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Mental Health Support

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FirstLight

(14,486 posts)
Sun Dec 15, 2024, 06:38 AM Dec 15

3am... My son just woke me from a nightmare that [View all]

I couldn't get myself out of 😭

He heard me trying to scream in my sleep over and over...

All I can remember was that I was trying to tell people that something was wrong, and nobody believed me! I kept saying that I needed help and nobody heard...

I clung to him and sobbed. My shirt was cold with sweat. I couldn't swim to the surface of consciousness...thank God he had his ' daddy' ears 1on listening for the baby...
Trauma sucks.

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It sure does. OldBaldy1701E Dec 15 #1
Nightmares suck COL Mustard Dec 15 #2
I'm always back on a job I did over 50 years ago. multigraincracker Dec 15 #3
Nightmares can be nightmarish Schlocko Dec 15 #4
JEEZ...was it a trauma dump night or what? FirstLight Dec 15 #5
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