Dream Expert and Researcher Claims Nightmares Are Good For You!

According to Dream Expert and Researcher, Lauri Quinn Loewenberg, over 40% of us are jolted awake by a nightmare more than once a month and 7% of us awaken in terror on a nightly basis. If Loewenberg?s research reflects the U.S. as a whole, that would mean about twenty one million Americans are plagued by nightmares every night!

These are the results of an online survey Loewenberg conducted on her website www.thedreamzone.com. There were over 5000 participants, 90% female and 10% male.

'While none of us enjoy the nightmare experience,' claims Loewenberg, author of Cracking The Dream Code, 'nightmares are actually good for you. In fact, they are the most important dreams of all!'

Falling off a skyscraper, being chased by blood-thirsty vampires or getting a beat-down by a gang of thugs hardly seems healthy, but according to Loewenberg these horrifying happenings are actually red flags we send ourselves that something in our waking life needs urgent attention. 'We all have issues in our lives that are troubling. But when we ignore or mis-handle those issues, that?s when the nightmares begin,' says Loewenberg.

'When we are dreaming we are actually thinking. We are thinking about the day we just had. We are sorting through our issues and figuring out a way to make it all work out in a very focused and concentrated manner without waking life distractions. That?s why we say, ?let me sleep on it?.'

Loewenberg claims that the issues, problems and frustrations we ignore during the day force themselves to the surface when we dream. 'The longer we ignore an issue that we know we really ought to be working on, the more hostile our dreams become, until they reach nightmare status. A nightmare is like a slap in the face from the subconscious mind. It is telling us that we can?t let things continue on this way any longer. When you get a nightmare, your inner mind is putting you on red alert.'

So what do you do the next time you jolt awake with your heart pounding and sweat pouring from your brow? Loewenberg says to first take a good look at yesterday and ask yourself what troubled you the most. Then, see if you can associate that issue with the events or characters in your nightmare because odds are, something negative or frustrating the previous day triggered the nightmare that night. Loewenberg also says that once you are able to pinpoint the waking life culprit, step outside of your comfort zone and handle it. 'That?s the purpose of nightmares. To scare us into action.'

Other Common Nightmares - According to Loewenberg?s Survey - and What They Mean

LOVED ONES DYING - This is the most common nightmare reported in the survey. Death to the dreaming mind isn?t about an actual physical death but rather the end of something. If you dream of a loved one dying, ask yourself how is that person changing or how is your relationship with that person changing. The message is either to accept the change as growth or to value your time together more.

BEING CHASED - There is something in waking life you are running from. What person or issue are you trying to avoid? The message is that the more you run the longer the issue will continue.

FALLING - Something in your life is going rapidly in the wrong direction. Whether it is a relationship, your career or finances, your dream is telling you to find a way to redirect the situation immediately before it?s too late. Falling can also be a warning that you are falling into a depression.

DROWNING - This dream can also be a reflection of depression. But more often it is a warning that you are in over your head in responsibilities or debt. The message is to lighten your load so you can stay afloat.

NATURAL DISASTERS - Tornadoes, hurricanes, tidal waves all point to extreme worry over changes you are resisting or changes you have no control over. When extreme weather storms into your dreams, it?s usually a message to just let go and ride out the storm.

To interview Dream Expert and author Lauri Quinn Loewenberg about these findings or anything else you?d like to know about our powerful and mysterious dreaming minds, call 888-536-5213 or email lauri@thedreamzone.com

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About Lauri Quinn Loewenberg: Lauri Quinn Loewenberg is a Dream Expert and author of two books, Cracking The Dream Code and So, What Did You Dream Last Night? Her mission is to wake everyone up to their dreams and show them how easy it is to decipher the language of the subconscious. Even the strangest of dreams has meaning and is offering directions and solutions for your life right now.

Her dream-working techniques are so easy and ground-breaking that she has been invited on literally thousands of radio shows and national television shows such as The View, Good Morning America, The Today Show and on CNN?s Anderson Cooper 360 (twice) and in a CNN Dr. Sanjay Gupta special called ?Sleep.?

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