Anxiety it is then

[ukpete]

Hi I’m back again, just went to bed and knew I wouldn’t be able to sleep before I got to the bedroom, so I’ve come downstairs to try and clear my mind. I should be okay soon but certainly do without this, I try to unravel why I am going through this, certainly had a good day at work, a relaxing evening at home so why oh why do I get this anxiety as I get to bed, I read posts on here and actually feel like I can relate to lots of people and I suppose it calms me down, well I’m going back to bed and try fill my mind with good things, wish me luck

[Agora1]

Goodnight ukpete....sleep well.

[scarr6]

Best of luck! Please keep us posted on how it goes.

[ukpete in reply to scarr6]

Not so good really, I have just got up again, I feel like I’m in a battle with sleep, so once again I’m sat watching tv to try and calm my mind down, got to be up for work at 5am

[JBradley in reply to ukpete]

Hello! I like to use mindful breathing to fall asleep after my symptoms rudely awaken me. Try inhaling for 6 seconds, maintaining each exhale at 6 seconds, but increasing each inhale by 2 seconds. Something like this: close your eyes, picture something that brings you great joy, inhale for 6s, exhale 6s, inhale 8s, exhale 6s.. etc. I usually stop around 14s. Good luck Pete! We're all rooting for you to have another good day at work tomorrow despite the setback.

[Sostakovic]

Maybe you should stop asking yourself the stupid question <why me>. Why NOT you ? Are you any better than others ? More deserving of good health than others ? Pride is a real sin. And it does not bring you any good. Sorry if all this sounds harsh, but I am speaking from my own experience. I had a lot of problems with sleep for almost two years. Than it became clear to me that the importance of sleep is exaggerated, that a lot of great people slept very little, that the body will sleep when it needs to, physiologically, not when I THINK it should, psychologically. Try to be more humble and accepting, it helps a lot. Meditation, every day, is very helpful too.

[ukpete in reply to Sostakovic]

Thank you for your very honest reply, just for the record I certainly don’t think I’m better than anyone else and I have suffered from anxiety and insomnia for about 10 years, having said that your suggestion to try meditation is one I am willing to try, i suppose under the circumstances that we are all going through my anxiety is not as important as I am making, stay safe

[cmore]

It’s stress plain and simple! My insomnia came back recently. I tried 4-7-8 breathing along with a banana with nut meg and it seemed to work. The breathing is 4 second inhale through the nose, 7 seconds holding your breath in and 8 seconds exhaling through your mouth. This is all at bedtime of course.

[scarr6]

A great book that helped me with my insomnia is Say Good Night to Insomnia. It also has some good principles for coping with anxiety too. It was the only thing that helped me. During all this shutdown, my insomnia has gotten worse again and I am going to have to give it a second look myself.