4 ms·
I went through a series of traumatic events before a deployment and I stopped sleeping. I started experiencing psychosomatic events where I'd see and feel bugs
by oooyay 3y ago
I went through a series of traumatic events before a deployment and I stopped sleeping. I started experiencing psychosomatic events where I'd see and feel bugs crawling on me. When I saw the Wizard™ he had me start doing breathing exercises right before bed, clearing my brain, and centering myself in a space with no distractions. For me that was a endless white room. It worked and I continue to do it today when I have stressful days and I generally sleep on a consistent schedule and wake up (nearly) on the hour of when I need to wake up. From my sleep tracker I get roughly 1.5-2 hours of REM each night and roughly 6-7 hours of "sleep".
- barbariangrunge 3y agoInteresting. Did you learn anything else that helped you?
- oooyay 3y agoSince then? Probably better managing stress and emotional events. Setting aside time to think about and feel my stress, grief, or anxiety and allowing myself to defer those things to an appropriate time has helped me a lot. Learning to bend with life a bit more than being fed up with its twists and turns has also helped. I say that in the light that in a lot of twists and turns I've figured out how to make the best of things.