Welcome back, Bpswan.

In my 20's and 30's, that was normal-for-me. Mine carried into sleep deprivation levels of insomnia. When I could get to sleep at all, the sleep was punctuated by terrifying nightmares. Many years of psychotherapy later, it has become fairly rare for me but I still feel restorative rest as one of life's greater blessings.

No doubt about it. Night time anxiety is the worst.

Hi bpswan,
I too don't sleep good at night. Since I started having anxiety about 6 years ago every night I have broken sleep. I wake up and sometimes I can fall right back to sleep or sometimes it will take me a couple of hours too. The night time can be tough for sleeping for me. Italianmomma4ever

Some nights are worse than others but lately, for me, it's been bad. I think there is just so much going on in our world today that it really does affect me more than I realize. I use to ignore all the do's and don't of sleep suggestions but now have found them to at least be a calming factor. You know all the usual things of sights and sounds and even supplemental aids in teas or melatonins. It's different for everyone, but even watching the news can mess me up. Good luck and hope you can get some regular sleep soon.

Hmm. I have had the moments of sleep paralysis, night terrors, and the overwhelming "thought dream" that kept me up and moving during the normal sleep time.

When I have them now, I do all the things that I know work, and if they do not work, I sit and rest.

Writing in a daily journal and also doing some positive image for those 'niggles' of anxiety I get just before bed time help to soothe the ragged edges of anxiety moments during the day.

Best wishes as you find your better balance.

A lot of times unexplained anxiety is caused by lack of magnesium. Many have found that taking magnesium (magnesium malate is best) and ginseng helped a lot w both anxiety and depression, they calm the mind body and spirit and get rid of sticky negative thoughts the loop around in the mind and stop your mind from resting or sleeping. Also, getting outside, laying on the grass to get grounded and breathe in fresh air, looking at stars, these things help a lot too. Our environment help or hurt our mental health and physical health. Speak aloud positive truths to counteract the negative thoughts and things said to us. Also, Volunteering helps us get our of our own misery to help others, which helps us. Call those negatives a lie and correct them to yourself. Protect yourself from those who put that added stress on you and go out and do new challenging things, take classes, go t meetups. Learn new things, meet new people, it will get you out of the pit. Hope this helps you, blessings!

Legit the exact same reason here. Up at 4am