Nocturnal Tormenters

[Anxiety - VII]

Freud said it best: “What we repress by day will haunt us at night.”

Anxiety often attacks at night. It haunts us in the dark.

What have we pushed down?
What are we avoiding?
What pains do we run from?
What are we ducking?
What comes up only to get squashed?
What wounds are we hiding from?
What impulses are there but ignored?
What triggers do we side-step?
What feelings do we choke out?
What memories have we tried to erase?

Our "nocturnal tormenters” must be faced, addressed, examined, understood, and ultimately healed from BY DAY.

Otherwise, they become our nightmares.