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Re: My Key to Unlocking Anxiety

Posted by nocturnally yours on January 25, 2005 at 14:29:42:

In Reply to: Re: My Key to Unlocking Anxiety posted by Seeking sleep on January 25, 2005 at 12:37:09:

One thing that I wanted to mention is that whenever I took any medication for more than a few days, I would start to feel incredible anxiety, so I rarely take any meds anymore. There comes a point, after much sleep deprivation, where you honestly don't care anymore. You may have some days of returned anxiety, but they become shorter and less significant, because your brain starts to register that no matter how bad you think it is, it isn't really all that bad after all, and you've survived it before quite well. Many psychologists say that you need to stop what iffing. What if I don't sleep?!!!!???!!!! Well, the answer is... Yeah? and? What if I don't? What's the worst thing that can happen? I'll be tired the following day. The reasons you give, such as the struggle will hurt my marriage, that you won't be the best mother, well, are those really sound reasons? Are you going to abuse your kids? Are you going to murder your husband? Those are reasons to stress, but missing sleep won't cause that. Also, since you know that you eventually WILL sleep, you can confirm that it really doesn't matter, because you just will sleep again. Maybe it won't be the 8 hours you desire, or maybe it won't be the right kind of sleep, but that's not good enough reason to stress. I'm just trying to make suggestions here. I know it's hard to have faith right now. One trick is to put everything into a statement rather than a question. Supposedly our brains don't function well on all those negative (or positive for that matter)unanswered questions, and the end result is mixed signals and anxiety. Try to make everything a statement, and if possible, make it positive. You are at a place we have all been. We were all afraid that it would be a forever thing, and even if that should be the unlikely case, you can see that most recovering and recovered insomniacs here, at the very least, have willingly or unwillingly changed their perception of the whole thing so that they aren't victims anymore. In other words, by using different behaviorial techniques, they are viewing their insomnia more as a challenge to be overcome. As a result, they are sleeping better. Now, if that's the worst case scenario, well, you can live with that, can't you? If depression is an issue, then I suggest that you seek counseling because that may be the whole reason you're not sleeping. Whatever the case, there are many paths to take on this journey, so TRY to kick back and just experience the ride. I wish you the best in your recovery.

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