Detox dreams = scary nightmares?
This year, I made a conscious decision to eat healthier and to detox my body from a lifetime of junk food, fried food, meat, smoking (I’m not a smoker but I second-hand smoke quite a bit), pollution, chemicals and god-knows-what-else.
So far this year I’ve added juicing, various herbal teas and more raw food into my diet, and it’s been going really well. I feel great and healthier than ever.
Then about a week ago, I decided to kick things up a notch by adding a green barley powder into my diet. Green barley is different from barley grains – green barley are the young and green shoots of the plant. It’s one of the most nutrient-rich sources of green food around. Its usage goes back to ancient Egypt and Greece.
The reason why I chose to take green barley powder was to add more chlorophyll to my diet. Chlorophyll is a powerful detoxer and blood cleanser. It cleans out the intestines really well. Chlorophyll also has the ability to bind to heavy metals like mercury and carry it out of the body. It also gives me a clean energy boost.
The only downside to taking the green barley powder? My detox dreams – which I’ve been having almost every night.
Detox dreams are pretty common when you’re detoxing. In theory, as your cells release physical toxins, you’ll also release emotional toxins. Some are tied to the food we eat over the years (and which have become a part of our bodies), some could be tied to painful memories and events. These toxins can show up in the form of intense detox dreams at night.
These inner toxins are actually good for me to release, but boy are my detox dreams scary! For someone who very rarely has nightmares, this is quite a change. My detox dreams are always intense. Some have been violent. One night I dreamt that someone was trying to hunt me down and kill me. Another night, I had a dream about ghosts (think the original Japanese version of The Ring and you’ll have a good idea of the kind of ghost I dreamt about). When I woke up in the middle of it, I couldn’t go back to sleep for several minutes because it was still haunting me.
The good thing about detox dreams is that they’re temporary. I know that eventually my body will get most of the worst stuff out of me and the scary dreams will stop. In the meantime though, I just might invest in a dreamcatcher. 
Have you had any detox dreams? What were they of?
Where you can you buy green barley? Do you feel healthier from the time when you change your way of eating and went on detox?
Hi, green barley is available online. It’s also pretty popular in health food circles so most vitamin shops should carry it too, (but so far I find that it’s much cheaper online).
I bought green barley and it really works! It’s really good.
Interesting that you have had these reoccuring dreams. I am actually on Detox Day #7 and have had dreams in 2 of the last 3 nights. Last nights dream was much more intense than the first one. My nutritionist and I are detoxing me off of sugar and providing a jump start to my workout regiment, etc. I have lost 6 lbs in 6days and feel great. My headaches are minimal (I actually have one this morning after the crazy dream I had) and I am eating much cleaner. It’s funny how food can be attached to so many things. In my dream I was stressed about work and I had something sweet. In my conscious life… I would usually eat something sweet when I got stressed. The correlation is spot on… I am curious about the future dreams (if any)… most importantly, I look forward to changing my relationship to food (especially sugar).
Thanks for sharing.
Yes, it’s quite fascinating to experience this first-hand. To me it feels like a part of my old psyche is sloughing off. Thankfully, my scary dreams seem to be over now. I think they might be linked to my love/fascination with horror movies ever since I was young. Nowadays, my dreams are in the strange and weird category, nothing that keeps me up at night.
Thanks for stopping by and sharing your experience too, LW.
Thank goodness for this information on dreams, I have started the Carol Voderman Detox for life and the nightmares have been horrific and I am only on day 4. Will they carry on right through the 28 days?
Hi Liz, my detox nightmares lasted about a week. They morphed into weird dreams after that (which were quite entertaining). I would imagine it to be different for everyone – depending on how much we need to “let go”.
But I sure hope for your sake that it won’t be 28 days long
I came across your post after seaching “Detox diet – weird dreams”. Started detoxing on Monday and last night had the most craziest dream ever. Very disturbing! Wonder what tonight will bring? Thanks for letting me know I am not the only one!
Hi Jeanne, thanks for stopping by and sharing. And no, you’re definitely not alone in having those weird detox dreams.
I’m also glad I’m not the only one! I’ve been having nightmares almost every night simce I started detoxing, mostly about my family dying. Scary stuff!
That is scary. Hang in there, they’ll peter out soon enough!
Oh my goodness! I thought it was just me, I have had the same bad dreams as you described above. I am no longer detoxing, but whenever I do, I get these dreams. This is too funny, and I am glad I am not alone. I never used the barley grass, but I do use my juicer a lot, and cleansed my bowels and liver with vegetable juices, and herbal teas. It makes you full of energy, and you feel a lot lighter and happier. MSM also, helps you detox, so I take that on a daily basis. I take no other supplements, because the new reports that have come in, state vitamins are basically useless.
I’ve heard quite a bit about barley grass juice, so next time I see a good price on it, I may just pick some up. By the way, I had Melasma and the juicing has taken it away!
Hi shylee, thanks for commenting.
That’s really great that juicing faded your melasma.
I love making my own juices and herbal teas too. And I agree that vitamins are “iffy” at best. At worst, they might contain heavy metals or some other contaminants. Plus, most are synthetic so I think they might not be as useful for our bodies as the organic vitamins found in fruits and veggies.
I’ve had detox nighmares before when I was getting rid of candida. I was also taking chlorophyll with Chia. These can really take it out of you. I had them on and off for almost 3 months!
I’m on the 3rd day of a 7-day detox (RAPID Cleanse) and had a nightmare last night, which was unusual for me because I rarely have them anymore. I was glad to have found this site and hear others are having the same occurrence.
I forgot to mention that I have lost 2 pounds and I feel much better already. Four days to go….
Man is that what is happening. I must be having detox dreams cause the past few dreams have been doozies. They have been really scary. I have been having nightmares and i dont know why. I have been dreaming of people getting violently killed and scary monsters and things of that nature. I hope it will pass soon.
So glad I found this. I had nightmares for about 5 years when I was a kid about ghosts.. I keep starting to doze off and then all the sudden I “dream” or start thinking that something is touching me or pulling at me.. its scaring the heck out of me.. I tried texting my room mate to go jump in bed with her (I am That freaked out) but she’s not awake.. So I turned on my light and am playing Christian music like a loon. Lord help me. Any advice on a remedy?
Wow… I don’t know if anyone will read this or not, but I’m detoxing from drinking. Talk about the dreams!! It’s been 5 days for me with out drink, that’s a lot for me. Last night I dreamed a demon tried to posses me. I’m sure it’s completely a metaphor for what I’m going through.. getting rid of my “drinking demon” but damn was it scary! I woke up at 4am.
Sounds like some nasty detox dreams… Hopefully, they’ll taper off for you soon.