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- From being overwhelming to being vivid, here are a few ways trauma comes up in sleep as nightmares.
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Many people suffer from nightmare disorder, also known as ‘dream anxiety disorder’, where sleep is hampered by frequent nightmares.(Shutterstock)
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![Nightmares can be extremely disturbing and overwhelming. They have the tendency to make us feel more stressed and anxious. (Shutterstock)](https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-img/img/2024/06/05/550x309/74395282_150386ba-68fb-11e6-b93e-ca6aaea15854_1717572886130.jpg)
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Nightmares can be extremely disturbing and overwhelming. They have the tendency to make us feel more stressed and anxious. (Shutterstock)
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![Unresolved trauma starts to integrate in our memories – the memories come up in sleep as nightmares. (Pixabay)](https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-img/img/2024/06/05/550x309/nightmare_1657207052456_1717572901946.jpg)
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Unresolved trauma starts to integrate in our memories – the memories come up in sleep as nightmares. (Pixabay)
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![For some people, the nightmares are extremely vivid and look like reality. This also makes them feel that they cannot get out of it. (Shutterstock)](https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-img/img/2024/06/05/550x309/_724a1b86-b7a6-11e7-83cc-689513d74e1b_1717572911576.jpg)
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For some people, the nightmares are extremely vivid and look like reality. This also makes them feel that they cannot get out of it. (Shutterstock)
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![Sometimes nightmares are foggy and unclear, and people often wake up from sleep disturbed about not being able to remember what they saw., (Shutterstock)](https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-img/img/2024/06/05/550x309/_5fdc91fe-ed0e-11e5-90f8-20a657ae7b03_1717572919231.jpg)
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Sometimes nightmares are foggy and unclear, and people often wake up from sleep disturbed about not being able to remember what they saw., (Shutterstock)
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![The Therapist suggested Dream Completion technique, maintaining a regular bedtime and processing the past with trauma therapy as some of the ways to cope with nightmares.(Unsplash)](https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-img/img/2024/06/05/550x309/t5jhtd_1683540786689_1717572929142.jpg)
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