Insomnia Support Group
Insomnia is a symptom, rather than a disease, and is characterized by inadequate quantity or quality of sleep. People with insomnia complain of difficulty falling or staying asleep, which results in significant impairment of daytime functioning. Insomnia is categorized as transient (shorter than one week), short-term (one to three weeks) or chronic (longer than three...
I'm wondering if anyone has suffered from anything similar. After 20 years of insomnia I've developed such a fear of getting into bed and just lying there that I find things to do to keep myself amused until 4 or 5 in the morning. This has been going on a few years, and as a result I am only able to hold down a part-time job starting late in the late afternoon.
When I lie in bed I go through what we all go through, but this terrible fear of it keeps me from even attempting to get into bed. I study languages, history, watch youtube videos, anything so that I do not have to get into bed and go through that terror of lying there alone for hours.
Just wondering if anyone else has ever purposely kept themselves out of bed out of fear. Thanks.
When I lie in bed I go through what we all go through, but this terrible fear of it keeps me from even attempting to get into bed. I study languages, history, watch youtube videos, anything so that I do not have to get into bed and go through that terror of lying there alone for hours.
Just wondering if anyone else has ever purposely kept themselves out of bed out of fear. Thanks.
I honestly haven't had the balls and discipline to do sleep restriction therapy but I'm SLOWLY improving. You might try sleep restriction therapy and if not at least change try changing your sleeping time somewhat. If I were you I would either stay up a full night without going to bed or set your alarm clock for several hours earlier than you normally wake up. Do that for a day or a few with no naps and doing some exercise and I promise you that you'll be able to go to bed earlier. Once you're able to go to sleep better, make sure you don't oversleep one night or you'll pay the price. