No tricks, just truth. Treat the problem, your trauma, not the symptoms, your nightmare.
I have ptsd steming from molestation starting at age 9 which has now been addresses and treated, dealt with and forgiven. My only problem remains the horrifying night terrors I am having and each one get's worse. It makes me fearful to sleep because I'm so scared of the next one after what I went through three nights ago where I witnessed a man being murdered by the hands of several other men while I watched three feet away, screaming for them to stop. Upon waking I felt through my body as if I had actually experienced the trauma. It took me hours to calm down and I;m not a mealy mouthed little wimpy woman. I take care of myself, live alone and have my act together pretty well . . . except I cannot stop the nightmares nightly and the surprise night terror which jumps in unexpectedly now and then. I've dealt with the problem so where do I go now??? I'm at the end of my rope hanging on. I'm scared to go to sleep. I sleep with the lights on and the tv on. I only sleep when I am so tired I pass out. I'm looking for a counselor who specializes in ptsd but it's easier said than done.
There is a difference between nightmares due to trauma, and just nightmares. If you have dealt with your trauma, then you will no longer have nightmares about it. If your nightmares are not about your trauma, or surrounding your trauma, they are just nightmares. Everyone can have nightmares. That is different from a symptom of trauma.
I was finally able to find a counselor who specializes in PTSD and am so shocked that the knowledge he has just in
