Wake Up Too Early Due To Bad Memories

[Crayon]

Hey everyone,

It happens every single night that I wake up too early. It's always around 4-5am. I'm sleeping and then dreams about the abuse begin. It always wakes me up, and then I sometimes get more memories that I'm able to suppress sometimes. The most horrible phase is the limbo between sleep and being awake, thoughts and memories come like a waterfall on steroids.

I wake up feeling very scared, nauseous and I'm shaking all over. Very tense like I need to flee and get myself to safety. Sleeping more is impossible.

I just feel so lost alone and afraid :'((((( Do any of you have one or two tips to share to make this less worse?

 

[Lionheart]

What I did was, to talk to my psyche doctor about my PTSD nightmares.

She prescribed Minipress / prazosin, (a blood pressure medication that works for nightmares), and I haven't had any since then. You may wish to speak to your psychiatrist or family physician about sleep medication for insomnia as well.

It can help to write down your thoughts and your feelings after a dream so that you can get it "out " of your head. This will hopefully make it easier to get back to sleep too

These are the things that helped me and I hope you find them helpful as well.

Peace,
Lionheart