topic Can't sleep so anxious advice needed in Anxiety

Can't sleep so anxious advice needed

Anxious — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 15:38:21 GMT

Every night when it gets dark I start freaking out that I can hear noises around my house and that someone is going to try break into my house and if that happens I get so panicked that I I don't know how I would react or what I would do. I have my tv on the lowest volume setting and listen to all the noises, my heart races, I get really scared and I can't seem to shake it!

i know it's just a fear and my sensible side tells me I'm being silly but I can't help it..

I'm so sick of this feeling of being afraid every night it's only stated to happen over the past few months, I really need some advice on what could help me!

so if you have any tips or ever feel like this please share as I'd really appreciate some peace if mind..

Can't sleep so anxious advice needed

lostllama — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 13:09:29 GMT

Hi Anxious. I used to feel that way all the time! It made me so tense! It might sound weird but one thing I did to get over it was to go to sleep with the fan on all the time, and to play music. At first I was still anxious but after a while it really helped. It is still soft enough that I think I would hear if a window broke or something, but it is noisy enough that I don't jump at all those little noises like branches scratching the roof etc.

Of course everybody is different

Can't sleep so anxious advice needed

geoff — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 18:47:34 GMT

dear Anxious, in my darkest days of depression, I would also play music from a radio station I often listened to.

This took my mind far away even though I may have been crying to a song that I loved, but even now any song I still love I become sentimental over it. Geoff.