The Dreamshare Seer

Getting Help & Support

Here you can find a growing list of national and local resources to help you improve your sleep. You can learn about sleep problems, including what it means to be sleep deprived or have insomnia, and how to manage disturbing dreams and nightmares. The list includes resources, toolkits and organisations that can help you take care of your sleep and wellbeing. 

Sheppey Matters, Healthy Living Centre

An award winning health and well-being charity providing health and well-being community services from the Healthy Living Centre in Sheerness, two outreach locations in Eastchurch and many other community venues around the Isle of Sheppey.

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NHS: Sleep problems

NHS resources: Covering sleep problems, insomnia, and good sleep habits.

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NHS: Night Terrors

Many children have nightmares and night terrors, but most grow out of them. Some adults also can also have them.

Check it’s a night terror or nightmare:

Night terrors and nightmares are different and happen at different stages of sleep.
During a night terror you may talk and move about but are asleep. It’s rare to remember having a night terror.
Nightmares are bad dreams you wake up from and can remember.

Night terrors are most common in children between the ages of 3 and 8, while nightmares can affect both children and adults.

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NHS: Managing disturbing dreams and nightmares

We can have all sorts of dreams, sometimes really nice ones that we don’t want to end but this section aims to consider in some more detail dreams that we find disturbing and times when we experience nightmares.

For the purposes of this summary dreams are something that you remember in the morning when you wake up. Nightmares, on the other hand, wake you up during the night and can often make it difficult, if not impossible, for you to return to sleep.

After a traumatic event it is not unusual to experience disturbing dreams and nightmares, it is often the way in which our brain processes, sorts out and comes to terms with the events that have happened. Quite often the dreams and nightmares will then reduce both in terms of how frequently they take place and in terms of how distressing they seem. This is a good sign that you are moving forward that the events are seen as being in the past and that recovery is taking place.

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The Sleep Charity

A leading, independent expert voice on sleep issues in the UK offering access to information and advice to deal with most sleep issues.

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Calm

An app for guided mediation and sleep stories.

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Sleep Foundation

Creating A Healthy, Well-Rested World

We work under the premise that sleep is a pillar of health and that quality information about sleep promotes overall wellness. At SleepFoundation.org you’ll find comprehensive health information drawn from high-quality sources and reviewed by experts in the field. Our goal is to create dependable resources to help you take charge of your health and get the sleep you need and deserve

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