Coping with Hypervigilance After a Flashback

[SunnyWeather]

Hi,
I need help coping right now. I had a flashback during the night, which prevented me from sleeping, and now I cannot for the life of me relax. My entire body is so tense that it feels like stone, I'm anxious as hell, and I can only see danger no matter where I look. It has been like this all day, and now I feel numb. I'm guessing that this is hypervigilance, but I don't know what to do about it, and it feels like waiting it out is not an option.

 

[Friday]

My best tricks to deal with the sudden flood (and prolonged effects) of adrenaline/cortisol/all the things swirling around in my blood are to…

- Go burn them off / put them to use (sympathetic nervous system = fight or flight… but lower grade use, like exercise, sport, dancing, walking, etc. will still burn off all the chemicals in my blood stream).

- Hot shower to sluice all the sweat & fight/flight pheromones off

- Food to lean even harder into the parasympathetic nervous system (rest & digest)

- Sleep

…In that order.