Nightmares/dreams
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Does anyone get nightmares related to this whole situation? It's been approx 2 years since my ex s.o. had the knock and I no longer know anything about the case but from what I can find I don't think it's been through court yet. But in my nightmare last night I ended up accidentally kicking my now s.o. waking us both. I felt so bad and I'm so lucky he is so understanding. I don't know if it's just with the unknowing and still getting nervous if I see a car near where I live that's similar to his. I've been on the waiting list for talking therapies for nearly a year and have antidepressants.
Morning ShatteredWorld - Nightmares - yes - and plenty of them. But my dreams now are more mellow and not so harsh so suppose they do change with your mindset at the particular time and stages of this journey you are facing.
Also I found you really have to learn to cope with the inevitable triggers (which I agree is a hard one) as it happens to me regularly. I had one at the weekend, I just had to gather my strength and count the blessings I have, which are (not so ideal) in my life.
With Medication and theopy it sounds as though you are going down the right avenues. But are there other areas in your life you could maximise ie a hobby you enjoy and could pursue? Like a few ladies on here have found even a long walk, a swim, a run - some 'you' time which really can help to give you a boost.
sending you a hug and I'm sure our ladies could pass on some additional advise xxxxx
Also I found you really have to learn to cope with the inevitable triggers (which I agree is a hard one) as it happens to me regularly. I had one at the weekend, I just had to gather my strength and count the blessings I have, which are (not so ideal) in my life.
With Medication and theopy it sounds as though you are going down the right avenues. But are there other areas in your life you could maximise ie a hobby you enjoy and could pursue? Like a few ladies on here have found even a long walk, a swim, a run - some 'you' time which really can help to give you a boost.
sending you a hug and I'm sure our ladies could pass on some additional advise xxxxx
Snap. I have nightmares and very unsettled sleep. It's settled a bit now we're in the limbo period awaiting for bail/to find out if there are charges etc. I'm not waking up terrified or crying or just unable to get back to sleep because I'm anxious and wound up like I was at the start. But they seem to ramp up again right before an appointment with social services. I've always been an overthinker who has very lucid dreams but this is a new level of awful. I just re-live all the feelings whilst I sleep; the betrayal, lying and secrecy, my family disowning me, people talking about me if they find out. My child being bullied because of it. All those poor people whose images are there being re-sent and copied over and over again. I also re-live the devastation of hearing the news after the knock and I constantly hear the shrieks and cries of my distraught child when we first told him he wasn't allowed to see his Dad (the period where no contact was allowed but SS wouldn't let us tell any white lies to him such as Dad is away for work; we had to tell him everything so that he could be "fully protected" by knowing exactly why). Those cries will haunt me for the rest of my life. It was as bad as telling him a loved one had died.
Yes, I have diagnosed PTSD too. X
Yes I have frequent nightmares and disturbed sleep following the knock and also have been diagnosed with PTSD due to the way I was treated by the police.
I try to cope with it by walking and yoga but sometimes the anxiety is triggered by seeing a police car and I am still very scared if I see an unfamiliar car or by a knock at the door.
I try to cope with it by walking and yoga but sometimes the anxiety is triggered by seeing a police car and I am still very scared if I see an unfamiliar car or by a knock at the door.