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"   Question My husband has very vivid dreams that he acts out whilst sleeping.  Yesterday he got out of bed and started to run naked out of the house because he thought I was going to eat him. He was asleep during most of this.  Another time he was sleeping, he thought snakes were crawling in the bed. He jumped up out of bed and started smacking the bed, trying to stop the snakes.  Another time he was having a fight (in his dream) and he grabbed me, headlocked me and started squeezing really hard. He didn&amp;#039;t remember this.  I am very concerned that this is still happening, although it did stop for a couple of months.  What is wrong with him?  He doesn&amp;#039;t think he has anything wrong and will not see a doctor.   Answer David writes: Well, if he won&amp;#039;t see a doctor, then I think you should seriously consider sleeping apart for a while, in case you might be in danger.  But really, he ought to ask his GP to send him to one of the new &amp;#039;sleep clinics&amp;#039; to sort this out. Incidentally, does your husband drink a lot of alcohol? This can be a cause of that type of dream.  Christine adds: One thing I&amp;#039;d like to add is that some hypnotherapists get good results with people who have very disturbed dreams.  They help the person re-write the end of bad dreams so that when they occur again, they are less terrifying.  Having said that, it is obviously much easier to achieve this kind of result if the person is having one recurring bad dream rather than several, like your husband. But your husband may agree to consider hypnosis. It is very calming and healing \u2013 and that in itself is beneficial.  If he&amp;#039;s interested, take a look at the website of the National Council for Hypnotherapy.  I do hope things improve very shortly.  Yours sincerely Christine Webber, psychotherapist  Other Qs &amp;amp;amp; As Abused as a child Aggressive son An abusive husband is destroying my sister&amp;#039;s life Anger and mood swings Anger management courses Bullying in the workplace Bullying is destroying my self-esteem Consequences of an abusive upbringing Control freak I can&amp;#039;t get over my troubled childhood I fly off the handle at nothing I get so angry My boyfriend is verbally abusing me My cruel husband robbed me of my sex drive My granddaughter is aggressive and depressed My sister has a very bad temper Sex after abuse Traumatised after attack  Last updated 04.01.2012 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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