PTSD Suffers, Here’s a Remedy for those Sleepless Nights

So many people are now becoming quick to say that they know about post-traumatic stress disorder but very few can clearly explain what that is to the ones who suffer it.  It is then, therefore assumed, that what might be true for one suffering will also be true regarding the rest of us.  They couldn’t be further from the truth.

The basics may be quite similar but the cure is not.  Probably because there is no real cure for PTSD.  It cannot be erased by drugs nor its results cured by counseling.  It can only be controlled.  Controlled by the decisions those who suffer from it makes.  One of the major common issues is the inability to sleep.  Many have begun to take sleeping aids in order to get that rest but to me those sleepless nights could be the beginning of something great.

Use your sleepless nights as a time to think of a few good things that you could do for another person.  Maybe someone in your household or neighborhood.  It does not have to be anything fancy or expensive.  It could be something as simple as leaving a funny message in their mailbox.  Doing something good for another person will always make you smile.  Doing something nice for another person removes those negative thoughts that always enters your mind mostly uninvited and replaces them with a good memory during a bad time.   You see post-traumatic stress is often times painful in a way that no medicine can cure and makes the sufferer feel usless and unworthy of even breathing, so replacing those negative feelings with the euphoria of doing something good can make all of the difference in the world.

When it comes to our veterans, removing evil from the world and restoring it to a place of peace and calm has been and always will be our main mission.  The same can be said for other performers like, most law enforcement officers, firefighters, teachers, activists, religious leaders and yes, even some politicians just to name a few.  So when we replace that evil energy with a positive more enjoyable energy, not only does it help the one who brings it but those that they bring it to.  So during those times that you cannot sleep, do something positive even if it is something small like writing something positive and leaving it so others can read it.