Attempting to sleep triggers an attack
Hi,
Ive recently began suffering from delusions and experiencing anxiety attacks. The delusions habe only managed to take hold for a long period of time about 3 times in 4 months which i am glad about. But i quickly noticed that even while I was not suffering from any delusions i still struggled to sleep and had the symptoms of an anxiety attack. Now these delusions have a slight footing i am to find myself constantly worrying and overthinking sleep (dream from Thursday triggered my current state). I often end up trembling then overthinking and ultimately letting these intrusive thoughts take hold to a point i slightly believe them and stop me from sleeping.
I was wondering if anyone has experienced it, or has any advice on how to get to sleep?
On herbal sleeping oils which dont really work either so that's peak
Thanks😊
@SleeplessStudent
@SleeplessStudent
@SleeplessStudent
I have always had trouble falling asleep. The thing that has helped me throughout the years is story telling. It's something I actually learned in grade school, and I still use it to this day. Make up a story for yourself. A good/positive/happy story. For example, when I was a teenager, I used to have a story about meeting my favorite celebrity. I would lay in bed and think up a story - literally like a movie. The reason we'd meet, why we'd become friends, etc. When I first started with it, I'd get through the entire thing and still be awake. But as I started to tell it to myself each night, I'd fall asleep faster and faster.
Basically, I was training myself that this story was my bedtime story, and it triggered my body to go to sleep faster. Sometimes I'd be out in just a couple of minutes. Maybe it's a type of self-hypnosis. I don't know. It was something that worked for me.
Nowadays I use the Headspace app that has stories in it (or music, or nature sounds) and that does the same thing for me.