PTSD, nightmares and flash backs

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I have always had trouble sleeping since I was five or six. My grandmother, who was my best friend died when I was 10. I did not have these problems in school. I did not have them at college or when I was juggling a full time band and a full time job. Then I had a girlfriend who cheated on me twice, maybe more. I gave her one chance which was a mistake.

My job was a nightmare but was a means towards an end which was my music career. We had two songs on the radio in 1995. I have been in 15 bands and have recorded much music. It was my halcyon years.

Them two bands in a row broke up too quickly and my girlfriend was gone by then. Shortly there after my dog, best fried I ever had and an arrest for cannabis happened in 2000. I delved into a bottle very hard for months and the quit cold turkey that year.

Starting in 2005 I began to have serious medical problems. I broke my back, dislocated my shoulder because the ball in the socket broke in half. Then the hernia. Then the tumor in my spine that almost paralyzed me from the navel down in 2010.

I started to have severe problems with depression and self hatred and misanthropy. that has mellowed out very much since, but I started to have problems with the PTSD, nightmares. sleep and flashbacks. Any tips? It really affects of my life.

Perhaps seek professional help. PTSD is complex issue to deal with.

Hello WeAteSand,

There are a few anti-depressants that can help you with PTSD, for example sertraline. The downside ofcourse is the side-effects, but maybe they will be weak or fade away after a short period of usage.

You can look on other internet forums and read other people's experiences with PTSD and how they deal with it.

I'm sure there are several books on Amazon or in your local library about PTSD.

If you are open to it, you can try Buddhist meditation and Buddhist psychology and philosophy. This can be really helpful not only for your PTSD but also with the other hardships you had to endure.