Triggering (Sexual Abuse) - Nightmares/night terors

[Ricky_09]

Hi everyone
i am just woundering if these night teorors or nightmares whatever you want to call them but i keep haveing them from my abuse and i just like want them out of my head because they like wont and i dont understand because its from my abuse and stuff and i i just want to get rid of them and i dont understand why i keep haveing all of these bad nightmares/night terors and i dont know what to do and i told my therapist and my phichatrist about them and they said it is normal from the kinda of abuse i went through and stuff but idk i i mean i wake up at night screaming and crying and i feel so vulnrable and stuff idk any advise is welcome

[Popple]

You do this because obviously what has happened to you has traumatised and really hurt you.
Sometimes it helps if you make a routine for before you go to bed, do somethings that are calmin and will make you feel safe and remember it is just a dream the worst is over you survived that and you can survive this.
It is perfectly normal to feel like this because what happened to you was wrong.
And when you are ready and try and work through the abuse and learn to deal with it the nightmares should lessen.
Take care of yourself
x

[shadow-light]

*echos the above*


also, I think there is a thread about dealing with nightmares in the abuse section... I shall go find it for you, it could be helpful

[shadow-light]

I couldn't find the thread I was thinking of... but I found:


sleep tips for abuse survivors
flashback help
dealing with flashbacks


hope there's something of help in there

[troubleshooter]

Try to do nice calming things before bed and ground yourself if you get flashbacks during the day, we have lots of threads on grounding and some were just listed above me. *hugs* You can get through it

[Katiee]

Heyy,
I'm sorry to hear you're suffering from nightmares. I don't have any advice. But could you ask your therapist if there is anything you could do to stop them? xo