Today’s post is brought to you by “No Excuses”. I’ve been meaning to write a new entry for a very long time, yet I’ve been in the thick of a few things lately and I’ve become even more absent minded than usual. However, when my alarm went off this morning, my new catch phrase that gets me to do things I’ve been putting off or simply just things I am not leaving myself an option to get out of, popped into my head. When I say this phrase to myself, I know that I mean business and that I’m not giving myself an “out”. So, here I am.

Now, on to the dream portion of this post. Abrupt, I know. I’m sorry for that, but my mornings are hectic and I have a lot of things to do, primarily working out and making food for the day so I can get to work on time. Anyway, dreams. I have noticed that when I am stressed out that my dreams are also stressful. For instance last night, I had a very vivid and generally unpleasant dream. I woke up several times during the night with a sense of panic, my heart racing and breathing erratically. This also tells me that I was dreaming about something stressful. I’m not a fan.

Without getting too deep into my dream’s details, I will say that dreaming of people that should never meet and the stress that comes from that encounter makes for a bad dream. But more to the point, why are these two entities coming together in my subconscious? That question is obviously rhetorical, but my point is this, when you are stressed, hurried or otherwise in a bad spot, why is it that your brain adds fuel to that fire and makes your “rest” time also stress time?

According to Dream Moods, they suggest that nightmares are caused directly by stress and WebMD even has suggestions on managing stress, because bad dreams and stress are clearly linked by several recent studies.  So, we all experience stress and consequently, bad dreams. But now, how do you get rid of them both in our modern world? Each of us are overworked, underpaid, exhausted, rushed, pressured and more during our regular day. How do you continue to exist and manage that stress? I have no answer to this myself, since I’m as stressed out as anyone here…. I’m just posing the question and letting you, the reader, decide what works for you. I’m going to get over my sadness right now but having a kick ass workout. What about you?

Thanks for reading!