I wanted to ask, just of curiosity, if there can be any link between overtraining and nightmares.
For the past four months I have had a too big training load - I increased it too rapidly and my body could not cope. I suffered from permanent exhaustion and realised at a certain point that it is likely I am a bit overtrained. So I took some rest and made my workouts milder and the chronic fatigue disappeared (though, unfortunatelly, my times are at the moment still quite poor :( - it will take probably some more time to get back to some better results)
A couple of weeks ago, while still quite exhausted, I experienced several nightmares within very short span of time. I was probably on good way to develop a neurotic fear of Freddie Kruger :D
Now, is it possible that this episode of nightmares had something to do with the overtraining?
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I wanted to ask, just of curiosity, if there can be any link between overtraining and nightmares.
As Fortress pointed out, overtraining can bring its share of sleep disturbance. I think that many of us do experiment nightmares, but as for any other dreams, we tend not to rembember them, unless we wakeup immediately after the dream (good or bad).
By having a "lighter" sleep, you're subject to wake up many times during the night. And of course, nightmares are more likely to wake you up.
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I wanted to ask, just of curiosity, if there can be any link between overtraining and nightmares.
As Fortress pointed out, overtraining can bring its share of sleep disturbance. I think that many of us do experiment nightmares, but as for any other dreams, we tend not to rembember them, unless we wakeup immediately after the dream (good or bad).
By having a "lighter" sleep, you're subject to wake up many times during the night. And of course, nightmares are more likely to wake you up.
