head trip vs nightmare

head trip

noun
  • An experience or set of experiences which is intellectually challenging or stimulating. 

  • An ego trip. 

  • A disorienting, exciting experience, especially one consisting mainly of striking sensory impressions. 

  • A state of mind in which one is distracted, disturbed, or unnerved, whether self-induced or resulting from ill-treatment by others. 

nightmare

noun
  • Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure. 

  • A very bad or frightening dream. 

  • A feeling of extreme anxiety or suffocation experienced during sleep; Sleep paralysis. 

verb
  • To have a nightmare. 

How often have the words head trip and nightmare occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )