Nightmares Again.

[y5L]

These nightmares are wearing on me. I just want them to stop. This time around they are about things unrelated to my trauma. Well, they seem unrelated to my awake mind, but I'm sure in the subconscious there's a connection. I stopped bothering to talk about it with people because it's not helping and I'm sure people are getting tired of hearing it.

I told my doctor at my last appointment and he said it is an attack from the devil. Seriously. A medical doctor. That's not the response I was expecting...

 

[lizbabe]

I understand. I feel the same way. Im here if you ever need to talk. I never get tired of listening to the same situations.

 

[Deleted member 1860]

An attack from the devil? Ok, well maybe its some form of evil that is attacking you, but no, not a particularly good thing for a medical professional to tell you!

Have you tried prazosin?

 

[Freedomfighter]

Well, that was an uneducated response there from your doctor. I woke up yesterday with one of those nightmares and it was about the devil that held me captive for over 20 years. Not pleasant, what was even more scary though was the fact that in that dream I catered to that devil and tried to appease him. I woke up disgusted, even though it was only a dream.

 

[Mishap]

I can't believe a doctor would say that. I think I might be looking for a new one.

I hate the nightmares. I only sleep a few hours at the time anymore. Like @Kroatien said, I have nightmares about my devil. Except now instead of being scary trauma type dreams, he's there in normal dreams. Like he belongs there. It's almost worse. I don't know what that means or how to process it, I just don't sleep. I wish I had some words of wisdom. I don't recommend not sleeping though. It's exhausting! ;)

 

[shimmerz]

attack from the devil.

So unprofessional.

When I had nightmares about 'evil' I purposely attached to my 'angels' (guardian) during the day. I spoke to them, I pictured them, I drew them, I wrote stories about them. I called on them when I was falling asleep. This worked for me in eradicating my evil dreams.

 

[Upside Down Eagle]

It's interesting he would say that though. Some people I know said that the negative, dark vibes I have sometimes, that want to drag me into "darkness and despair", are demons, and one time I could have sworn I looked in the mirror and I saw them.

But I agree that it is wildly unprofessional for a therapist to go there instead of helping you in a practical way :O_o:

 

[Melody coates]

omg my older sister says the same thing when i tell her about my nightmares. she says "its the devil in my nightmares. she aint kidding! its the devil of mommie dearest in my nightmares

 

[y5L]

Yeah I thought it was a weird thing for the doctor to say. He's not my primary care, actually. She is on extended maternity leave, so I get this guy for a while. He also told me next time I wake up convinced someone has broken into the house, I should go check. I suppose that is fairly logical, but I'm so paralyzed whenever it happens!