Wednesday 20 August 2008

Winehouse top celeb nightmare, says survey

Amy Winehouse is the top renown people own nightmares most, according to a survey of more than 3,500 people in Britain.

Pete Doherty, The Cheeky Girls and Heather Mills also featured on the Top 10 list, patch from the world of politics, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling were third and tenth respectively.

A separate question found that 'being chased' was the primary nightmare subject of respondents, with 'the fear of losing a loved one' in second place.

Respondents to the survey, undertaken by hotel chain Travelodge, reported that they sometimes woke up sweating, in a panic, crying, shaking or screaming due to nightmares.

Leigh McCarron of Travelodge said: "A nightmare is much more intense than a tough dream, it can wake feelings of fear, horror and distress.

"It replicates our deepest fears and can buoy reflect the different types of stresses we expression in our waking world."

Top celebrities/politicians to appear in nightmares:*

1 Amy Winehouse
2 Marilyn Manson
3 Gordon Brown
4 Pete Doherty
5 The Cheeky Girls
6 Simon Cowell/Kerry Katona
7 Cherie Blair
8 Jodie Marsh
9 Heather Mills
10 Alistair Darling

Most common nightmare themes:*

1 Being pursued
2 Losing a loved unitary
3 Falling from a great height
4 Not having whatsoever money, organism jobless and homeless
5 Being attacked by spiders

* According to Travelodge survey of 3,500 the great unwashed in the UK.



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