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Dec 22, 2014 at 03:42 AM
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Terrible nightmares that turn into night terrors when I wake part way up. Fighting the person I think is there but actually isn't so hard (in a way I never did in real life) that I raked my fingernails through my own flesh leaving grooved scrapes on my arms and neck.
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Dec 22, 2014 at 04:34 AM
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I'm so sorry for you. I have busted my knuckles hitting the wall waking up from a night terror. I have hurt myself and others. It's a terrible thing to live with. You are not alone in this and you have my deepest sympathy.
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Dec 24, 2014 at 01:43 AM
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I seem so cool and collected during the day, such that no one would know what I have been through. But when I sleep I can't control myself.
I can't help but keep thinking about how I have struggled and resisted purposefully inflicting self injury only so I end up still hurting myself in my sleep. How can these monsters who pretended to be humans haunt my sleep? Why can't I seem to protect myself?I know I must be stronger than they because I survived everything they dished out, and I never became someone who victimizes others. How is it possible that they still hold the power when I close my eyes? |
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Dec 31, 2014 at 05:28 AM
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Me too. Its awful. I hope it relents for you soon.
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Jan 02, 2015 at 09:51 PM
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I know it's painful, but nightmares and night terrors are a form of cleansing. Rest assured, your abusers do not have power over you when you sleep! It just feels like it.
As you heal, the nightmares and night terrors will get less and less and then go away. There's actually research on the nightmares of sexual abuse survivors that shows this. There's also research that suggests we have more nightmares and night terrors when we're under stress. The holidays is often a stressful time for us, so perhaps that's contributing to this. Finding ways to ease the stress can perhaps help reduce them, so that's something to think about. It also helps to view nightmares and night terrors as cleansing mechanisms. I was having nightmares very often for a while, but when I began to understand what they were really doing, it helped to ease the pain of them. |
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Jan 03, 2015 at 12:10 AM
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I am so sorry, I know the feelings all too well. Night terrors at times are more intense than flashbacks. I kept my nails cut short for a long time and finally resorted to wearing a very soft thin pair of gloves to sleep. It helps to minimize the unwanted damage. Keeping you in my thoughts ((((Mimsies))))
__________________ Lindsey “Even on my weakest days I get a little bit stronger” - Sarah Evans Wise words I am trying to learn to live by and will slowly learn to believe as I heal...... “The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.” - Steve Maraboli |
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Jan 05, 2015 at 08:30 PM
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