[BrokenNBeautiful]

I just read some posts about PTSD-typ sleep issues and I know i have them, too.

I think a lot of us do.

My problem is that I have so much trouble falling asleep and when I do sleep, often my dream is about being in some demented mental hospital and trying to escape. Often, it is a situation where the patients are being neglected. One time, I dreamed that I was in a room filled with other patients and we wre all crowded together on th e floor in sleeping bags. No beds, no nurses, even. Just us all by ourselves, left in this storage room in sleeping bags. Ew.

The "transitional period" someone mentioned, between waking and sleeping, for me is the most frightening. I feel like I am losing control. recently, I dreamt I was in a very dark place with no air even in it, and I literally couldn't breathe! I woke up gasping for air.

Last night, I fell asleep in my new husband's arms and woke up suddenly and couldnt' sleep again. Still awake now.

I think it's PTSD.

This has been going on since I started abuse recovery.

Ugh.

So if anyone here is having similar problems, you are not alone!

I appreciate hearing the posts and welcome any suggestions on how to soothe myself to sleep.

Or any identification.

Billi