Sleeping Excessively After Years Of Night Mares Etc Anyone ????

[oasis2003]

Hi
After my whole life not sleeping, feeling anxious, night mares, crying before I fall asleep. Now I sleep all day and all night, I am feeling so relaxed the most I have felt in my life, my limbs and body go totally numb. It is after a bout of good therapy. Now I am a bit concerned!! Is it healing me, keeping me safe from suicide or is it harmful. I still get ptsd symptoms when awake. I presume healing to me but any opinions any one ?

 

[oasis2003]

My trauma is totally being supressed, and avoidance to therapy is like an elephant in the room. Worried when it all bursts through and totally kicks me in the ass. Therapy has finished so I suppose at least I am safe from harm . I am dreaming / processing loads. Any comments suggestions any one please ??!!

 

[amightymapleleaf]

I feel similarly with my boyfriend. I've been friends with him for nearly 6 years, so I can sleep with him and feel totally safe. It is a very new experience, and leads me to sleeping on him very often. So this is where I am coming from. Not exactly your situation's premises, but I want to try to help.

I find I have to do stuff to keep me awake. I try to get in the mindset that there is a way I could feel just as relaxed- or at least close to being so- when I am awake, but I have to actually be awake to work on it. Before I left my hometown, my therapist and I would talk about how I use sleep to avoid daily stressors (though I do have nightmares, so I would keep sleeping until I was lucky enough to not have a nightmare). You say your therapy is over... Was that a specific programme? Could you go back to get your sleep habits accessed?

Hugs and best wishes to you xxxxx