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Hello all, I am new to your group. I think I will just start with these questions.
How much do you sleep on an average night? I'll make a wing-it guesstament of 3 hours. Some nights I'll go 6 hours and some nights almost none. It depends on what's going on around me and also what I might be working on.
Do you use sleep aids? Sometimes, I will pop a couple of Benedryl.
Do you wake up in the middle of the night often or have trouble falling asleep?Welcome to the world of complex trauma. I am better at falling asleep. Some meditation and perhaps a benedryl usually work. There is; however, no way to control the waking up.
Do you remember your dreams often?Not like I used to. Now I mostly wake up feeling anxious but it's not attached to a specific dream memory. Though recently my brother died and that brought some of the old dreams back.
Have you ever had a lucid dream? Yep, don't care much for those either. I told myself not to open that door and then did it anyway. That's the power of trauma memory.
Do you have nightmares? I don't have happy dreams. There are only nightmares of pain and loss. Like I said though, it's not so bad as it used to be.
Vickie___________________________________________