dreaming stage. Made everything completely worthwhile. Lucid dreaming is a powerful tool.

Best,
Hermetic668