Posted by toojane on January 27, 2007, at 14:40:49
In reply to Nightmares **sex abuse trigger**, posted by sunnydays on January 27, 2007, at 12:44:17
> I had really really bad nightmares last night. ... Anyway, ideas, thoughts, whatever would be helpful. I'm kind of shaken.
Hi Sunnydays,I often feel like a complete and utter charlatan if I dare to offer any advice to other people's posts because I myself am an absolute mess but I certainly have lots and lots of experience with nightmares.
I haven't found any way to stop them but managing the distress the day (or days) afterwards is easier if I write it down, in detail. I think nightmares are like messages from your mind and writing it down says clearly - okay, got that message, roger that. It doesn't make the nightmares stop, for me, but it seems to lessen the daytime revisiting.
poster:toojane
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