How Did You Sleep Last Night?

[KP the nut]

Such vile, horrid, evil, depraved nightmares. I can't cope with these anymore I am so tired. I don't wake fully, just fight my way through one to the next.

So exhausted, but scared to try and sleep.

 

[cat]

Rubbish, trying not to take sleep meds but may give in tonight. Haven't had a good night since the summer.

 

[KP the nut]

I was lying awake last night, doing the countdown thing, if I sleep now I'll have x hours sleep. I almost got up to come back on the forum but thought no. The next thought screaming in my head was 'what would Amethist do?'. The answer obviously was use a couple of drops of something calming. So I used clary sage oil. It worked, I concentrated on the aroma and breathing and fell asleep. I did still have bad dreams but at least I managed some sleep.

 

[Meadowsweet]

I'm glad you got some sleep in the end (((KP)))

I am on my 3 am wake up call, with all the horrible crappy stuff coming up and demanding my attention. :(

 

[Anna]

Really bad. I stupidly mixed the grape and the grain.

I had a couple of glasses of sparkling white wine and then two shots of vodka afterwards. It wasn't that much, but it hit me pretty badly! What a night and what a hangover! won't ever be doing that again! I will stick to the beer!

 

[KP the nut]

I slept better than I have for a while. I went to bed a little earlier and put a couple of drops of essential geranium oil on my pillows. I did a breathing technique and focused my mind on counting my breathing and on the aroma of the oil.

Everytime my mind started to stress, I brought it back to counting and the aroma. It worked. Tonight I think I'll use lavender oil. Apparently it is good to rotate oils so as not to become dessensitised to them.

 

[KP the nut]

KP is cheering and the flags are out because I slept well. I used lavender oil and snuggled next to the dogs, I did breathing and out I went.

I only woke at 5am to go to the toilet and then I slept until the alarm went off at 9.15am.

 

[markymark]

Sleep is always illusive. Nightmares are a continued challenge. Sleep means everything to healing, and even with the help of sleeping pills are not enough to keep me down at night. As a matter of fact, it's almost like ipthe pills keep me longer in a dream state and make the dreams more real.

I dream of my attacker and of his promises to hunt me down and harm my family. I have dreams of members of my family dying and I wake up terrified. The crazy thing is I always wake with a loud buzzing in my ears. Stress while I sleep?

 

[AngelaMarie]

I didn't sleep well. I didn't go to sleep unti 4am and then I had horrible dreams all night and morning. I woke up sick to my stomach. I hate it when bad dreams make me feel sick to my stomach! UGH!!

 

[Srain]

(((((((((((((AngelaMarie))))))))))))))) :(

I slept most of yesterday and on into most of last night... I hope to sleep most of today...whatever it takes to not feel :ninja:

 

[KP the nut]

I had a few good nights sleep and the last night the nightmares were back. I know my MIL was a bit scarey but I don't think she ever had dismembered feet in her bathroom :eek:.

 

[Srain]

Yikes, KP!! :(

MarkyMark, that noise is what I have lived with for several years, my tdoc and psyche doc have told me it's the PTSD and will go as I work through my trauma now. I'm sorry you are having such horrid nights.

I slept very well last night, odd. I dreamed my old friend, who's out of my life, called out of blue and just picked up talking like nothing ever happened. I didn't realize what was going and until the conversation was over and remembered she had dumped me out of the blue once again and this call should have never happened. Odd, I pretended nothing happened.

I woke up a lot but continued to sleep very well and my husband was snuggled in with me for a change, second night in a row - or maybe I'm not giving off "stay away from me vibes!"???

I slept 2hrs later than usual. No bad dreams. VERY odd. I woke up with only slight anxiety and took a brisk walk.