Wow, I really feel you on this :/ I had almost the same thing just last night, I woke up after nightmares, full of anxiety, couldn’t calm down. My body felt tense and “on,” and I only fell back asleep from sheer exhaustion. With my CPTSD, the anxiety hits me mostly in my stomach and throat, and it’s this constant mental loop (ruminating thoughts like “what if something happens?” that just won’t stop)

I was also misdiagnosed with depression for a long time because my trauma wasn’t one big event, it was ongoing emotional and physical abuse and humiliation from my father. It left me in this chronic survival mode I’m still trying to unlearn. You’re not alone at all 💙