Yes, I do certainly remember a lot of years with little to no sleep.... alcohol often was used for me to sleep. Saying this though, none of that time was when I was actively facing my trauma either. When I began facing my trauma to when the nightmares ceased, was merely a few months, and it was only that someone said something that I noticed I was no longer having the nightmares. I would hope that the experience here now leads others to lessen their time off painful nightmares, instead opt direct to the source of the issue.... the trauma.