Dreams

[Irene Nielsen]

I have been having an interesting experiance and am hoping someone might be able to help...My Partner suffers night terrors fromsexual abuse at a young age into teenager yrs from a family members he suffers from PTSD he has dreams many night he does not rember most and does not toss or turn but wakes up seriously unfoucused and takes awhile for him to refocuse....we have been together 2 yrs and lived together the last six mnths..the last 3 weeks i to have been having dreams nothing defined but i hear voices i dont know i wake up with remenets of black and grey swirls of smoke in my head if i get out of bed and close my eyes i can see the wispy swirls almost smoke like they go away in about 10 min..Am i picking up part of his dreams...I have always been sensitive to my surroundings and do consider myself an Empath and have had 2 healers tell me the same if so is there a way i can try and block this as it really is interfering with me as major lack of sleep and the last 3 weeks have been a haze for me any info would help thanks and Be Well blessings

[Elise Lebeau]

Sleeping right by someone else can be very challenging for an Empath...But there are things you can do to get your zzz!

1) Put a pillow between you and your partner. This creates a "mental space" telling your brain that you want to stay in your space and not share your partner's feelings. Yes, this might feel weird at first but it has worked really well for me. I like to use one of those long body pillow for pregnant women :)

2) Use the Day 1 exercise in the Empath Survival Program to turn down the dials right before you go to sleep. Part of the problem here is that you unconsciously want to tune into his dreams because you so much want to help him! But there is nothing to be gained from you not being able to sleep either...So make sure you are very clear about not wanting to share this feeling while he sleeps.

Try this out and let us know what happens!