Anyone Has This

[recoveringfromptsd]

I seem to be going thru a process. Last night I went to sleep and sleep well until I wakened by a dream which continued while I was awake. Today I have been having emotions coming to the surface.

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[SeanCharles]

Today I have been having emotions coming to the surface.

If I might ask, what emotions are you experiencing? Maybe this can help a bit more.

 

[recoveringfromptsd]

Just raw emotion, the kind you get when your about to cry. Seems to be in response to certain things, like when I listen to music certain words seem to affecting me.

 

[Enaila]

Yep, frequently. Mind trying to process and categorize the day as well as past issues.

 

[Silver.]

I carry what I dream throughout the days as well. It can be really hard, even after doing meditation and yoga. Those are the days I push myself to be extra busy as distraction seems to be the best thing to help me out through those. Hope you get over feeling this way soon.

 

[Sherry]

I seem to be going thru a process. Last night I went to sleep and sleep well until I wakened by a...

Yes Hurting badly. I get that too. In fact going through it right now after a night affected by nightmares myself. Left feeling badly shaken, fearful, on high alert, very emotional (yes like I could burst into tears over anything), and like I just want to hide myself away again. Yes I understand. I also realise I need to get out and try to do something today. I will try to take my little dog out into the warm sunshine a little later and take her for a walk. That sometimes helps me to 'ground' myself and realise that the nightmares were just that 'a nightmare which has now passed'.

 

[lostforgottensoul]

I have super vivid nightmares which seems to always effect me after i wake up.

I tremble most of the day. Im very reactive and cant seem to ground myself and have waves of emotions that hit.

Personally i try to be open to the emotions as they are usually emotions i need to work out but also try to remind myself that it was a nightmare and wasnt real. If it was of the past i remind myself im safe and not happening today.

I check myself a lot for rope on my wrists and ankles and cuts on my body when i first wake up.

 

[sedna]

I seem to be going thru a process. Last night I went to sleep and sleep well until I wakened by a...

I have this happen to me also, it seems to go in phases and when its been a while and I feel that starting I want to jump out of my skin.
Ive noticed that it helps me a lot to deal with it like physical pain.
If you dont put up any resistance and just relax as much as possible and let the pain just move through you in waves, like labor contractions or if youve sprained something or broke a bone , how did you deal with that mentally until you got help? theres a way of visualizing pain and allowing it to be a separate entity that comes from deep inside you, picture it like a stone in the ocean, and the waves are the painful feelings that you let go and let them keep rolling toward the shore after going back to the pain.
eventually the stone that held the source of the pain is washed to shore where it cant hurt as much, and not hidden inside.

I hope that helps, Im not a meditation mindful type person. I used to deal with pain by chainsmoking and rock climbing, the reason I know this works is because ive had serious injuries with no medical help, broken bones and deep wounds.
When it finally ocurred to me to use that method for emotional pain also it really worked.

 

[lostforgottensoul]

When it finally ocurred to me to use that method for emotional pain also it really worked.

That's awesome! I have a lot of physical pain but no real today reason for it. Due to being in chonic pain, i thought i was good at dealing with pain but i am not good at dealing with this pain.

Sorry, didnt mean to derail the thread.

 

[recoveringfromptsd]

Yes Hurting badly. I get that too. In fact going through it right now after a night affected by nightm...

@Sherry I ground myself with music and even writing my own songs, or looking for inspiration in others like watching the videos and stuff like that, and saying I am a survivor to myself in my head.

I feel so much better knowing that its the pain I have never let happen getting out. And that I am not the only one who experiences it. I know its part of the process,

 

[recoveringfromptsd]

I am a little emotional right now, we just got news that my sisters son bf has had a relapse in his cancer and is not doing well.
I am ok, it just adds to things

 

[recoveringfromptsd]

Just had a good cry, not a dread kind, more the grief kind, I guess this is part of the process too.