Why do I do this to myself? Does anyone else do it?

[Sleepanxiety01]

So this started as a child, I’ve always had problems sleeping and it got to the point where I would scare myself to sleep, I would imagine a monster or deformed human would be at the end of my bed or outside my bedroom sending messages to my head telling me to sleep in a certain positions and if I didn’t follow the instructions it would get closer and closer to me to the point it would kill me. Its 20 degrees outside and probably warmer in my house, my head keeps telling me to hide my entire body under the covers or something bad will happen to me. Does this happen to anyone else or am I completely mental???

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Hello

No you are not mental at all but you have got anxiety and this in a way seems to be like a form of ocd

Ocd can come in many ways , some think it is all about washing hands , cleaning etc but not always , I say ocd as I suffer with ocd and when mine starts it tells me I have to do certain things or something bad will happen even when to do these things is dragging me down

Also anxiety likes to have control and when it finds a way in then it will feed of it

We have to try and take that control back , see it as a bully , face the fear ( not easy ) but when it is telling you to get under a duvet in 70 degrees then give it a go and tell it no , you may feel anxious but the more you refuse to do it and see nothing bad will happen the more you control you will get back

The mind is a strong and powerful thing and when we let it take over it will we have to re train the way we think and reverse that negative thinking

Take Care x