Last night I had a nightmare of my father beating me up and I woke up shaken and cried throughout the day. I'm still a bit shaken. Anyone else experience something like this?
>>18566754
Jesus that's not PTSD, that's just a bad memory that came through sleep when repression is low. Please don't self diagnose with PTSD for your own sake. Also, yes bad dreams from bad memories happen. No big deal. Move on and be happy.
Mental illness from child abuse usually = Complex PTSD. It wouldn't be just one nightmare though.