I was just at my therapist today doing our education segment on PTSD and nightmares are part of it. She put it this way: It's our brain's job to make sense of what has happened to us and to file it where it is supposed to go. Trauma makes no sense so our brain keeps going over it again and again attempting to find a way to make sense. This is what causes our flashbacks, intrusive memories, nightmares etc. Once we find a way to make sense of it our brains will file it where it is supposed to go.

To get rid of nightmares you have to process your trauma. Sorry I don't know of any quick ways, but thought I would share how my therapist put it. It just made a lot of sense that way.

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