Originally Posted by
lofwyr
Are you dealing with a specific issue of anxiety right now? I have some skin biopsies, and the potential for a pretty serious surgery forthcoming which honestly could leave me a lot less pretty than I am now, and I don't have all that much going for me in the looks department to begin with.
Those things pile on, and during the day I am usually able to push them aside, and have a pretty anxiety free, or at least low anxiety day. There is just too much to do and I am able to stay busy.
But at night time, the dragon always comes out to play. I usually fall asleep all right, honestly because I am exhausted, but beginning around 3-5 AM I wake up to use the bathroom etc, and never manage to put the anxiety aside enough to get back to REM sleep. When it is really bad, I just get up, sometimes as early as 4am, though usually I try to push past that, even if I am just staring at a dark ceiling petting my dog.
So in periods of anxiety, I end up living on maybe five hours of good sleep, tops. Usually three hours of good sleep, and another three of crap sleep. I feel your pain.
That said, when my anxiety is on the back burner, I sleep like the dead. Well, the dead is pushing 50 and has to get up one to three times to use the bathroom.