Most nights I’m good and don’t dream about my trauma other nights I can’t even close my eyes without remembering my trauma. I dont know how to stop them from coming and cant get medicine since I never told my mom about the trauma. Anyone have any tips to stop ptsd nightmares?
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Getting specialist therapy helped me. For me, it was EMDR. Trauma based CBT is also recommended. I would strongly suggest speaking to your mother or another trusted adult about this so you can get help.
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Healthy stress relieving activities during the day will help you sleep better. Bonus if it is something that makes you feel empowered, since your trauma involves being victimized.
Have you considered studying a martial art? The benefits go way beyond the physical, at least this has been my experience.
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I am trying g out for volleyball and I’m gonna damce so maybe that’ll help
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I’m confident it will. Anytime you exercise discipline and see results, it’s empowering. I hope you sleep well tonight and every night.
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I was in a pretty bad accident and for weeks afterward I had nightmares and full blown flashbacks.
I know how helpless it can make you feel.
I’m here to tell you, you are NOT helpless and your body itself, is not helpless either. The brain wants to heal and can heal itself, over time. Our nightmares are an important part of the ugly process. Everytime you have a nightmare or get triggered and re-experience trauma, it’s a sign that you are healing. (if only a little)
Stick with us. Stay sober. Allow yourself to become a new, better person. 
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Does anyone else here spend two or three days up at a time cuz they’re afraid to dream I k that probably doesn’t help any advice
What kind of stands are you trying to avoid buddy, using dreams or dreams in general?
It wasn’t PTSD, but for a brief period when I was dealing with panic disorder, I developed an intense fear of falling asleep. Whenever my body would start crossing that threshold into falling asleep, I’d feel it and a huge surge of panic and adrenaline would rush through and jolt me wide awake. I couldn’t count how long it was, I was so disoriented, but it was probably 2-3 days at a time.
What I did was set myself up in a place I felt safe. At the time I was also intensely afraid of something happening to me when I was alone, so I stayed on the couch in the living room. I put on a TV show on Netflix to take my mind off of trying to fall asleep. I asked family members to watch with me and keep me company, which also helped. I still kept jolting myself away from sleep with that fear reaction, but eventually my body couldn’t keep it up anymore, and I just fell asleep. I think feeling as safe as I could manage, and not thinking about sleep, made it easier.
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