Have you ever wondered why so many people have the same recurring nightmares: falling from a high place, feeling of suffocation, or someone strangling them? In the Tayyibat System, Dr. Diaa Al-Awadi, may Allah have mercy on him, presents an unconventional explanation linking dinner food to what a person sees in their sleep. These nightmares are not merely the result of psychological anxiety or daily stress; they may be physical signals coming from a bloated colon and high pressure inside the abdomen, affecting the vagus nerve and diaphragm, then translated into fear signals the brain reads during sleep. If you are new here, you may benefit from learning about What is the Tayyibat System? or reviewing the article on Allowed and Forbidden Foods in the Tayyibat System, as well as reading the Biography of Dr. Diaa Al-Awadi, and finally you can Download the Tayyibat System PDF.
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Are Nightmares Random or Do They Have Physical Causes?
Dr. Diaa Al-Awadi, may Allah have mercy on him, explains that the recurrence of the same nightmares among a large number of people is not a coincidence, nor is it always the result of individual psychological trauma. When a person sleeps, their consciousness partially disconnects from their body, but the body continues to send signals to the brain. If there is pressure inside the abdomen due to a bloated colon, trapped gas, or poorly digested food, this pressure rises upward, affecting the diaphragm (which separates the abdomen from the chest) and the vagus nerve (which passes through the chest and abdomen and connects to the brain). The brain, unable to see the source of this signal during sleep, translates it into a sensory image: it may translate it into a feeling of falling, a feeling of something pressing on the chest, or a feeling of being strangled.
The Colon and the Vagus Nerve: The Hidden Communication Line
The vagus nerve is one of the most important nerves in the body, extending from the brainstem down to the lower abdomen, passing through the chest, heart, lungs, stomach, and intestines. Its primary function is to transmit signals between the brain and internal organs, controlling relaxation, digestion, and heart rate. Dr. Diaa Al-Awadi, may Allah have mercy on him, explains that a bloated colon, especially its upper part located directly under the diaphragm, presses on or irritates this nerve. During sleep, the vagus nerve sends disturbance signals to the brain. But the brain does not know they are coming from the colon, so it searches for a familiar interpretation: falling, suffocation, or attack. Thus, the same nightmares recur among people who have never met but consumed similar foods causing the same pressure.
Why Are Nightmares Similar Among Different People?
Dr. Diaa Al-Awadi, may Allah have mercy on him, asks a direct question: How do people know that some nightmares are common among others? How did they know that the dream of falling from a high place is not an individual dream but a widespread phenomenon? The answer, as he explains, is that humans share the same plates and the same forbidden foods in the Tayyibat System. A person who eats a dinner containing white flour, dairy, or eggs – foods that are difficult to digest and cause gas and bloating – will enter the same physiological pathway as anyone else who eats the same thing. The result is the same: abdominal pressure, vagus nerve stimulation, and similar nightmares. Dr. Diaa draws attention to the fact that these nightmares disappear or significantly decrease when a person follows the Tayyibat System and avoids foods that burden their digestive system.
Dreams of Falling and Suffocation: What Do They Tell Us About Abdominal Pressure?
The most common nightmare Dr. Diaa mentions is the dream of falling from a high place. He explains that this sensation may be related to a sudden contraction of the diaphragm or a change in chest pressure due to colon bloating. The second common nightmare is the feeling of suffocation or being strangled. This may be a reflection of actual pressure on the diaphragm that reduces the lungs’ room for expansion, or irritation of the vagus nerve, which partially controls the breathing process. The third common nightmare is the feeling of weight on the chest or something pressing on the body. All these nightmares, as Dr. Diaa sees them, are not mere fantasies; they are the brain’s translation of real physical signals coming from the abdomen and colon.
Nightmares in the Tayyibat System: From Food to Dreams
Dr. Diaa Al-Awadi, may Allah have mercy on him, links the forbidden foods in the Tayyibat System to poor sleep quality and nightmares. Difficult-to-digest foods such as white flour and its products, dairy and its derivatives (especially white cheese and sour milk), eggs in all forms, legumes such as fava beans, lentils, and chickpeas, and raw leafy vegetables – all these foods may remain in the digestive system longer, ferment, produce gas, or cause colon bloating. This bloating does not disappear upon falling asleep; it continues throughout the night, especially if dinner is late or heavy. When a person enters deep sleep, signals coming from the abdomen become relatively clearer because waking consciousness no longer blocks them.
