From childhood until my early 30's I would have terrible nightmares and sleep...

From childhood until my early 30’s I would have terrible nightmares and sleep paralysis.

I solved that problem by embracing the monster, mocking it until it was weak and then crushing it until it begged for mercy.

Eventually it stopped coming back, so I started to look for it, hunting it down in the corners of my mind, mocking it and beating it up.

After a while it begged to leave. I told it that it was not welcome in my mind and banished it. No more problems with nightmares or sleep paralysis for me.