Does anyone else get nightmares related to the content of their psychosis? Even though I really don’t get symptoms anymore I still have nightmares that are basically exact replays of what happens with my symptoms except more intense. I end up getting raped by demons and constantly harassed to give myself to the devil. These dreams are always so bizarre and feel so different from normal dreams in that I have physical sensation and I’m always in the same room I fell asleep in and it feels more like an out of body experience.
I want them to stop but I have no idea how to stop them. I do not get them at night when I sleep, I solely get them if I sleep once the sun is up. I feel like i cannot escape my psychosis and I keep getting retraumatized by these dreams.
Something that helped me with nightmares is to write them down and keep a diary. You will see some things that repeat themselves.
I believe that our dreams are trying to tell us something deep inside our subconscious that we refuse to believe.
It is just so frustrating. I have gotten this nightmare for years but usually it was just on occasion. For the past several weeks I have been having it every. Single. Day.
I have definitely always had interest in the occult and paranormal since I was little. I experimented with it in my teens and thats when everything exploded in my face.
However the reason why I had an interest in it from the time i was young was because of my weird experiences. I had the weird experiences before I even knew what things like paranormal or occult was. By the time I was 2 I was telling my mom I was scared to sleep in my room because there were ghosts there.
Your post came off as insensitive. I was posting about my struggles and you came onto my post and commented about how psychosis wasn’t a problem for you. So again good for you, but maybe not the best response to someone who is struggling.
Yes I am sure that is what it is. Unfortunately while I may be recovered from my depression and psychosis my ptsd still tends to flare up whenever it wishes. I have been to trauma therapy. It is hard to overcome a trauma when it still happens.
Medication stops the abuse but there are those times when I forget to refill on time and miss a few days of my med and I get attacked. And then those nightmares…i can’t seem to stop them. I have even gone on meds for nightmares before and they didn’t work.
I actually started back in therapy recently. Not for trauma but for dealing with general life stressors. But i will definitely bring it up at my next appointment thanks.