Coping Strategies and Self-Management

PTSD Sleep Disturbances: Causes, Impacts & Coping

Up to 90% of people with PTSD experience sleep disturbances, turning rest into a nightly struggle. Vivid nightmares, trauma flashbacks, hyperarousal, and avoidance behaviours create a vicious cycle: poor sleep worsens daytime fatigue, irritability, and concentration issues, while intensified PTSD symptoms make falling asleep even harder.