its 1am and i can’t sleep :( i’m rlly scared of getting dreams relating to my intrusive thoughts and i’m basically refusing to let myself go to sleep out of fear 😭 i know that if i don’t sleep my anxiety will get worse, but i am also really scared of sleeping rn. does anyone have any advice ?
i used to have this fear too and i have a problem with sleep talking 😭 so i was terrified because what if i was speaking out my intrusive thoughts in my dream so as a way i would calm myself before i sleep i started to make a hot drink which would have a tsp of cinnamon , tbsp of honey and a mug full of milk ( this could be any other hot drink too!) which would help me get sleepy and i would watch my favourite tv show aswell so it would be a distraction to this fear
@polarbearxo1 ooh a hot drink sounds like it might help me !! thank you for the suggestions :)
I struggle with the same thing and frequently do have dreams related with intrusive thoughts, the best thing to do is to just genuinely go to bed staying up later and worrying about it makes it worse. Something I do to try to reduce them is mediation or listening to certain frequencies that calm the nerves in your body or soothe you its actually helped reduce my nightmares a lot! I recommend it I actually listen to it every night because it helps me so much 😭 I wish you luck and hope you get some sleep! 🫶
@Brian__ thank you so much !!
I felt like this too
Have you tried getting some nytols to help you sleep?
@Nelly882 i haven’t tried that, i’ll try and see if it helps ! thank you :)
@wren <3 You can get them from any chemist (I’m UK based) they do herbal versions too
@wren <3 But sometimes if it’s a deep sleep due to them I don’t remember the dream of that makes sense
I use nytols when I’m having a tough time
I used to do this… and sometimes I would Have dreams of the intrusive thought . But I also noticed I would have dreams that I was a purple dragon and had my own show and my name was Barney … because I fell asleep and Barney came on in the background. Then I kind of realized that dreams are just random and don’t necessarily mean anything. Sure it’s possible these intrusive thoughts may come true .. it’s also possible I’m Barney … but I’m pretty sure I’m not Barney … so it’s also possible those intrusive thoughts won’t come true either. I learned it’s ok to be uncomfortable and I kind of started to sleep like a baby after. Good luck !
I have work at 4am tomorrow and normally am asleep by 9 or 10 at the latest to be up by 2:30. But the thoughts are so bad I’m afraid of even closing my eyes and lately I’ve been going to bed at 6pm to fall asleep by midnight. I’m so over this. Any tips for falling asleep without getting bad thoughts. I keep picturing imperfect things or reliving every event that triggered me throughout the day. Last night I literally tried falling asleep without closing my eyes (which is impossible) then had to work today running on 3 hours of heavily interrupted sleep. I’m so exhausted and just over this.
I absolutely hate ruminating at night, it's different then in the day time like I can combat the thoughts easier during the day. But at night it's like a whole different ball game as if I have no defense. And this triggers my anxiety, I'm so tired and sleepy I wanna sleep but I can't get these thoughts to just stop. Any advice is welcome and needed.
i had a harm thought at like 10 pm that was like “i have to…” and it really freaked me out and now i can’t stop thinking about it and i cant sleep idk what to do now my brain just keeps repeating it and it’s really scaring me what do i do
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