Usually there is a flood of relief when you wake up from a blood rushing

nightmare, safe and in a somewhat sane world. Some want these to stop, but
others find them intriguing. There are many different classifications of dreams
all from nightmares to night terrors. They all happen at different points in
your sleep and affect everyone differently. Nightmares are just dreams with
frightening stories, and are extremely common, affecting almost everybody at
some point.
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Nightmares are experienced during the rapid eye movement phase while sleeping,
which occurs at the end of the sleep cycle. In the majority of cases out there,
this usually is not a serious problem. Scary dreams are to be expected here and
there, especially if we have witnessed or experienced something upsetting during
the day. These bad dreams can can be associated with poor sleep and a sluggish
day time performance. However, recurring nightmares are the most noticeable
symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder and be associated with other mental
illness. A dream is the recollection of mental activity that has occurred
previously during sleep.
Sleep is divided into 4 stages which include; sleep onset, light sleep, deep

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with high brain activity, rapid movement of the eyes, and suppressed voluntary

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motor activity. This can occur is all stages of sleep. The dreams of stages one
and two tend to be simple and short, far different from REM sleep. While we do

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have nightmares, there’s a sort of dream that tends to be even worse: night
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terrors. These “night terrors” are nocturnal episodes of extreme fright and
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panic that occur usually early in the sleeping period. They can be similar to
other arousal disorders that occur like sleep walking. These frightening dreams
are most common in in children and can lessen in adulthood. Adults who do have
night terrors are more than likely to have psychopathology, mainly substance
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abuse and affective disorders. The best way to prevent nightmares is to practice
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good sleep hygiene, which will help prevent sleep deprivation. In some cases
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medications may be used in conjunction with therapy to treat PTSD related

nightmares/terrors.
There can be a number of psychological triggers that cause these scary dreams,
anxiety and depression medications can also be a helpful tactics trying to
prevent this. There are many reasons as to why we have nightmares and post
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traumatic stress seems to be the biggest one. People who have been through major
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life altering events are often haunted by fear and anxiety even while they
sleep. There are even some medications that disrupt different hormones and
neurotransmitters that regulate REM sleep which leads to terrifying dreams.
People with psychological disorders are also prone to having nightmares. Having
any of these are not fun, but some people enjoy the rush they get.As Ernest
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Hemingway once said, “The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process
of loving someone too much, and forgetting you’re special too.” It is common for
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people to lose themselves in relationships. It is easy to take on certain

personality traits of a partner and believe that it is a part of who you are and
your personality. Relationships can be hard and sometimes they demand that you
compromise your needs for your partners. Some relationships can make you feel
trapped, and this is the case in August Wilson’s play, Fences. Troy and Rose
have been married for over 20 years and have a loving committed marriage;
however, Troy feels trapped like he is “stuck on first base”, so he makes the
decision to cheat on Rose. He believes that this new relationship has made him
feel alive and special; however he fails to think of Rose’s feelings. Troy’s
decisions make him lose the respect of both his wife and his son, Cory. Rose too
says that she wanted to leave and feel special, but she didn’t because she was
committed to Troy; After a big fight, Rose proclaims that he is woman less man
and Cory stands up for his mom. Although both Cory and Rose lose touch with
their relationship with Troy, they have evolved into stronger and more
independent people because of Troy.
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To begin, Cory’s relationship with Troy has built the strong-willed person Cory
has become. In the beginning Troy always overshadows everyone. Troy is a person
that “fills a room” when he walks in (1647). He is the center of attention. Troy
refuses to let anyone else have a different opinion or standpoint; it is Troy’s
way or no way. Troy is stubborn and refuses to admit when he is wrong. This is
shown in Cory’s relationship with him. Cory, who had been playing football to
get into college, asked his dad to sign a permission slip from a recruiter to
play for a college team. Cory understood that he could get into college by
playing football; however, Troy refused to acknowledge that anyone could be
right except for him. Troy is stuck in the past and believes that Cory does not
have a chance to make it in football. Even though Cory knows this is his way
into college, Troy will not listen to his son and refuses to let him be on the
football team. When Cory stands up for himself and confronts his dad he is given
a “strike” (1630). Troy approaches Cory and says “you done made a mistake”;
however, Cory protests and claims he did not make a mistake (1630). Troy gives
him a strike for standing up for himself and this is when Cory knows that his
dad is wrong. This is the turning point in Cory and Troy’s relationship. Cory
can understand that standing up for himself isn’t wrong, it is just not what his

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himself. These strikes have continuously beat down Cory and Troy has further

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discouraged him by saying that even though he provides for Cory he does not have
to like him. The strikes discourage any behavior Troy doesn’t like. The strikes

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are used to control Cory; however the strikes are the downfall of Troy’s control
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over Cory. The final strike is what sets Cory off to becoming strong-willed and
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independent. After standing up for himself and his mom and calling out Troy’s
wrongdoings, Cory is told to leave the house. Troy tells him that “if he want to
come back here, he’s going to have to use bat” (1644). This fight makes Cory
fight for himself and for what he believes in. Cory now has the opportunity to
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become stronger and more independent without the weight of his dad on him all
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the time. Troy was like “a shadow that followed you everywhere. It weighed on
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you and sunk into your skin” for Cory. The relationship between Cory and Troy
gave Cory the motivation and drive to become stronger and fight for himself.
Furthermore, not only did Cory grow as a person because of his relationship with
Troy, but so did Rose. Troy had a very loud personality, and often overshadowed
Rose. Rose told Cory that “when your daddy walked through the house, he was so
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big he filled it” (1647). Troy is always telling ridiculous stories and not
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thinking of others. He constantly talks about how much he gives and does not
consider what other people give to him. Rose and Troy’s relationship makes Rose
realize that she is strong and special too. Rose has had to give up a lot to be
with Troy. When Troy tells her that he has cheated on her, she screams “I took
all my feelings, my wants and needs, my dreams and buried them inside you… I
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planted myself inside you and waited to bloom. And it didn’t take me no eighteen
years to find out the soil was hard and rocky and it wasn’t never going to
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bloom” (1636). Even though Rose gave all of her wants and dreams to Troy, she
knew that they would not become a reality; she gave up on her dreams to stay
with Troy. Rose gave so much to Troy, and he did not appreciate it. After this
fight, Rose sticks up for herslf and becomes stronger. Once Troy asks her to
mother his new child, she says she will do it, but he is still a womanless man.
Rose continues to grow without Troy and plants herself somewhere else. She is
able to become more independent and get her own job because her relationship
with Troy has made her more driven.
It is easy to lose aspects of ourselves in others. When we are close to someone,
our personalities tend to meld and we forget who we are without the other. Cory
is able to become stronger because of his relationship with Troy. He is able to
recognize the need to stand up for himself and others. Rose too changes because
of Troy. Without being overshadowed because of him, Rose is able to become more
independent. The people that we are surrounded by shape our personalities and
who we are. Rose and Cory were able to grow and change because they made a
change in who they wanted to be apart of their lives.

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