Nightmare on Solas Street

[Solas]

hey guys, well id like to start off with saying, that i have been smoking cannabis for about  a year now every single day. Ive given it up recently though and as a result i do have the scariest night terrors. I mean i do wake up a few times in the night and the sweat does be pouring off of me. If i have a reefer before i go to bed i have a great nights sleep. This is starting to affect my day to day life and id really appreciate it if someone could help me. I really want to give up the puff but i cant stand this constant dreaming. As soon as I fall asleep I'm dreaming and this goes on for the whole night and i sweat like hell. And most of the dreams are not good at all. Most of them scare the excrement outta me.
I'm not suggesting anything but i heard that we can learn lessons whilst dreaming as opposed to learning them in day to day life, could this be what is happening?
All comments really appreciated, thanks.
peace.

P.S (mods) i didn't know where to post this so feel free to move it if its not in the right thread already

[Rodentmouse7]

i smoked pot every day for about 3 years and managed to quit a few months ago (all smoking all together) I feel a helluva lot better for it and actually see now the damage it was doing to me and my evolution.

it makes you lazy, kills your ambition, kills your willingness and desire to communicate, makes you a hermit... and more importantly, you dont remember your dreams... and when your saying you have bad dreams when you dont smoke... well even a bad dream is better than no dream. Those night sweats are probably just the addiction/craving working its way out of your system...

weed makes you relaxed yeah, but soon makes you paranoid and confused, i used to kid myself thinking i needed a joint every night to have my "few hours of relaxation" but after the first few drags id start to get stoned, paranoid and miserable... and it took me a long time to have the will to say "hey this isnt coooooool man, its turning me into a total loser"

being relaxed after a joint is ok, but being relaxed normally, and all the time is 1000 times better.

[Canicula]

yeah i agree with rodentmouse7 100% weed can really mess up a persons life. i smoked pot for 9 yeas before i quit!!! i was chronic also, every single day.. when i was a teenager i loved it so much, but once i became an adult i wanted more things in my life besides smoking weed all the time. The main reason i wanted to quit was because i had a spontaneous projection that lead me to persue a more spiritual life, and in my case weed had no part in that journey.

I know what you mean Solas about the sweats and the vivid dreams, the dreams are probably so frequent because weed stops you from having normal REM sleep. You just need some time to adjust. it took me 6 months before i was getting proper sleep, but well worth the struggle in every aspect of my life!

Trust me if can do it you can to!! I was hopelessly addicted to weed, if you had to ask any of my friends 3 years ago if i would ever quit they would say i was hopeless or a lost cause..lol but there the ones still smoking.(and they actually did say those things when i first stopped)

so keep it up.... it gets better everyday, so many pros to quiting weed, and very little cons.....

i can honestly say that i owe everything to my spirituality, and coming on these forums have been a huge part of my recovery from drug addiction

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[Jelal67]

Although not one who consumes drugs in any form, except for the occasional party drink, I do know what it means to have nightmares and painful dreams. Rember, the things in dreams can only hurt you as much as you let them. Perhaps they are trying to teach you something. Maybe its your bodys way of excersing the demons that have been supresed for so long. ONe way to also deal with paindul dreams is to attempt to go lucid out of them. Either relax and "go with the flow' trying to be as fearless as possible or you can constantly do reality checks in every day life. Whenever you see something strange, simply ask "am I dreaming? No, I am not" if you can ask yourself this questino in a dream and realize you are dreaming, you can gain control of the dream and direct it where you want...

Hope I helped...

[Solas]

Thanx a bunch for your replies guys, they gave me the determination to stick it out and finaly, after a week of night terrors i think im in the clear. I'm feeling fantastic, never has my brain gotten so much use  , im looking better then ever and feeling mighty energetic, and i can honestly say i wont be looking back. Thanx again and happiness and peace to the lot of you!