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:bighug: have a hug... I've got great sympathy.


BTW...since I think we share genetic med traits....you haven't been wheat/grain heavy the last few days have you.....?....

That guaranteed the wide awake exhaustion nights for me. View attachment 1745777
:bighug:No, not really. I got checked for food sensitivity when all this started, and didn’t have any.

I’ve done every exclusionary diet there is, to no avail.

It’s all PTSD related, unfortunately. June 7 marks the anniversary of the last good sleep I got….in 07 I was jolted awake from a deep sleep by a rocket attack on the base I was on…. I jumped outta bed, opened the door to the pod I was in, and from my perspective, it looked like these rockets were coming directly at me….(they were going over my head, and landing a few hundred meters away)…. In that moment I was positive I was about to die…. And the combination of sleep grogginess, and intense adrenaline was like a weird drug like state… audible exclusion, the world seemed very hazy, hard to think….. in that moment it’s like a switch flipped in my brain…. And I never ever slept soundly since… for about ten years afterwards, I would awake into a panic attack every single time I fell asleep…. So every day started with trying to quell anxiety….


To be honest, this is rather torturous, but it’s progress, I suppose…
 
I’m quite sure the insomnia is the culprit behind my decline in physical health…..


Yup...we Heal when we Sleep..... :pass: ...if you are not sleeping you are not healing....
 
:bighug:No, not really. I got checked for food sensitivity when all this started, and didn’t have any.

I’ve done every exclusionary diet there is, to no avail.

It’s all PTSD related, unfortunately. June 7 marks the anniversary of the last good sleep I got….in 07 I was jolted awake from a deep sleep by a rocket attack on the base I was on…. I jumped outta bed, opened the door to the pod I was in, and from my perspective, it looked like these rockets were coming directly at me….(they were going over my head, and landing a few hundred meters away)…. In that moment I was positive I was about to die…. And the combination of sleep grogginess, and intense adrenaline was like a weird drug like state… audible exclusion, the world seemed very hazy, hard to think….. in that moment it’s like a switch flipped in my brain…. And I never ever slept soundly since… for about ten years afterwards, I would awake into a panic attack every single time I fell asleep…. So every day started with trying to quell anxiety….


To be honest, this is rather torturous, but it’s progress, I suppose…


Horrific experience. Gotta leave an impact or you wouldn't be human...:bighug:
 
Yup...we Heal when we Sleep..... :pass: ...if you are not sleeping you are not healing....
Exactly…

And I was in the military for another five years after that….. in a high physical intensity job…I was regularly doing damage to my body at work, plus I got my PTSD all wrapped up in my gym habit, and took that to an extreme…. All while having insomnia…. And it caused an autoimmune response that started degenerating all soft tissue….:doh: Plus, the injuries were happening at a fast rate…. I broke a vertebrae in my neck then, tore my shoulder apart, and tore a bunch of ligaments in my knee… all separate incidents, within about three years…. My body was in crisis and breaking down fast….
 
Exactly…

And I was in the military for another five years after that….. in a high physical intensity job…I was regularly doing damage to my body at work, plus I got my PTSD all wrapped up in my gym habit, and took that to an extreme…. All while having insomnia…. And it caused an autoimmune response that started degenerating all soft tissue….:doh: Plus, the injuries were happening at a fast rate…. I broke a vertebrae in my neck then, tore my shoulder apart, and tore a bunch of ligaments in my knee… all separate incidents, within about three years…. My body was in crisis and breaking down fast….


Amazing how well you do all things considered... :pighug: ...back from the brink...:pass:
 
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