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My self care strategy for nightmares #shorts

Name: My self care strategy for nightmares #shorts
Uploaded: 2022-08-31T10:45:01+00:00
Duration: 1 min 13 s
Channel: Dr. Nicole Cain
Description: A short YouTube monologue by Dr. Nicole Cain about coping with distressing nightmares. The speaker normalizes the lingering emotional impact of…

31 Aug 2022 · 1 min

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A short YouTube monologue by Dr. Nicole Cain about coping with distressing nightmares. The speaker normalizes the lingering emotional impact of nightmares and offers a two-step self-care strategy: (1) journal to explore feelings, images, and unconscious messages; (2) perform a strong pattern interrupt (play upbeat music, change location, alter scents or lighting) to shift the body's and mind's state.

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Hello my friend. Do you ever have nightmares that just stick with you after you've woken up? You have this feeling in your body and it's just hard to shake. Or your mind keeps going back to thinking about what happened in the dream. Somebody at work the other day told me that they had a nightmare where I was really mad at them and really unkind and it had stuck with her. And then last night I had a nightmare and it. In my dream I was just weeping and weeping and I just couldn't stop crying. And I woke up this morning and I felt like I wanted to weep. I wanted to cry. And so if you've ever felt like that, know that you're not alone. I wanted to share with you what my self care strategy is for when I have those nightmares. The first thing is to lean into what your unconscious is trying to tell you. Do this with journaling and really getting your thoughts and feelings images out on paper. Then the second is to do a big pattern interrupt where you can play really fun music or relocate yourself or change the way that your house smells or change the lighting. What works for you.