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Having nightmares since recent diagnosis - common?

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I was diagnosed in January. Apart from the fact that lockdown has limited my being able to talk to anyone about the diagnosis, I seem to be having a lot of lucid dreams/nightmares about past life events.

Is this common after diagnosis as an adult? I feel sure it is something to do with 'processing' events and seeing them from a different perspective but it very uncomfortable at times and quite hard to deal with.

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  • It's a mourning process, it takes a couple of months. With me it also became clear that there is something about me that maybe some people would notice. Some things in the past went wrong and now I know why this happens and how socially awkward and clumsy I must have looked. 

    You can't turn back the clock, but you can maybe recognise these situations in the future and deal with them in a different way, more beneficial. I advise to talk to a psychologist. They manage to put alternatives to certain thought-patterns in your head that make you think different. 

    For the rest, you are still you, the diagnoses didn't change that, what worked for you in the past keeps working now. 

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  • It's a mourning process, it takes a couple of months. With me it also became clear that there is something about me that maybe some people would notice. Some things in the past went wrong and now I know why this happens and how socially awkward and clumsy I must have looked. 

    You can't turn back the clock, but you can maybe recognise these situations in the future and deal with them in a different way, more beneficial. I advise to talk to a psychologist. They manage to put alternatives to certain thought-patterns in your head that make you think different. 

    For the rest, you are still you, the diagnoses didn't change that, what worked for you in the past keeps working now. 

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  • in reply to MDC

    I never thought of that - that it could be a mourning process. It makes perfect sense though: thank you MDC. 

    I’m happy and relieved to have the diagnosis and the understanding of past events that has brought.

    At the same time I have to acknowledge the years I’ve spent ‘not’ understanding. 

    Well, I no longer blame myself, that’s a whole lot of something to celebrate :-)

    Thank you so much for all your good thoughts x