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dd1's nightmare terrors have led me to panic attack tonight

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melsy · 27/01/2009 19:52

Night after night Im awoken with tales of awful dreams which she wont describe , night after night, we have 2hrs of bed time wind down as she scared of bed, the lights on, musics on, Ive asked about the dreams and she finally described them tonight b to be honest Im no sure that was my best move with a ruminator such like myself. I then went on to use distraction techniques and cheered her up talking of future nice plans this week and even asking her what kind of birthday party she wants in Sept , all to distract ,but to no avail.

Im sory if IM repeating myself as I have a thread lower down about the same thing , but no one has come onto it recently and Im a bit of a crappy state, along with dd1. I was afraid of what I wouod do , so I just had to come down stairs and away and this made me start panicking.

Shes now standing on the landing sobbing and Ive hyperventilated through a conversation with dh on his way home to calm myself down.
I know that going to bed in less than 4hrs I will be up again and have it all start over.

A friend today said this is normal & not to go down the route of GP/Cahms etc , as this will only make it much worse, but what do you do in the meantime? I thought I was going really well the last few weeks , but this has shown me, may be not.

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wilkos · 27/01/2009 19:54

no good advice ima fraid but bumping for you [hug]

TheGashlycrumbTinies · 27/01/2009 19:56

How old is she melsy?

We are going through something simillar with DD2 age 3.6.

melsy · 27/01/2009 20:00

oh shes 5.5 and this has been going on for months now. Its joyous their development sometimes!!!

Thank you for bumping for me wilkos, dont know why Ive had the reaction this eve , think it may be my cycle & current therapy Im having. Ive been sort of keeping it sensible and together for ages.

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melsy · 28/01/2009 09:20

Going to sound poor me , but I really thought there would be others out there having the same situation to just feel normal???

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bigTillyMint · 28/01/2009 09:27

DD had nightmares quite a bit at that sort of age, but she didn't get as upset as yours. DH / I were able to go to her and calm her back down in her bed.

Maybe your current therapist could help you with strategies?

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