Hello reader. I'm 18 and when I was 13 I was sexually assaulted for 2 years. I have been diagnosed with ptsd and after reading about it I was happy that I at least didn't have the nightmare's. Untill now.
Last night I had a nightmare about my trauma: The one I told about the assault first, laughed at me and told me that it couldn't have been to bad. He tried showing me that what happened to me wasn't as bad as I was making it out to be, and did so by assaulting me himself. And said: "See? That wasn't to bad was it?"
It was horrible. Especially because I trusted him.
When waking up, I couldn't clam myself down at all. After about 5 minutes of hyperventilating and crying, I called a close friend that managed to calm me down.
As I said, this was my first experience with a ptsd/ trauma related nightmare. I didn't know symptoms could start this late after the trauma. I also do not know how to deal with the nightmare's.
I would like to know how you cope with your (first) ptsd nightmares.
Thanks in advance.
Last night I had a nightmare about my trauma: The one I told about the assault first, laughed at me and told me that it couldn't have been to bad. He tried showing me that what happened to me wasn't as bad as I was making it out to be, and did so by assaulting me himself. And said: "See? That wasn't to bad was it?"
It was horrible. Especially because I trusted him.
When waking up, I couldn't clam myself down at all. After about 5 minutes of hyperventilating and crying, I called a close friend that managed to calm me down.
As I said, this was my first experience with a ptsd/ trauma related nightmare. I didn't know symptoms could start this late after the trauma. I also do not know how to deal with the nightmare's.
I would like to know how you cope with your (first) ptsd nightmares.
Thanks in advance.
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