[Roseg27]

I’m 23 years old and recently I developed this over the last month. If I think back to September, I had a period of extremely disturbed sleep with constant sleep talking and jumping and feeling agitated. However I quickly fell back to sleep again, maybe not the most refreshing sleep but at least it was sleep. NOW however is different I wake up around 3 in the morning and I can not get back to sleep whatever I do it’s killing me. Tried just about everything. I read some where that unresolved sadness can be the cause of waking so early my Granda died last April but after that I was sleeping why has it come on now ?? Whenever I wake I’m literally wide awake and alert. I do get anxious alot in day to day life about silly little things and sometimes when I overthink I find myself yawning to get a breath or trying to gulp in little extra breaths here and there. But why can’t I just sleeeeep its driving me insane.

[Martin Reed]

Hello Roseg27. I’m sorry to hear about the issues you’re currently having with your sleep. It sounds as though you have created a strong association between sleep and worry/anxiety. As a result, when you get into bed you probably find that you become more alert (rather than more relaxed) and when you wake during the night you feel wide awake rather than drowsy and ready to fall back to sleep. Does this sound about right?

Have you talked to your doctor about your sleep? Since you have only been experiencing these issues for a month or so, it’s best to address these problems sooner rather than later. That’s because, the longer you live with these sleep problems, the more entrenched they will become.

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