having nightmares and waking up crying over my ex anyone else experience this?
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Oh, kitkat 
Yes, it is from grief and heartache...and yes, I did go through that. Suffered insomnia quite a bit because of it.
What helped me to sleep at night was to have beautiful music playing all night long...quietly so that it wouldn't keep me awake, but loud enough to hear it when I would wake up fitfully during the night.
I know that it doesn't feel like it now, but things will get better. I promise!! Hang in there!
Yes, it is from grief and heartache...and yes, I did go through that. Suffered insomnia quite a bit because of it.
What helped me to sleep at night was to have beautiful music playing all night long...quietly so that it wouldn't keep me awake, but loud enough to hear it when I would wake up fitfully during the night.
I know that it doesn't feel like it now, but things will get better. I promise!! Hang in there!
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KitKat, after reading this essay in the NY Times about heartbreak...
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/02/fa...g-therapy.html
I decided to download the app mentioned in the essay. I've been having a pretty horrible time sleeping after both my parents got their cancer diagnoses. However, I can attest that for the past three days I've had no trouble sleeping at all. There's relaxing music. The speaker has a soothing Scottish accent. You can set it on repeat. It works so well I would never listen to him while driving my car. Zzzzzz...
If you google "Andrew Johnson relax" you'll find the website. He offers a free app called Relax, and if I had known about that I would have downloaded that first.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/02/fa...g-therapy.html
I decided to download the app mentioned in the essay. I've been having a pretty horrible time sleeping after both my parents got their cancer diagnoses. However, I can attest that for the past three days I've had no trouble sleeping at all. There's relaxing music. The speaker has a soothing Scottish accent. You can set it on repeat. It works so well I would never listen to him while driving my car. Zzzzzz...
If you google "Andrew Johnson relax" you'll find the website. He offers a free app called Relax, and if I had known about that I would have downloaded that first.
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Oh man, this is just so hard isn't it, my dear? I know how you feel. I've always been a big dreamer and It's hard when they are even in your dreams. You feel like you'll never heal, but you will. Like Seren says, it will get better. Promise!! When I have a hard time sleeping, I pray or read a good book. It takes my mind off 'things'. I love that idea of listening to beautiful music. When I enter into prayer, it's as if I am comforted somehow. Sending you a healing hug.
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Well...yes, I've had dreams about people who were once in my life and no longer are. And if we're in the middle of going through something with someone, chances are high that someone will visit us in our dreams.
It can be distressing. But I think it's normal, too. So just get through your days as best you can.
Hang in there.
It can be distressing. But I think it's normal, too. So just get through your days as best you can.
Hang in there.
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Oh so sorry to hear that Kitkat. I recognize the feelings you're describing. I think you're actually suffering from anxiety - have experienced lots of that. Try to stay calm and take deep breaths. If it doesn't get better go see a doctor and ask if they can give you something sedative.
Hang in there
Hang in there
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