Apologies for the late reply everyone, I forgot I made this thread until just now. x.x'

@Mountaindewed: It is possible, but I'm leaning towards "no" just because the nightmares started post trauma and are related to it.

@Carmina: That seems like a neat idea, though I'm not sure he'd be receptive. Sometimes his family visits and he doesn't discuss his problems with his family because they're very judgemental, so I think he would worry about them seeing something like that and questioning him. I wonder though if there's something else he could do that wouldn't raise questions, like make a nest of blankets to surround himself with. Definitely something I'll bring up.

@Deejay: That's my question as well honestly. I mean, if the issues are resolved, why worry about them coming back up? It's sort of a touchy subject for him, so I don't want to push. He seemed very adamant about it when we discussed it before. At the same time, if the nightmares continue he may destroy his mental and physical health and that worries me a lot. His physical health has already suffered a lot lately because of not sleeping and too much stress. I would like to eventually convince him to try therapy, but I don't want to overstep either. If nothing else helps and he can't get over the nightmares in some time then I will bring up therapy again.