Recent daymare

[CPTSDMamma]

Once again i am stuck in a nightmare loop. the same nightmare with different sides of a coin has been occurring everyday. First side of the coin the rage and hate and fear is real the boogie man of my dreams takes an takes in the most hurtful way. The other side of the coin in the daymares he plays with my head saying all the worst things saying that the reason im so scared is because i know deep down he'd find me again. I havent seen this man since i was 13 but the thought of him makes me sick. How do i end this cycle, will i ever have peace

 

[shimmerz]

Is there any way that you can make up a scenario where you change the outcome of the encounter with him to re-empower you? What did you want to do in order to stop what happened to you? Maybe a parent comes in and beats the crap out of him? Or you go postal on him and destroy him?

The brain can be reprogammed to believe stuff that wasn't necessarily true, which can stop nightmares, flashbacks etc. The first step of that is constructing a scenario where you win. He loses. And because it is visualization - the sky is the limit.

 

[grit]

I do not know how common this is but I use my dreams in lucid states to change a feeling of the past. I have been doing this over 30yrs though.
I am not sure if the contents of your nightmare is good for this sort of thing but I,personally, think in order to heal from PTSD with complex or not, one should really utilize the free virtual world we have at night. I have had many nightmares that I let them roll on me and that took the edges off. I have no idea if others use dreams to sort out things that are hard to remember but residues are still hurting the body and the mind.

 

[crackinthequandary]

Once again i am stuck in a nightmare loop. the same nightmare with different sides of a coin has been occurring everyday. First side of the coin the rage and hate and fear is real the boogie man of my dreams takes an takes in the most hurtful way. The other side of the coin in the daymares he plays with my head saying all the worst things saying that the reason im so scared is because i know deep down he'd find me again. I havent seen this man since i was 13 but the thought of him makes me sick. How do i end this cycle, will i ever have peace

Do you hear his voice. is their emotion with it?