Abdominal Pressure and the Diaphragm During Sleep
When lying down to sleep, body position changes and the distribution of pressure inside the abdomen changes. A bloated colon, whose pressure might be bearable while sitting or standing, becomes a greater source of discomfort while lying down. It presses on the diaphragm from below, reducing the space available for lung expansion, and also presses on the vagus nerve and the major blood vessels passing through the abdomen. Sensory centers in the body translate these pressures into distress signals. The brain, unable during sleep to say “this is just a bloated colon,” converts these signals into nightmares with a theme of physical danger: falling, suffocation, or attack. The greater the bloating, the more severe and frequent the nightmares.
Why Do Nightmares Disappear with the Tayyibat System?
Dr. Diaa Al-Awadi, may Allah have mercy on him, points out that many people who follow the Tayyibat System for weeks or months notice a significant improvement in their sleep quality and a marked decrease in the frequency of nightmares. Not because the system contains sedative herbs or sleeping medications, but simply because the colon has become less bloated. When pressure on the diaphragm and vagus nerve disappears, the nightly distress signals stop. The person sleeps peacefully, dreams ordinary dreams, or does not even remember their dreams at all. Dr. Diaa sees this improvement as one of the practical signs confirming the relationship between food, the digestive system, sleep quality, and dreams.
Root Cause Analysis: Why Do We Look for Psychological Explanations and Neglect Food?
In modern medicine and popular psychology, interpretations of recurring nightmares tend to search for psychological trauma, chronic anxiety, or emotional disorders. Dr. Diaa Al-Awadi, may Allah have mercy on him, does not deny the role of these factors, but he adds another important dimension: there may be a direct physical cause that can be treated by changing food. Before a person searches their childhood memories or reviews their emotional relationships to understand the cause of their nightmares, they can first try cleansing their digestive system of difficult-to-digest foods for a few days and observe the difference. Often, nightmares are merely “digestive pollution” translated by the brain in its own way.
Conclusion
Nightmares in the Tayyibat System are not merely transient psychological disturbances; they may be a physical indicator of abdominal pressure and colon bloating. Difficult-to-digest foods such as white flour, dairy, eggs, legumes, and raw vegetables cause gas and bloating that continue during sleep. The bloated colon then presses on the diaphragm and the vagus nerve, sending distress signals to the brain. The brain translates these signals during sleep into recurring nightmares such as falling from a high place, suffocation, or a feeling of being strangled. When a person follows the Tayyibat System and reduces these foods, colon bloating decreases, and nightmares disappear or significantly diminish, without the need for medications or psychotherapy sessions.
Read Also
- What is the Tayyibat System?
- List of Forbidden and Allowed Foods in the Tayyibat System
- Biography of Dr. Diaa Al-Awadi
- Download the Tayyibat System PDF
This article is a simplified and organized summary of the video content, aiming to arrange the ideas and concepts mentioned in it and connect them to their context within the Tayyibat System. You can watch the video on YouTube here.
The relationship is that a bloated colon caused by difficult-to-digest foods presses on the diaphragm and vagus nerve, sending distress signals to the brain during sleep, which the brain translates into nightmares such as falling or suffocation.
Because people share the same bloating-causing foods (white flour, dairy, eggs, legumes), they enter the same physiological pathway that leads to the same nightmares, not because they all share the same psychological traumas.
During sleep, the brain receives irritation signals from the vagus nerve without knowing their source. It searches for a familiar interpretation from memory and translates them into sensory images such as falling, suffocation, or chest pressure.
Difficult-to-digest foods such as white flour and baked goods, dairy products (especially white cheese and sour milk), eggs, legumes (fava beans, lentils, chickpeas), and raw leafy vegetables.
Yes, many followers notice significant improvement in sleep quality and a marked decrease in nightmare frequency after weeks of application, because the colon becomes less bloated and pressure on the vagus nerve and diaphragm decreases.
Yes, Dr. Diaa Al-Awadi sees that nightmares may result from a direct physical cause (colon pressure) that can be treated by changing food, before resorting to complex psychological interpretations or expensive therapy sessions.
The vagus nerve is a long nerve extending from the brainstem to the lower abdomen, passing through the chest, heart, lungs, stomach, and intestines. Its function is to transmit signals between the brain and internal organs, controlling relaxation, digestion, and heart rate.
Psychology often looks for psychological causes or childhood trauma to explain recurring nightmares. The Tayyibat System, however, offers a direct physical cause: pressure from a bloated colon on the vagus nerve. This can be tested practically by changing food for one week and observing the difference.
