{{{{{{{{{{Dalilah}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} Lets think of plans to help you get back to sleep. Having had a week of nightmares myself I know how difficult it can be. When I wake up from my nightmares I lay there in bed not willing to get up because I am so afraid that I will SI because dreams are such a big trigger. The worse they are, the less sleep I get, the more tired I get and the more I injure myself. It is a terrible thing.

Here is what I have found that help a little:
I keep a rosary next to my bed and when I wake up and say some sort of mantra as I run the beds through my hands such as "Dreams can't make me do anything." Not elloquaint but it helps.

I keep a bottle of water next to the bed. Drinking water tends to calm me.

I have a dream journal next to the bed. Sometimes writing down and analyzing my dream helps me get some peace.

Having said those things I would like to add that I am not good at coping with the nightmares. I have all these things set up and usually end up lying there in a ball afraid to move, my mind running 100 miles per hour BUT when I do break through the paralysis these things seem to be helpful. I ended up havign to call my Pdoc and get a perscription for some ambian. So here is another hug {{{{{{{{{{{{{{Dalilah/Zen}}}}}}}}}}}}}for me and you.
Take care,
Carrie