Generalised anxiety and sleep

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    Phigma
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      I have been experiencing generalised anxiety (not particularly about sleep) for the past six months and this is also affecting my sleep. In particular I wake up multiple times in the night due to the strong tension in my neck and chest. Sometimes I am able to fall back asleep after some time, but not always, and in the morning I do not feel refreshed from sleep. So it seems to me that I am be stuck in a negative spiral. Anxiety is making it difficult to be active during the day, this making it difficult to sleep, and the tension during the night is contributing towards anxiety.

      Beyond addressing my anxiety during the day, I am trying to find ways to improve my sleep to allow me to recover from the day.

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      Martin Reed
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        Anxiety can definitely make it more difficult to be active during the day — however, we can still take actions, no matter how small, that help move us toward the kind of life we want to live. The alternative is to give up, do nothing, and no longer live life according to our values — and that probably is not going to be helpful over the long term!

        Very few of us feel refreshed when we first wake in the morning, thanks to sleep inertia. However, we do tend to feel a bit better once our day has got started and we are doing things that help us live the kind of life we want to live.

        The nighttime anxiety can be difficult, too — and much of the struggle with this can be down to our natural desire to fight or avoid it. If we can get to a place where we might be able to let anxiety come and go as it pleases, we might be less likely to get caught up in it.

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