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I can't remember the last time I slept more than 6 or so hours but I know that even when I get more than that with nightmares/pain etc then I am prone to feeling the same symptoms as I did when I get 6 or less oddly it's just exacerbated when I get less. Sleeping well is a foreign concept to me...
Having crippling flashbacks to my head being slammed into concrete and breaking my teeth. I can hear the horrible sound and feel it again. Keeps replaying over and over. Tense from flinching. Rough day.
Yes that's true and I agree. It's definitely a real feeling and not a phantom feeling. I read about possible nerve damage of some sort, or at least that's what several sources say. Or abnormal blood pressure levels perhaps? It feels like there is swelling in my brain, nausea, pressure...
Over the last couple of months I've experienced 'brain numbness' upon waking up. My brain feels like it's swelling, and just a general numb feeling. There is no pain like you'd experience with a migraine and I can still feel my face. I have had several head traumas within the last 2 years so I...
Mental illness being written off as the devil, something to be prayed away, something condemned especially in POC families. Having to keep reminding yourself that you ARE actually struggling
1.) I'm in hell right now
2.) Losing weight but not as fast as I'd like/ new changes depress me
3.) When will this end
4.) Find your peace
5.)Find your plan
@JadesJewel I'm proud of you for weaning off as well! And I'm glad you've found ways to cope through it all. Thanks for the suggestion of the light box, would you believe I've never heard of that before? I'll definitely look into it. It's been a long time since I took a sleeping aid but it might...
PTSD med free to an extent, now taking something for side effect of the several head traumas I've had in the last 2 years. Melatonin here and there. Blood pressure meds. But it's rough a lot of lows. Considered antidepressants but heard too many stories of feeling like a zombie. I don't need...
Going nonverbal when passing a place/person/thing where trauma has occurred.
Locking up the house. Then locking up several more times. Then having a sleep-paralysis type nightmare about your house being broken into. Then locking up again.
When you stare into your coffee hoping it will give you perspective and sanity and the ability to make sense of it all and that's a lot to ask of your coffee