Brian's Journey with PTSD

This weekend has been a pain. Haunted by a lot of dreams. High anxiety both taking place at hospitals, and including family and friends. It is one thing to wake up from these dreams it is a whole other ball game when I act things out.

I am usually fighting to protect others from harm. I have kicked, and woken up my wife twice, and I have fallen out of bed. Not to mention talking and moving around like crazy at night. Dreams are rough and I really dislike them, and I have a fear of going to sleep at night.

I am on medications, but those have their own issues like being stuck in the dream, and unable to get out. When I do come out of the dreams it takes me a little bit to get my brain from thinking about the helicopter crash and ambulance calls. I hate it, because the dreams are not similar to the events, but the stress and anxiet are and they are enough to send me into a thinking issue, which is not good.

What do you do for helping you cope with the dreams at night? How do you deal with the next day, when memories of past events are flooding your thoughts, and all you want them to do is go away?