Flashbacks/Nightmares

[when.will.it.end]

I didn't know where to put this. Sorry for making another thread...

Does anyone else get flashbacks when they are asleep that they can't get out of? It's like I'm completely trapped in them no matter how horrific it is and how much panic I'm feeling. It's awful and I don't know how to cope with them. I don't sleep because essentially I'm going through a traumatic incident every time I try and sleep so I'm exhausted and look awful when I manage to get up.

Occasionally I wake up enough to realise it's a flashback and calm myself down a little. I'm always completely dissociated. Even if I can see stuff around me I'm not really there, if that makes sense, so I don't actually see where I am. I feel like I'm in the flashbacks. It's horrible being confused about where I am, whats happening, what time it is etc.

Any advice, hugs, support? :sad:

[Stellata]

In the past I used to have flashback type dream-nightmares where I was bullied, and also of my parents' home being broken into.
I get them less now, I think talking about my feelings in therapy and working through the layers of pain helps immensely. I do still get disturbed sleep though, and daytime stuff.

[musicmad123]

yes. *hugs* if you google it i think there's some kind of way to make yourself realise you're dreaming and wake up during a dream like this, but i don't know much about it. Probably worth checking it out x

[hidingme]

Yes, the others' sometimes experience that. We do not enjoy it.