Agoraphobia & Social Anxiety Support Group
Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder, often precipitated by the fear of having a panic attack in a setting from which there is no easy means of escape. As a result, sufferers of agoraphobia may avoid public and/or unfamiliar places. In severe cases, the sufferer may become confined to their home, experiencing difficulty traveling from this "safe place."
Where to start its been a while since I have been on here, things have beem a little up n down, fell out with my family so wont be spending christmas with them like I usually would which I have very mixed feelings about but I have an awesome partner very understanding with what I go through, I have been having quite a few nightmares lately most of them are about people wanting me to hurt myself and that something bad has happened with me n my partner n that I should run... I wake up confused lil upset obviously and wanting to run. I dont like this feeling it makes me scared to fall asleep and more scared that I am going to wake up in the middle of the night and want to run away. I am trying to control this but its getting harder and my cpn is really hard to get hold of.. I tried samaritans and sane line as I have psychosis and when it happens at night the lines are shut I know everybody has a lide and homes to get to but when your cpn says contact these when your having an episode n you cant talk to someone I just want to sleep n not wake up. Sorry for rambling on... Happy christmas.. X
Don't really know how to express this, but :
You don't necesserarily have to control this as nightmares have that power of scaring the hell out of us, it's a normal reaction to the deep emotions they make us feel. And coupled with anxiety, the reaction you experince reaction is not that surprising.
I'm certainly no psychologist, but you could try doing activities that get your focus (not too intense though) before sleeping, bonus if it can make you calmer as well.