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bookish2010
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Dead of night anxiety
Anxiety Support / by bookish2010
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 August 20th, 2019
...See more I've suffered with moderate anxiety for years, but things have happened over the last fortnight that have caused my anxiety to sky rocket. My kids are getting me through the day. I can't have them see me distressed, so it takes all of my energy to get to bed time. But then the worst is when I wake in the night, which I now do a lot. Everything that worries me takes over my brain at once and completely overwhelms me. My body feels so tight, like it's being compressed and it makes me feel so ill like my heart could just give out! Last night I had to try to force my mind blank and count my breaths, Every time I felt my mind wandering back to my worries I had to bring my attention back to my breaths and counting. It sounds so silly in the daytime but I felt like I was in real danger. Eventually I got back to sleep. This is exhausting.
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