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shutdowns/meltdowns in dreams

[cw: cptsd? meltdowns/shutdowns]

i'm wondering about people's experiences with having meltdowns or shutdowns in their dreams. is this common? how do you deal with it if you get this?

i often have stress dreams rehashing themes from a period in my life when i experienced a very high frequency of shutdowns due to life circumstances, and was wondering if this is common as perhaps a delayed (potentially ptsd) reaction/processing thing. i thought it was interesting that, at least recently, there have been increasing numbers of meltdown dreams where i feel completely overwhelmed by sensory and emotional stimuli, causing me to enter uncontrollable rages, typical meltdown urge to self injure (e.g. head banging), et cetera. this is despite both of the facts that in the past i barely, if ever, experienced meltdowns, as well as that at the moment i live a calmer, comparatively stress-free life with very infrequent meltdowns or shutdowns.

there is probably a link between past shutdowns causing delayed processing as dream meltdowns perhaps? at the time of the shutdowns i feel like they probably happened as a result of external pressure not permitting meltdowns maybe.

i suppose i'm just looking to see if anybody has experienced anything similar/to vent a little haha. i don't really know what to do about it. my dream lucidity isn't regularly that high atm. it would be nice if anybody has figured out a way to deal with it other than the regular ptsd dreams rescripting advice (hasn't really worked)/sleep health. the regular night terrors are genuinely becoming exhausting at this point and not looking forward to a life of this ngl. does it get better with time?

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cozy ejabberd xmpp chat server guide

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/2285760

> i wrote a blog post about setting up a compliant ejabberd server. i haven't really written something like this before so apologies if there are mistakes, i followed the guide myself on a clean server and it seems correct but as we all know 'works on my machine' is usually not enough

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cozy ejabberd xmpp chat server guide

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/2285760

> i wrote a blog post about setting up a compliant ejabberd server. i haven't really written something like this before so apologies if there are mistakes, i followed the guide myself on a clean server and it seems correct but as we all know 'works on my machine' is usually not enough

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cozy ejabberd xmpp chat server guide

i wrote a blog post about setting up a compliant ejabberd server. i haven't really written something like this before so apologies if there are mistakes, i followed the guide myself on a clean server and it seems correct but as we all know 'works on my machine' is usually not enough

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SLRPNK community discussion - September 2023
  • a movim instance would slay so hard πŸ™ i've wanted to use it more but the network seems even more monocultured than fedi. would you restrict it to people part of this instance though? i would love to be able to log in with my existing jabber account

  • Google seems to be blocking API access for Piped video servers
  • libreddit still works, it just gets heavily rate-limited at the moment, so public instances are usually not working