3AM PTSD Nightmares
Getting the nightmares again. I am reliving it over and over again and I can't find a way out. Going to go for a walk and see if that clears them out. I just want to rest.
Getting the nightmares again. I am reliving it over and over again and I can't find a way out. Going to go for a walk and see if that clears them out. I just want to rest.
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Sorry Thor on your nightmares. Yea, maybe a nice walk would do you good. Normally my dreams are pleasant.
S, hopefully the walk helped. Flashbacks do have a way of sneaking into our dreams, at least they do for me. Have you tried redirecting the outcome of the dream. I can sometimes do that, although other times there is too much adrenalin to manage it. Calming hugs.
I can not direct my dreams or at least I don't know how to yet. All I know is that I wake up with the fight or flight in me in a very immediate way. I half remember the nightmares.
I get those too, last three nights I struggled to get any sleep at all because of nightmares and sleep paralysis but I find that doing an acitivity that calms me always helps or listening to music. I try to remember all the things that calm me and make me happy and focus on the feelings they give me, even if I can't sleep i'm a lot calmer that way. Hope things get better and I'll keep you in my prayers!