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Anna
I have some seriously nasty dreams sometimes. It has gotten to the point over the years that I am becoming numb to them. After 15 years of them it kind of hardens you? Does anyone else have this?
I used to dream in the first years about the assault that happened. I would wake up screaming and shaking. Then it became sleep paralysis, where I would wake up and not be able to move. Sometimes I would see things that were not there, mainly in the form of demons. I dreamt a lot about death and killing. The worst being a half rotten child begging me to shoot it and put it out of it's misery? I wonder where these ideas come from? The mind really can play nasty tricks on people. I also quite often dream of killing people, stabbing or strangling them. It is horrific and today I woke up crying because of it. Once I dreamt my arm was amputated without an anaesthetic!
Does anyone else experience nightmares about things that are not related to their PTSD? truly horrific nightmares? I never knew how active the mind could be. I envy those who cannot remember their dreams.
I used to dream in the first years about the assault that happened. I would wake up screaming and shaking. Then it became sleep paralysis, where I would wake up and not be able to move. Sometimes I would see things that were not there, mainly in the form of demons. I dreamt a lot about death and killing. The worst being a half rotten child begging me to shoot it and put it out of it's misery? I wonder where these ideas come from? The mind really can play nasty tricks on people. I also quite often dream of killing people, stabbing or strangling them. It is horrific and today I woke up crying because of it. Once I dreamt my arm was amputated without an anaesthetic!
Does anyone else experience nightmares about things that are not related to their PTSD? truly horrific nightmares? I never knew how active the mind could be. I envy those who cannot remember their dreams.
