Teen nightmares

I’m not sure how to deal with this. When the nightmares are trauma related. There’s very little support for teens with PTSD. I’ve tried happy thoughts before sleep, taking control on dreams by telling her to see me their saving her, talking about them; nothing so far seems to work. So now I lie awake

Get up!

Keep going You promised yourself You have people to annoy People to love Things to do Keep going.

Three steps forward, two back

Just when you think a corner maybe turning, you’re thrown right back. We have a system in place at home. Like a traffic light system but with processes. So if you feel low, you don’t use your phone, you don’t sleep alone, you never are alone in a room, you eat with everyone else and

Attacked

Every sound like a pin in my mind Every breathe a struggle When someone gets too close my vision gets blurry This feeling will not leave me A huge weight on my chest I hear his voice in my head Haunting my dreams We are all dead I was offered counselling But I’m not ready

Adult nightmares

When I finally slept last night, I had nightmares. I thought I should write them out and let them go. I apologise in advance. They were nightmares after all. I’m in bed with my partner, the room is slightly lit by an outside light and he snores unaware I am awake, I hear a noise,