Posting for the first time

[Rynn]

Hi,

this is the first time I’ve ever posted on anything, to be honest I’m a little bit nervous. I found myself exploring beyond blue and it’s forums due to experiencing a lot of anxiety recently, I’ve had anxiety in the past but have been fine for a long time. Things that never used to bother me make me really nervous and upset now and it takes me a really long time to let go of them. Even if everything is fine I’ll find myself thinking about the event for hours afterwards, agonising over every little detail.

at the end of the day it’s been really difficult to “turn off” so I can go to bed and get some sleep.

right now I’m just looking for someone to talk to

[geoff]

Hello Rynn, and welcome to the site.

If you try to go to bed early when your brain’s not ready to sleep, it will focus on other things, such as for example, what's happened over the past year and still lingering on, this, unfortunately, has changed everybody's lives, their work/study or social life, keeping us in lockdown, especially if you live in Vic.

Environmental factors like a job or personal relationship or a past experience may suddenly reignite which is able to unsettle you.

Someone is here for you to talk to or the BB line 1300 22 4636 you can ring, but like to hear back from you.

Geoff.

[Rynn]

Hi Geoff,

thank you for for your warm welcome.
I’ve used the web chat a couple times now and and gotten some really useful information and strategies to try to help manage my day to day anxiety and it’s helping me feel more confident in myself.

the things that seem to cause me the most anxiety are things that I used to be okay with, one example is spiders. before if I saw a spider I’d just sort it out and move on, but now it’ll cause me a lot of stress, (there was one night i tried but I didn’t manage to squash it the first time and it dropped on the floor, my partner finally found it and got rid of it. But the experience left me hyperventilating) I’ll also keep thinking about it for hours after it’s been dealt with and I know the spiders gone and there’s no problem anymore.

when it’s time to wind down at the end of the day I find my mind going over every detail of the day, in particular the things that triggered me. I tell myself that everything is good and I’m okay, but then the what if questions pop into my mind. This makes me hyper aware and unable to relax, then while the what if questions are going around I start thinking of things around the house that I need to do or clean.
I end up watching tv till late in the evening to distract myself until I’m really tired.

[Guest_4643]

Hey Rynn, welcome to the forums.

We're here for you, as am I if you need anyone to talk to.

[Ggrand]

Hello Rynn..

Welcome to our forums..

I used to think about my day and the things that caused me anxiety when I went to bed for the night..it’s so hard to turn the thoughts off...

I discovered sleep stories...which are gently spoken stories that can take our mind into beautiful places of adventure and peace...I listen to Dan Jones sleep stories on you tube..maybe you could give this a try for a while..My mind still does wonder away from the story..but I gently bring my concentration back to his words...Maybe the stories might help you to take your mind away from your anxiety thoughts and help you to fall asleep with a calm and peaceful mind..

My kindest and most caring thoughts dear Rynn..

Grandy..

[Rynn]

Thank you Grandy,

I’ll have to find my headphones and give that a try. I think a good nights sleep is a very powerful and helpful thing to make the next day run smoother and that much better. And I know I function a whole lot better after a good nights sleep.

[Rynn]

Thank you for your reply.
I tend to really overthink things, and the more I think about it the worse it seems to get till eventually it’s like the end of the world.

finding a way to break the cycle can be really difficult, then I’m just stuck in this ongoing loop.

[Guest_4643]

Hey Rynn, I'm sorry to hear that. I understand and know how you feel though, I'm the same.

[Ggrand]

Hello Dear Rynn..

I really hope that it works for you..

Yes a good night sleep is so very important and it really helps us more then we realise with our mental health...as well as physical health...

I really do hope Dear Rynn, that you manage a restful sleep..

Kind thoughts..

Grandy..

[Whatsitallabout]

Hi I just found this site tonight and read your post. I can’t offer much advice but just thought I’d let you know that Im struggling with exactly the same problem. I can’t sleep till really late because of everything whirring around on my mind. 4am is a normal bedtime for me at the moment. Last year I started to tackle the problem by going walking - 2- 3 hours everyday while listening to podcasts (something positive like David Goggins) It did help with the sleeping but I haven’t been able to keep up with it this year and so the sleeping problem is back. I hope you can find something that works for you. There’s nothing worse than not having decent sleep especially when it becomes and ongoing problem. Take care and good luck