[shaner37]

I’ve been battling insomnia for a couple of weeks and last night was the first time I was afraid to go to sleep which made my anxiety even higher than normal. I thought I was going crazy. Does anybody else experience this and is there any techniques I can do to overcome it?

Thanks all

[Henry]

Hi shaner37: I am finding myself in the same place.  I live in a rural área of Panama, so it´s  very helpful to find someone that I potentially partner with.  I think, at least in my case, it has to do with fear of losing control, and I may be conflating this feeling with a counter reaction I had 3 or 4 weeks ago to certain moves I made to allow more joy in my life.  It seems I have a shadow side of me that sees gloom and doom in everthing.  That part of me has never been owned and sees my efforts to be more happy as a threat to its existence.  In other words, fears it my die.  So I am now in a battle with myself.  I use now and then, a Gestalt technique of giving a voice to different parts of me and creating a dialogue.  I´ll be glad to share that with you when I´ve done it.  In the meantime, if anything I´ve said clicks with you or you get other insightful information, please let me know.  Henry

[Martin Reed]

This is a classic symptom of conditioned arousal, shaner37. You may also be hypervigilant and highly reactive to the normal physiological changes that happen as we fall asleep.

You may find these videos helpful:

Why you feel a sense of panic when you drift off to sleep (or when you wake during the night): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owKbQJOHezs

Why you feel so sleepy before the sleep window begins, but feel wide awake as it gets closer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxx5aET1CgA

 

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