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maccreadysbaby:

things people do after having a nightmare that isn’t crying

• struggle to catch their breath
• grab onto whatever’s close enough to ground themselves in reality
• become nauseous / vomit
• shake uncontrollably
• sweat buckets
• get a headache

things people do to combat having nightmares if they occur commonly

• sleep near other people so they can hear the idle sounds of them completing tasks
• move to a different sleeping spot than where they had the nightmare
• leave tvs / radios / phones on with noise
• just not sleep (if you want to go the insomnia route)
• sleep during the day in bright rooms

things people with insomnia do

• first, obviously, their ability to remember things and their coordination will go out the window
• its likely they’ll become irritable or overly emotional
• their body will start to ache, shake, and weaken
• hallucinate if it’s been long enough
• it becomes incredibly easy for them to get sick (and they probably will)

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From personal experience

• stay completely still until “danger” has passed; i.e. anxiety lessens
• listen for something to ground me; e.g. a pet snoring or childhood clock ticking
• shouting in fear or rage within the dream wakes me up, and then I lie there wondering if anyone heard me (one time I kept trying to yell while awake until I calmed down)