HI, my boyfriend has been having severe nightmares dealing with an event from his past, very vivid and they leave him very upset and distraught. he usually tends to isolate himself for the day and be really quiet or seem very distant when he has them, which seems to be almost daily now. it was getting better, but recently is getting really bad. He loses sleep because of it, and when he was younger would go longs periods of time without sleeping in fear. He's been hgsopitalized before and had to undergo a lot of sleep test and alot of other related thigns, and fears having to do it again, as it brings back horrible memories he wishes to move on and forget about. I dont want him to have to feel like that again, is there any natural nonmedication way for him to deal with this. he wont go to a pyschaiatrist or counselour etc because he hates discussing what happened to him. i just want to know what he or i can do to help him without resorting to proffessional help or medications? ive read about some things like lucid dreaming, and eating better, and forming regular sleeping habits, but is there anything more, cause he's pretty good with that stuff.