[Brian Pacheco]

I’ve been struggling with insomnia for two years. I have generalized anxiety disorder and one day I went to take a nap (it would calm me) and as I was dozing off, this dread and darkness came over me. I recognize now it’s anxiety, but it freaked me out! Since then, I went on to really struggle with anxiety, the hardest symptom being unable to fall asleep because of getting that dark anxious feeling again when drifting off.

I did go on to enjoy sleep again,’having that relaxed happy feeling when sleeping. Even the last few months I had some bad nights but mostly could sleep OK. I really thought it was behind me and in many ways I was a success story. I even built the skill to Experience panic, accept it, move passed it and fall asleep.

But as of last week, I feel I am back to the bottom. I had that feeling of trying to sleep and feeling anxious and since then. I have gone two days in a row without sleeping. Sometimes only sleeping because I literally passed out on my bed from exhaustion. I had some hope things would get better as last night I fell asleep within 5 Min, only woke up once (fell back asleep within 10 min) and slept about 6 hours.

Tonight, I have slept 0 Hours. I was so tired before my bedtime (11am) and found myself calmly dozing off. But as soon as 11am hit and I allowed myself to sleep, the anxiety came on full force and I would panic just laying in the bed. I tried everything to relax, but am having a hard night. Then it feels worse as I start catastrophizing about my future: that “here we go again,” That my life sucks, that I’ll always have panic when sleeping, that sleeping will never be calm and refreshing again etc. that because I won’t sleep, my mental health and quality Of life will suffer

If I look at my past, I know even after terrible horrible nights good change is possible. But right now I am having a really hard time believing that
and just feel in despair over my inability to relax and sleep. Like I feel broken. We are designed to sleep!

• This topic was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by Brian Pacheco.

[Martin Reed]

I’m excited to be working with you, Brian! You aren’t broken and you can get your sleep back on track!

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