Help! I have an irrational fear of being killed while i sleep.

[lexii]

When i was younger (Im only 16 now) I was a super paranoid child. It would get to the point to where when i entered my house i would turn on light and check cabinets to make sure no one was hiding there. It diminshed quite a bit. I stopped checking cabinets and i was able to unlock one of my locks on my 2nd story window. That was until about a year ago when it became to spiral. I'll be good for a few weeks then I'll have one really bad night where I will be terrified of someone someone entering my house and stabbing me. How my room is, is on one side of my bed is a window and the other side has a door. So I will turn all night along checking to make sure no one enters from either side. I wont sleep all night and then the thought will go away for a few weeks until it happens again.

[philly101]

Irrational thoughts can consume us. When your irrational thought comes to mind, you need to think of something else. Focus your thoughts on something else. Turn on the TV and focus your thoughts on the program. No need to keep worrying your mind about an irrational thought or the "what ifs".