katniss
20-03-17, 18:43
Hey everyone,
I was almost over my anxiety when it came back with a vengeance last night. For some strange reason I couldn't sleep. I have had this problem twice before in the last 3 years. Both times it was due to terrible anxiety and work stress.
I am no longer working and currently on mat leave at home with my two kiddos. I don't usually get a good night's sleep so yesterday's incidents were particularly disconcerting. I went to bed around 1am (I spent too much time on social media, should have tucked in earlier) and every time I would doze off I would just startle myself awake. No twitches or anything, it was an odd feeling. I would literally doze off and suddenly just wake up. This kept happening until 4am! My heart was racing and I was literally scared to fall asleep because it was so traumatic :( At 4 am my toddler walked in and somewhere in between putting him to bed I fell asleep myself.
Does anyone know how to combat this? I don't want it to happen again and I can't stop thinking about it. I'm so scared to go to bed again tonight. Anyone have any experiences they can share?
Ps. Both times it happened before, it just went away the next day. No idea how. But this time I'm a little more anxious because I don't get a lot of sleep as is and losing three to four hours in the night is hard enough.
I was almost over my anxiety when it came back with a vengeance last night. For some strange reason I couldn't sleep. I have had this problem twice before in the last 3 years. Both times it was due to terrible anxiety and work stress.
I am no longer working and currently on mat leave at home with my two kiddos. I don't usually get a good night's sleep so yesterday's incidents were particularly disconcerting. I went to bed around 1am (I spent too much time on social media, should have tucked in earlier) and every time I would doze off I would just startle myself awake. No twitches or anything, it was an odd feeling. I would literally doze off and suddenly just wake up. This kept happening until 4am! My heart was racing and I was literally scared to fall asleep because it was so traumatic :( At 4 am my toddler walked in and somewhere in between putting him to bed I fell asleep myself.
Does anyone know how to combat this? I don't want it to happen again and I can't stop thinking about it. I'm so scared to go to bed again tonight. Anyone have any experiences they can share?
Ps. Both times it happened before, it just went away the next day. No idea how. But this time I'm a little more anxious because I don't get a lot of sleep as is and losing three to four hours in the night is hard enough.