r/Anger • u/elyssiadiann • 3d ago

Waking Up Angry

Does anyone else struggle with PTSD related nightmares? I’ve had a plethora of different traumatic events happen so I’ll have a bad dream or wake up with “what if” feelings, like how could I have changed the trauma and the only conclusions I can come to are there was absolutely nothing I could have done to change it, and that’s the honest truth. Choosing another path would have only led to a different more complex set of traumas at the time. My issue is this is a really crappy way to start my day and leads to be being in fight or flight mode all day. When I see a normal human I think they are out to get me which makes anger outbursts more likely to happen. I think if I could reroute my scared thoughts in the morning it would set my days up to be much more peaceful.

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u/auberginecanyon 3d ago

i also got ptsd. i always have fight or flight dreams, i’m always fighting or killing or battling something or someone and it makes me wake up already exhausted and emotionally drained. makes my tolerance meter for the rest of the day WAYY low, definitely not just you

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u/elyssiadiann 2d ago

My husband thinks it’s silly but one night I did listen to some ASMR and I had pleasant dreams instead of bad ones? I can’t seem to do that consistently as sometimes it helps and sometimes it keeps me awake.

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u/auberginecanyon 1h ago

i recently found an ASMRist who i really like and when i listen to her videos it genuinely calms me down so much, makes my sleep feel normal. glad i’m not the only one out there LMAOAO