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Re: My Key to Unlocking Anxiety

Posted by Seeking sleep on January 25, 2005 at 12:37:09:

In Reply to: Re: My Key to Unlocking Anxiety posted by DCTom on January 25, 2005 at 12:23:25:

I fear that I'm not fully enjoying this amazing life that I have. I fear that my struggle will hurt my marriage and my ability to mother in the way I want to. I fear that I will continue to withdrawal from people and not be as present for my friends as I'd like to be. I'm afraid that I'm becoming all skin and bones - when I don't sleep I just waste away because I have no appetite. Untimately I fear not ever getting me back. I just don't understand how this all started - I mean, I know why I got my first bout of this but I am so afraid that this is it. FOREVER. When I'm at my low points there is a part of me that wishes I were dead. The misery and the accompanying anxiety is almost just too much. I've had problems with anxiety my whole life. Now with this sleep problem, I have depression too. I also have gotten obsessive because I'm so obsessive about my sleep.

I'm so sorry to sound so negative. I've had two bad days in a row and I'm panicked that I'm back to square one. And I feel like I've gone crazy sometimes.

Even though it doesn't sound like your advice registered with me. It did and I may try "so what." It's just when I wake up at 2:30 to go to the bathroom and think "oh no, what it?' At that moment "so what" sounds like a lie. Every part of me wants to go back to sleep.

What kind of insomnia do you have?

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