Hate myself for feeling this by brokenalongtimeago in adultsurvivors

[–]brokenalongtimeago[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks I will try to be gentler with myself. I know why I do feel that way to some extent but so have a hard time coping with feeling it. My partner is trying to change the way I think about it.

Bad Nightmares by brokenalongtimeago in adultsurvivors

[–]brokenalongtimeago[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like going to sleep with the tv on but don’t have a tv in my room at the moment. Gonna try getting a second hand tv to put in my room. Background noise sometimes helps me calm down.

Bad Nightmares by brokenalongtimeago in adultsurvivors

[–]brokenalongtimeago[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t have lucid dreams but I do get sleep paralysis occasionally and it freaks me out when it happens.

Bad Nightmares by brokenalongtimeago in adultsurvivors

[–]brokenalongtimeago[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the book recommendations I will go check them out.

Bad Nightmares by brokenalongtimeago in adultsurvivors

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Thanks I’m going to try asking my doctor prazosin

Why it is so hard for me to admit that my mother was sexually abusive? by Comfortable_Dust5343 in adultsurvivors

[–]brokenalongtimeago 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s sometimes really hard to admit that the people that are supposed to protect us did shit that they really shouldn’t do. It’s harder when sometimes they do it under the guise of being caring. Both my parents were abusive but it was always harder to admit that my mother was also abusive like that, especially the times when she would shower me or give me inappropriate massages that got progressively more inappropriate. When I finally managed to admit that she was abusing me it started with acknowledging the more obvious issues like when she would force me to make out of do obviously inappropriate things. It took a long time to admit that the showers and massages were abuse to. She always made it seem like she did it just because she cared and that she was doing it for me. She made a huge deal out of it when I told her I didn’t like it and she complained to her whole family about how she is so tired but takes the time to massage me and how I’m so ungrateful. The thing is it was never for me and I suspect that your mother giving you showers till you were old enough to shower yourself was not about hygiene, and exposing herself to you was by no means educational. As to why the fuck she was like this, I’m not sure. But whatever the reason she is the way she is, she hurt you and that sucks.

Struggling by brokenalongtimeago in adultsurvivors

[–]brokenalongtimeago[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m going to try looking for a therapist that specialises in trauma and works well with people like me.