Hi everyone. I'm new here. Been reading the forums even before I registered myself a member and I should say I'm so happy because this forum helps me a lot as a supporter! Sorry for the grammatical error bc I'm not a native english speaker.
I'm a supporter of my c-ptsd boyfriend. It's been a roller-coaster relationship since I was diagnosed with anxiety disorder too, but I'm already a survivor now who automatically become a carer of my boyfriend's condition.
My bf has body jerking while sleeping, and he also suffers from sleep deprivation. I know sleep deprivation is a common sleep problem for ptsd sufferer, but how about body jerking? Everytime he jerks, I'm always startled that I'm eventually awake, then try to calm him down. But one night he was awake (bc I was) asking me what happened, I was like "you jerked so hard are u ok", and he was like "really? I don't know. thought I just sleep". It happens many times and he doesn't recognise it. Is it common for ptsd sufferer to have body jerking like that?
Also whenever he has power nap, he always ends up waking up with cold sweats all over his back. He asked me 2 days ago if all of these sleep problems are related with his c-ptsd, because at least for now he just wants to have a good night sleep. I've been trying to google it, but I thought posting this thread would help me too. Basically, I'm just getting as many help as I can. Please if anyone know about this or can help me. Thank you everyone!
I'm a supporter of my c-ptsd boyfriend. It's been a roller-coaster relationship since I was diagnosed with anxiety disorder too, but I'm already a survivor now who automatically become a carer of my boyfriend's condition.
My bf has body jerking while sleeping, and he also suffers from sleep deprivation. I know sleep deprivation is a common sleep problem for ptsd sufferer, but how about body jerking? Everytime he jerks, I'm always startled that I'm eventually awake, then try to calm him down. But one night he was awake (bc I was) asking me what happened, I was like "you jerked so hard are u ok", and he was like "really? I don't know. thought I just sleep". It happens many times and he doesn't recognise it. Is it common for ptsd sufferer to have body jerking like that?
Also whenever he has power nap, he always ends up waking up with cold sweats all over his back. He asked me 2 days ago if all of these sleep problems are related with his c-ptsd, because at least for now he just wants to have a good night sleep. I've been trying to google it, but I thought posting this thread would help me too. Basically, I'm just getting as many help as I can. Please if anyone know about this or can help me. Thank you everyone!