Jacquelyn Haley - Anxiety & PTSD Specialist

🌙 Why do nightmares and night terrors happen?
Many people experience disturbed sleep during times of anxiety, PTSD, stress, grief, trauma, or major life change.

First of all apologies to the people I spoked on mb photo yesterday! Today I have gone for lighter cloudy pinks !

Anyway , getting back to my post !

These are not random.

🧠 It is the nervous system doing its job, trying to protect you as always !

When we experience overwhelming or unresolved emotional experiences, the brain can remain in a heightened state of alert.

Even during sleep.

😟 Nightmares often occur during dreaming sleep (REM), when the mind is processing emotional material.

😱 Night terrors usually occur during deeper sleep, when the body reacts before the conscious mind is fully online.

In both cases, the system is not unrepairable! People tell me Jac I feel f**kes - I know how this feels but you are not ! .

It is activated - read that again 🎉

It is responding to perceived threat.

💖 The key thing to understand:

Your brain is not trying to harm you.

It is trying to keep you safe , even when there is no longer danger present.

Sometimes the system simply needs support to come out of protection mode.

Tomorrow I’ll talk about how hypnotherapy may help calm this response and support more restful sleep.

💬 Have you noticed sleep being worse during stressful periods in your life? I know I have and many of my past clients have.

www.anxiety-ptsd.co.uk

Don't you just love it when people say..

""Just go to sleep and stop thinking about it."

And ....

😑 PTSD and Anxiety at 3:17am: "Excellent idea. Unfortunately, we've scheduled a replay of every worry since 1997."

I think we can all relate from time to time, but for many it's so much more, how many of you have experienced this or still are - comment below

😟 Nightmares
😱 Night Terrors
🌙 Both
❤️ Thankfully neither

Tomorrow I'll explain how Hypnotherapy helps 🙏🏽

www.anxiety-ptsd.co.uk

Although I focus on Anxiety & PTSD. - there are many facets to what creates trauma in the body, mind and spirit!

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Sorry for all the canceled appointments and not getting back to you all,

Norovirus has hit our home so I will be back at work on Monday 8th

Sorry the meme states 9th!

Remember you are so beautiful as you are. Don't let anyone tell you Any different!

Wipes tears from eyes, points at self in mirror: "You ARE amazing." 🫵🥹