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Hi,
I just wanted to respond to say I experience the same thing. The anxiety and fear of getting into bed or sleeping. Sometimes I’ll fall asleep and feel myself drifting and jolt awake in a panic. It does sucks.
I’ll say this. This has ebbed and flowed for me. I have gone on to have much better nights of sleep, even months of sleeping 8 hours. So change is possible.
There is no easy science but recently what has helped me is when I’m tired I tell myself I’m just going to close my eyes and relax. I don’t have to fall asleep and if I feel panicked I can get up if I want. This seems to dull some of pressure and anxiety.
I also find that being in my bed doing a relaxing activity (watching videos on my phone) helps to make me comfortable in bed before sleeping. If I try to just get into bed and sleep, the anxiety is always worse.
Sorry you’re dealing wit this. I know how powerless and horrendous it can feel.
