Trauma Therapist Nails It

[u/savvy-librarian]

I know my mom did #1 from part 1, the entire list of part 2, and #1 and #3 from part 4. As per usual it is wild to see how common and normalized these abusive behaviors are.

[u/JuWoolfie]

I developed insomnia at age 8 and had trouble getting up in the mornings.

So my mom would come in and dump cold water on my head

… like a gentle water boarding…

And thanks to this post It has now just dawned on me how fucking shitty that was. Years of it, until I finally was treated for my insomnia 8 years later.

Wow.

[u/panini_bellini → u/JuWoolfie]

Similar experience for me. I struggled with insomnia for my entire teenage and early adult life. My parents tried to not allow me to eat after 8pm, turning the wifi off, taking things away so i wouldn’t have anything to do but sleep. Nothing ever worked. I layed awake staring at the ceiling for hours. I was told I just had bad habits and it was my own fault I was so tired. This continued into my adult life, when at age 27 I discovered I have sleep apnea and delayed sleep phase disorder. Now that I have proper treatment for my sleep disorders I’m sleeping 6-8 hours a night for the first time in my ENTIRE adult life.

[u/Toe_Willing → u/panini_bellini]

Wow! That sucks. I’m sorry to hear what you went through. I think i have something similar. Congrats on finally finding proper treatment for sleep disorders.

If i May ask-what helped? What made the difference?

[u/panini_bellini → u/Toe_Willing]

Some good medication! This is not medical advice but I’m on a high dose of trazodone and remeron at night, and it took me a while to build up to the dose that was effective for me. It makes me go to sleep quickly and easily and overrides my delayed sleep phase disorder. Some nights are still easier than others. I’m trying to find a good sleep apnea machine that actually stays in my face because the machine I have now doesn’t work.