Given how unsettling and haunting nightmares can be, is there a way for dreamers to avoid or even turn off, these bad dreams as they happen?

考虑到噩梦是多么令人不安和挥之不去，做梦的人有没有办法避免，甚至在这些糟糕的梦发生时打住它们？

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Most people seem to have more bad dreams early in the night, progressing toward happier ones before awakening, suggesting that they are working through negative feelings generated during the day.

大多数人似乎在夜晚的早些时候会做更多的噩梦，在快醒来之时逐渐做一些更快乐的梦，这表明他们正在克服白天产生的消极情绪。

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His words freed me from my bad dreams.

他的话使我从恶梦中解脱出来。

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They include sleepiness, feeling sick or having bad dreams.

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The exceptions are lucid dreams where you choose what to dream about, and then possibly you could be immoral if you encourage bad habits of thought.

除了有意识的梦,在这种梦境里，你可以控制梦的内容，你可能会作恶,如果你纵容自己有这种作恶的思想的话。

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We do all sorts of things in dreams that are bad.

我们会在梦境里做各种各样的坏事。

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