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Ranting about my own stuff:
My T has been suggesting for months that I use these grounding techniques during the day to try to calm my nightmares. I feel stupid doing it and have gone all stopdog on him about it and I apparently decided I just won't do it. However, yesterday -- day before yesterday I guess, I had my session and we discussed my anxieties in court lately with a recent spate of having the other attorney lie to the court. It really spikes my anxiety levels and throws me back into that world of being lied about, having reality twisted, having no one believe me, being blamed, etc. So he urged me again to do these grounding things. I actually did them because my anxiety was so bad that my heart was pounding while waiting for my hearings to start and I was having trouble regulating my breathing. The techniques helped, and I also had the first night in quite a while with no nightmares and no waking up part way through the night.

Then yesterday, I didn't have court and just worked in the office and then took a horse to the vet for some routine yearly stuff. But my anxiety is still pretty high because of money and work issues. Anyway, I had the WORST dreams again but luckily my son texted at 1:00 am and woke me up. Because he woke me, I was able to actually remember the dreams and write them down.

So I guess I'm rambling because (1) I don't want to have to do the stupid grounding stuff every freaking day because it makes me feel stupid and weak and (2) I am freaked out by the dreams and my T isn't big into dream stuff. If it's a memory that I keep dreaming about, then he's super interested. Otherwise, he seems to have a dreams are just dreams kind of attitude.