My sleeping problems started after the horrible divorce from my xhusband who were abusive and divorced out of the blue over the internet. It ws a shock and very traumatizing. He tried use me for a green card, but he probably also have abusive/narcissistic traits. Those traits I still see today. But they are not very obvious or visible. Not like they were before.

I cant make my brain shut down, I cant sleep without sleeping pills. Some months ago the sleeping pills lost its effect because I had to start take more to sleep and the doctor would not or did not describe higher doses and instead describes lower milligrams so I needed to take double dose to sleep.

In these days I manage to sleep around 2am. I then take only one sleeping pill. But I sleep only for 5 hours about and the I sleep again after 15-30 minutes and sleep 3 hours more. I probably wake up after 5 hours because of my depression. I can sleep 10 hours and sometimes 12 hours and I am still tired or feeling extremely fatigue. My eyes get tired with once, and even more, if I read just a little bit on the computer. My eyes cant take light when I am so tired. Its really uncomfortable with light. Its only my eyes who are tired.

Usually the tiredness goes over around 2 pm. I feel I could sleep in between during the day, but I dont, and when the night comes I cant shut off the brain and I cant sleep and so the circle goes on. I have had it like this for at least 3 years, probably a bit more than 3 years. Probably 4-5 years.

I cant remember having sleep issues like this before my xhusband divorced me. Or I may have but I never needed sleeping pills and I cant remember that I couldnt sleep before.

Can trauma or shock cause these sleeping problems?

The latest 5 years have been filled with extreme stress and pain and that changed me as a person. I am not the same as before.