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Originally Posted by JaneC
Thing is...it is after 1am here and I am still up. I can not seem to quiet my brain down, and am actually worried about going to bedand sleep because I know the dreams will come after something like this.
So over it....but trying to accept....it is what it is....trying to find calm. Thanks OE. It is nice to have someone respond when you are struggling. It sometimes makes it worse when you come here and no one replies. But I also understand that if someone is also struggling it is often too hard to offer that support to others.
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Oh, I know just what you are describing, I have been challenged that way too. I have found that when I try to go to sleep with a disturbance as you are describing, I tend to have bad dreams or wake up upset with bad dreams because I go to sleep with a problem that my brain tries to resolve in my sleep but can't just as it struggled during wake time. That will ease up after you slowly relearn how to resolve challenges in your day to day processing.
I feel that understanding "why" you struggle when you sleep helps too. You actually "can" learn how to help yourself better when you do struggle in your sleep, that does take time and is a challenge for many who struggle with PTSD.
I find that when I go to sleep having a fan going helps or I have even slept with the TV on too. I have met others that do that too, and the reason that helps is that if a bad dream happens there is something there to think about
to distract the mind so it is easier to go back to sleep.
I think that having PC helps you too, at least you have the ability to talk about it and have access to supportive people that can be calming and validating which IMHO will help you as you try to get sleep and rest.
OE