Insomnia Support Group
Insomnia is a symptom, rather than a disease, and is characterized by inadequate quantity or quality of sleep. People with insomnia complain of difficulty falling or staying asleep, which results in significant impairment of daytime functioning. Insomnia is categorized as transient (shorter than one week), short-term (one to three weeks) or chronic (longer than three...
The last couple of weeks have been draining and exhausting. At the core of things, my insomnia has become worse as it has escalated to later times in the day. I sleep late, but now i am sleeping between 6-7am and i wake up late in the day. I figure it is because of my c-ptsd and my family environment. I am dragging through the day, hoping God will not let me die because it's amazing I haven't. I don't know if i sound cynical, but this is my truth.
Can someone become used to it? Its consuming so much of my energy that all i want to do is sleep, eat, and watch tv. I know there's factors involved but can the brain become accustomed to it?
Can someone become used to it? Its consuming so much of my energy that all i want to do is sleep, eat, and watch tv. I know there's factors involved but can the brain become accustomed to it?
Our minds and bodies have evolved over the eons to sleep at night and be active during the day. If you sleep at night and are active during the day you are working with your system rather than against it.
So getting yourself back on some sort of reasonable sleep-wake schedule that goes with rather than against your mind-body system will of great benefit to you.
You actually have taken a critical first step here by recognizing that sleep itself is not the problem. Rather, your PTSD and living situation, as you describe it are the underlying problems. So you are definitely on the right track by understanding that sleep is only the symptom.
So stay focused on those root causes. I would encourage you to get or continue with counseling, meaning professional help wherever you may find it. This will help you reduce some of the stress and anxiety you are experiencing, and better understand what you can do to help yourself.
And of course it goes without saying that you will feel much better about yourself when you are gainfully employed and working.
So be determined to help yourself. Take it one step at a time. And know that there is much support to help you help yourself.
Good luck.
Many of us with PTSD,and the like would love to be able to able to just pick ourselves off the couch and just deal with it,but its much more complicated than that.
Findingkat I take alot of wakame seaweed that I soak for 40mins then i cook with my food.Its suppose to help PTSD and the loss of minerals in the brain that get depleted do to high stress.It really helps me.Bioactive b12 and active folate along with b6 are also worth checking out.These are also found in low levels in people with PTSD. Take care!
I would have to disagree with brokndreamergrl about sleeptrain's advice. Getting my life in order has helped me tremendously when it comes to my depression and my insomnia. I have to force myself out of bed most mornings after a sleepless night, but it gets easier because I have a plan of action and a course that I know I must follow.
I am sorry to hear that you suffer from PTSD and I know what I said probably didn't help at all, but I just wanted to add something positive where there was negativity. You are not in this alone.