I a new kid on the block too, Sarah, but some of your difficulties sound familiar. I know it can be extremely frustrating to get bits and pieces of memories instead of the whole thing. It may be that you're going at the rate that you can handle at this time. In case you're interested a technique I used was to write down dreams I'd had an then decide which parts seemed real to me and I'd focus on them in a quiet state of mind and see what came. I got quite a bit of useful information that way. This may not be of help to you, but I noticed that some other suggestions were made and they might work. I was wondering if your sleepiness in the day time ,after appearing to have enough sleep during the night, could be a trance like staate, perhaps. I hope you're able to find a therapist locally that you can work with. That'll make a difference I think. I know this is disturbing for you, but hang in there. Take care.