[MMMLeb]

Hi. I’m new to this forum.

My sleep challenges:

During the day, I worry that I won’t be able to sleep at night.

I worry that if I don’t sleep well, I won’t be able to function the next day.

I get into bed and start to worry about not sleeping, being attacked (I live in a high-rise and it is unlikely that someone could come into my apartment), and dying.

[Chee2308]

You won’t die from unintentional lack of sleep in the same way you won’t die from unintentional food starvation or lack of oxygen

[Martin Reed]

Thank you for sharing your experience with worry — a feeling that can be quite unpleasant! Since it usually feels unpleasant we can often try to push it away. We can then get tangled up in a struggle, trying to fight or avoid worry (a normal human emotion) and that can consume all our energy and attention.

Worry doesn’t stop sleep from happening but trying to fight or avoid it sure can! I wonder if moving away from struggling with worry and allowing it to come and go as it pleases might be a useful alternative approach?

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