Wedding Nightmares

bride2beNCG · October 2012

I've recently had terrible dreams about the wedding day. No one being ready, nothing in place, etc. They are pretty scary, but mostly just annoying. Are these normal? When will they stop?

Avion22 · October 2012

Totally normal. Whether or not they will stop is really an individual thing. I found that the less I worried about wedding stuff while I was ate, the fewer bad dreams I had. But I didn't really have that many to begin with, so it's hard to tell exactly.

cwaggoner07 · October 2012

When I waited tables, I was CONSTANTLY having bad waiter dreams. Like anxiety that my tables always needed stuff I couldn't find, and I would wake up a panic.
My manager told me that the quickest way to stop having them was to STOP talking about your shifts/work outside of work. When I stopped talking/biitching about it as much, the dreams slowed down a lot.
Maybe stop focusing on your fears during the day will help your nightmares?
Just a suggestion.

arendiva · October 2012

Lately I've been having lots of nightmares. But they haven't been wedding related. It's weird.

brittany634 · October 2012

I think they're normal- however I think it's WAY too early for you to be stressing this much over the wedding. Try not doing anything wedding related for a week or so and see if it helps. sometimes you just have to take a step back.

GoodLuckBear14 · October 2012

It's anxiety. Totally normal. I didn't have them with my wedding but my mind likes to tell me in the middle of the night all the possible ways I could have screwed up a filing or messed up a case. When this happens, I go to the couch, lay down, turn on an old movie to distract my mind and fall back asleep. That takes care of the nightmares.

courtski2004 · October 2012

I agree, they are completely normal. I had dreams that I showed up to my wedding dressed like Sandy at the end of 'Grease' with the hot pants and off the shoulder top rather than in my dress, or that my hair/makeup girl didn't show up and I went to the mall an hour before the wedding to have my hair done at Hot Topic. They slowed down the closer I got to our wedding day, but started up again once my sister announced her engagement a month after my wedding. Unusual, but they did eventually stop. After a while, I would just wake up, share the dream with J and laugh together about it.

Carrie--I totally had waiter nightmares too! The main one was that I either didn't bring people their drink orders or they were all out of their beverages. They would all band together and yell at me when I would come out of the kitchen.

cwaggoner07 · October 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_chit-chat_wedding-nightmares-10?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:14Discussion:5c5049d2-3b11-49fa-a930-a363749f6bb2Post:214bd23e-c907-4328-aca5-2f36c65cf1b7">Re: Wedding Nightmares</a>:
[QUOTE] Carrie--I totally had waiter nightmares too! The main one was that I either didn't bring people their drink orders or they were all out of their beverages. They would all band together and yell at me when I would come out of the kitchen.
Posted by courtski2004[/QUOTE]

My main one was that I would come in and they would tell me that they switched around all the sections and I was in section J so hurry up everyone was already seated. And I was all, WHICH TABLES ARE J???
It was even all the more strange because in the 3 years I worked there, the sections didn't change once.
I still have waiter nightmares every once in awhile... usually when I start recounting stories.
So I can probably expect some tonight...

samantha24p · October 2012

I still have waitressing nightmares and I haven't waitresses since Feb.

cudababy71 · October 2012

I had them a couple weeks ago. They fade away. Just don't stress so much and before you go to bed, stop thinking about the wedding.

pesematology · October 2012

If they focus on one particular aspect, you might want to examine whether you have some unprocessed emotions relating to the person, relationship, or identity that's being changed by the marriage. Whether it's that or just too much planning, quiet time to yourself would probably be good for you. Long walk, bike ride, going out to a restaurant alone, writing in a journal, that kind of thing.

KayCee85 · October 2012

Ive had some pretty ridiculous, off the wall wedding nightmares. They mostly all revolve around me and teh bridal party not being ready, the DJ being terrible, no one dancing or having fun at the reception,etc. I'm not really stressing over the wedding, so I'm not sure why I keep having them! Maybe because Im at the one month mark, and it's slowly creeping up on me.

amazonx42 · October 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_chit-chat_wedding-nightmares-10?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:14Discussion:5c5049d2-3b11-49fa-a930-a363749f6bb2Post:bc9c628c-7749-48f3-a54c-909b88640026">Re: Wedding Nightmares</a>:
[QUOTE]Last night I dreamed about childbirth. Honestly, I could feel the contractions! I am 61 years old and had a hysterectomy 20 years ago! Delayed Stress Syndrome?
Posted by CMGr[/QUOTE]

<div>I know why. :)</div>

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