ptsd nightmares - please help

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my therapist doesn’t seem to think my PTSD needs its own treatment plan but i have ptsd nightmares multiple times per week. last night alone i had 3 separate full lifelike narratives of just AWFUL things happening. even though i woke up in between (which usually helps) they just kept COMING. sometimes its loved ones dying but super realistically and graphically and me going through a very real grieving process and facing the reality of that. sometimes it’s ME being forced to commit violent acts that are necessary in the moment but are deeply disturbing to me. And then the rest of the time it’s disgusting nauseating visceral physical trauma (that i can FEEL happening) and I don’t think anyone would want to read a description of here.

basically all of these feel very very real and i could honestly throw up thinking about them and I think my questions are: 1. is that normal to not need further treatment? 2. i would love to hear about your experiences, I think I mostly just need to not feel alone in this.

Thank you very much for anything y’all can say.

Posted Oct 22, 2025, 5:19 PM UTC

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