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Originally Posted by Amanda Norris  A fourth option is to not try and change the nightmare into a better dream. Just continue experiencing the nightmare as it is, but by realizing that it is only a dream, it loses the power to cause you suffering. You have control over your own feelings. You can choose to enjoy the experience of the nightmare. People watch scary movies and ride roller coasters for the thrill of the experience.
See Steve's post on this topic: The Joy of Sadness |
But another side to that is suffering pain, I have read about a few cases of wakefull anesthesia, where a person wakes from the anasthesia in an operating theatre usually at the beginning of the procedure but because they have been given a muscle relaxant they cannot give any sign that they are concious and fully aware of the surgeon making his incisions. One woman who spoke about her case said that she was trapped in her body and that it was a world of agony Buddha may have an answer for the pain that these persons endured but I don't think that it would have alleviated their suffering one whit.