I'm Falling Deeper

[NarcSis]

Ddgrgrl, gizmo is right, we cannot force others to see or understand, all we can control are our reactions to their misunderstanding. It is very hard to simply accept that someone doesn't get it and just shrug it off. I feel your frustration.

A big part of healing trauma is changing your reactions / thoughts to outside influences in order to keep your specific trauma work as uncomplicated as possible. Everyone knows specific trauma work is tough, we've all been there.

Teddy bear. Sleep meditation programs. Writing down the nightmares. All good tips for improving sleep habits. Recognize that lack of sleep and daytime irritability are highly intertwined and nightmares are expected. Nothing wrong with you, you simply have PTSD.

We're all here for you.

 

[ddgrgrl]

Medic that's kind of funny a few days ago my family gave me a teddy bear and told me it was to vanquish the bad men..
Thank you Medic.

 

[DharmaGirl]

I take meds for nightmares. They help a lot. I am able to sleep a total of 6 hours a night which is a lot for me.

 

[ddgrgrl]

I tried that and it did work for a bit but it's like I grew a tolerance to them or something.

 

[GreenFrog2]

Since discovering this site I have learned that what I feel is not weird or different and that I am not alone

Me too! before I came here I thought that I really was crazy and had given up hope of ever getting well again. But this place allowed me to understand what I was suffering from and to learn about myself and ways to manage and start on the road to recovery.

Things aren't going well at the moment, in fact they as bad as they have ever been, but I know that at anytime I can come here and I will find something to help me get though the moment.

Reading, posting,, chatting, thinking about what has worked for others and developing my healing strategies.

 

[MissMacD]

Sounds like you need to find a really good psychiatrist, low dose medications can do wonders to help lift you out of a dark place and you don't have to take them long term. Trust me - I have been on pretty much every medication there is and finding something that helped me to get back on my feet wasn't easy but I am glad I did it. Getting out of that dark nasty place took a really long time and I am still in awe at how far down I was.

There is nothing shameful about taking medication - when my depression gets bad I don't eat or sleep and everything else --- forget it! It robs me of my life. Sleeping pills and many sedating medications only wake me up more :mad:.

I hope you find something that works for you soon.