We're Here to Help 257: Mouth Tape Nightmare & Montage It Up (with Shabana Azeez)
Feb 4, 2026
Shabana Azeez, actor from The Pit, brings acting-wit and casual medical-sounding advice. They tackle a traumatising mouth-tape nightmare with coping ideas and playful behavioral experiments. Then they brainstorm joyful ways to reclaim a $3,000 unused wedding dress, from fake-wedding blowouts to montage photo days.
AI Snips
Chapters
Transcript
Episode notes
Caller Wakes Up Sobbing From Tape Dreams
- Caller 'M' describes waking up sobbing with nightmares tied to her boyfriend's mouth tape usage.
- She prefers his snoring over the traumatic nightmares caused by the tape.
Use Gradual Exposure To Desensitize Fear
- Try exposure therapy: practice mouth-taping yourself while your partner does not to desensitize your fear response.
- Gradually normalize taped-mouth scenarios outside sleep so the tape stops being an enemy to your subconscious.
Nightmares Signal Deeper Relationship Anxiety
- Recurring partner-related nightmares often reflect deeper relationship anxieties beyond the immediate trigger.
- Treat the mouth tape as a symptom to investigate, not just the root problem itself.