Many people who are sensitive to the unseen realm suffer from nightmares. These are not the normal kind of nightmares you might expect. They are usually a form of spiritual attack.

For years I suffered from nightmares and would wake up terrified. I often sensed a dark presence in my room when I woke up – that was even scarier. It was like the fear in my dream materialized into a being in my room. How do you wake up from that?!

I lived alone in the country – no one would hear me scream if I needed help. So it was especially terrifying!

I had to learn how to defend myself from these creepy crawly night creatures – the ones in my dreams and the ones who were in my room when I woke up. I never actually saw them – shudder! I never wanted to. But I could definitely feel them!

I learned some very specific things about nightmare spiritual attacks and how to stop them.

Open Doors

If you open a door to bad influences, you are more likely to have nightmares. I used to think it was just horror movies that created nightmares. If you watch one, then you have every right to have a nightmare – you scared yourself on purpose. But I began to notice than any type of TV show, movie, video or book that had violence or magic in it also opened the door to nightmares. Who knew?

You can also open that door by going to certain places where there’s a lot of darkness – certain clubs or bars, certain stores or events that focus on spiritual things, etc. In my city, there are botanicas – places where people buy what they need to do rituals to get a form of spiritual power. There are spirits at these places that will follow you home – I could feel one tracking me after I visited one of these stores to learn what they were. Creepy, right?

Cursed Objects

Spirits can be attached to items – any kind of items. You might receive one from someone and not realize that the item has been empowered with a spirit that has permission to torment you at home, especially at night. If you or your children suddenly start having a lot of nightmares after bringing something new into your house, ask the Lord if there’s a connection. He will show you.

Backlash

If you are a person who prays for others, you can be targeted for nightmares as a form of backlash. Witchcraft often targets Christians who pray. Remember we are in a spiritual war – an attack can come at any time even if you haven’t been doing anything specific to draw attention to yourself.

So what can you do?

Over the years I developed a prayer that I pray every night before I go to sleep. This has been a HUGE help to me and has definitely prevented nightmares! 🙂

Nightly Prayer:

Lord, please wash me off of anything I picked up today, wash me off and wash this room with Your presence. I close every open door to the enemy’s realm and I seal them shut with the blood of Jesus. I command every spirit not sent here by Jesus Christ to leave now. I cancel all backlash coming against me or anything associated with me. I cancel all witchcraft and any words spoken against me or anything associated with me, in Jesus’ name. I cover myself and my household with the blood of Jesus and I release the fear of the Lord into the camp of my enemies! Thank you, Lord, for your covering and protection.

I still occasionally have bad dreams but when I wake up, there is no evil presence in my room. Whew! And often the dream reveals something to me that I needed to know. They are much milder and I’m not afraid when I wake up. I’ve also learned how to wake myself up from them when the dream becomes a spiritual attack.

What have you learned about nightmares that has helped you? Please share your experience – that’s how we learn from one another. I also have some articles on this blog that can help you deal with cursed objects, open doors and backlash as well as a technique for getting back to sleep quickly after a nightmare. They are listed below.

Related posts:

Cloud of Protection – how to fall back asleep quickly after a bad nightmare

Breaking Curses – Lee’s Story: A woman who couldn’t sleep in her new apartment and what finally gave her a great night’s sleep

Cursed Objects – Do You Have Any?

Open Doors – a more detailed explanation of how we open and close doors in the spirit realm

Backlash and Bloodshed – Freaky! A story of backlash I experienced as a result of praying for someone