Discussion How do you deal with nightmares??

[c.c]

Aside from the nightmare we see while being awake..
is there any way to make your nightmare less intense? Forget them?
I have cptsd and i have seen nightmares my whole life about running from a rapist
And since last year it has gone WORST.
I remember nightmares from 2016,2017,2019,2023,2024 and currently i am seeing nightmares EVERYDAY. Before it was alternative day but as the day of meeting my molester is approaching..the frequency, the intensity, the variety and how much they are reflecting my fear and real life is just killing me.

How do you even deal with all these nightmares??

 

[kunikuzushi]

That sounds terrible. Do you have anything slightly comforting you can keep around you for when you wake up from these nightmares? A plushie or soft blanket and keeping a water bottle near you might be nice. You can have a playlist of songs that comfort you that you can play when you wake up. Wish you the best

 

[c.c]

That sounds terrible. Do you have anything slightly comforting you can keep around you for when you wake up from these nightmares? A plushie or soft blanket and keeping a water bottle near you might be nice. You can have a playlist of songs that comfort you that you can play when you wake up. Wish you the best

Well, if it is too intense and really close to reality i just bang my head on wall and curse everyone from preventing me from dying..

 

[kunikuzushi]

Well, if it is too intense and really close to reality i just bang my head on wall and curse everyone from preventing me from dying..

I understand. I don't want to minimize your suffering. I used to get unbearable nightmares about the same thing and I've just dissociated so hard to the point that i can't even feel the fear anymore. But I can't really recommend forcing yourself to heavily dissociate unless you want to

 

[c.c]

I understand. I don't want to minimize your suffering. I used to get unbearable nightmares about the same thing and I've just dissociated so hard to the point that i can't even feel the fear anymore. But I can't really recommend forcing yourself to heavily dissociate unless you want to

I have dissociated for a long time actually but the nightmares are getting worse in the way that it just no longer only about running,hinding,seeing my parents and everyone neglect me in front my molester, being molested...now it's like more in detail? Like now i get stuck in long dreams even if it's just an hour where i am trying to be with crowd, tryna run from him or just in very depth get raped like i can feel being raped? Like hurt part physically...

 

[kunikuzushi]

I have dissociated for a long time actually but the nightmares are getting worse in the way that it just no longer only about running,hinding,seeing my parents and everyone neglect me in front my molester, being molested...now it's like more in detail? Like now i get stuck in long dreams even if it's just an hour where i am trying to be with crowd, tryna run from him or just in very depth get raped like i can feel being raped? Like hurt part physically...

Yeah I know about physically feeling it and it's terrible. like why. we're being tortured. nightmare while awake, nightmare while sleeping. I'm really sorry. i guess it's good for you to process it by talking about it like this, so it can get out of your system and hopefully the nightmares slowly turn less detailed

 

[c.c]

Yeah I know about physically feeling it and it's terrible. like why. we're being tortured. nightmare while awake, nightmare while sleeping. I'm really sorry. i guess it's good for you to process it by talking about it like this, so it can get out of your system and hopefully the nightmares slowly turn less detailed

That's the thing i know that my nightmares are about to turn worst than ever after meeting that piece of shit and i really can't do this anymore..like i literally sleep at 5am so that when i wake up from a nightmare it's atlest day time...

 

[kunikuzushi]

That's the thing i know that my nightmares are about to turn worst than ever after meeting that piece of shit and i really can't do this anymore..like i literally sleep at 5am so that when i wake up from a nightmare it's atlest day time...

yeah waking up in the day time is so much better. i also sleep around 5am. i gotta go sleep right now actually. I'm sorry you have to go through this. let me know if you need to talk any time

 

[Griever]

If I have nightmares, I write them down and maybe even talk about them with my therapist

 

[darksouls]

I have the same diagnosis as you
I am so afraid of my nightmares that I cant get no sleep
my nightmares are so stressful that I am constantly exhausted

 

[c.c]

I have the same diagnosis as you
I am so afraid of my nightmares that I cant get no sleep
my nightmares are so stressful that I am constantly exhausted

It makes being alive even WORSE. I saw a DIGUSTING dream about myself. I am trying ctb methods today ...i am so done with this.

 

[lionetta12]

Aside from the nightmare we see while being awake..
is there any way to make your nightmare less intense? Forget them?
I have cptsd and i have seen nightmares my whole life about running from a rapist
And since last year it has gone WORST.
I remember nightmares from 2016,2017,2019,2023,2024 and currently i am seeing nightmares EVERYDAY. Before it was alternative day but as the day of meeting my molester is approaching..the frequency, the intensity, the variety and how much they are reflecting my fear and real life is just killing me.

How do you even deal with all these nightmares??

I also have C-PTSD and all my nightmares currently are about my ex(?, sorry I'm not sure what to referance him as right now due to lack of answers and closure) being abused and of him cheating on me. I feel like my nightmares lessen, go away or get less intense if I get answers. Originally the C-PTSD was caused by sexual assault as a toddler and kid, but those nightmares related to that aren't that bad anymore ever since I got an answer as to why that ever happened to me. I struggle now mostly with abuse that has happened to me as an adult because I never got an answer to why it happened and I don't fully understand it so it keeps bothering me subconciously by appearing as trauma nightmares over and over. It sucks, trying still to get answers but not much luck. No idea why I'm not given any answers.

 

[JesiBel]

I can't stop my nightmares; they're intense and very violent. I see people suffering and dying horribly. If relatives appear (still alive or not), they're even more terrifying.

It may sound bad, but they can be a source of "inspiration," captured in a drawing or written text (story, poetry, song). Take the general concept of the nightmare and transform it into something. So I realized that the "theme" of several of them is recurrent. Perhaps they can even be used for "self-analysis."

 

[penguinl0v3s]

Prazosin? Sorry for the basic advice if you've tried it already.

 

[c.c]

Prazosin? Sorry for the basic advice if you've tried it already.

Will overdosing on that kill me?

 

[penguinl0v3s]

Will overdosing on that kill me?

Umm probably not, but it is the main treatment for PTSD-related nightmares.

 

[Dejected 55]

I can't remember the last time I had a nightmare. Probably when I was a kid. The scariest things I used to dream of weren't monsters or killers... but natural disasters. Things you can't fight. If there's a massive typhoon and tidal wave that floods an area, there isn't much you can do. Same for earthquake, etc. Floor and giant inescapable waves used to be my worst nightmare.

But, these days... since I want to die anyway... I don't have nightmares, because a nightmare where I died would be a heavenly dream.

 

[hereornot]

Today my nightmare is being awake