Why Does This Happen?!

[trying2movefwd]

I was in the basement in my childhood bed, he was approaching, I quickly left my body while looking out the dark basement window, I saw his eyes, I felt it, i stiffened up...jumped....I sat up and looked around, to my surprise, my apartment living room, my coffee table, the tic tocking of my clock, my big front window, my adult home. Flash back or nightmare? I am unsure, but that was life for years and years...he is dead and gone, yet haunts me still!!! I hate PTSD and if I don't get up and take my meds this illness could take my life that is for sure. I don't want it to win. I just want it to be no more. :(

 

[trying2movefwd]

I feel the need for a teddy bear. This seems crazy, but it will help me go back to sleep.

 

[UniqueSunflower]

I feel the need for a teddy bear. This seems crazy, but it will help me go back to sleep.[/QUOTE...

Your need for something soft, cuddly, and warm isn't crazy at all. I have found plush stuffed animals really comforting during certain times in my recovery. They help me self soothe and feel "safe" when my mind hasn't allowed me to otherwise.

 

[lostforgottensoul]

I feel the need for a teddy bear.

I sleep with a teddy bear every night. Cant sleep with him. Not crazy at all.

As to why it happens, by product of abuse, of trauma. Wish I had the answer. :hug:

 

[hodge]

I am so sorry, Trying. I had the same kind of experience in my upstairs bedroom when I was 12. Flashbacks, yeah, anywhere. Stuffed animals can be really comforting. Real life cats and dogs who like to cuddle are even more so. I also have a prayer blanket I sleep with every night. It helps.