They come at night

I once explained to my therapist that I hate going to sleep. Bad dreams and just bad things are there when I’m alone with my brain. She said something though that really stuck with me and it makes me miss her to this day because she really got me. When I said I hated going to sleep she just asked, “because they come at night?”

September 29, 2021 | Categories: 365 Days of Academia - Year three, Mental health | Tags: anxiety, depression, health, life, Mental health, mental illness, nightmares, overwhelmed, post traumatic stress, PTSD, stress, writing | 3 Comments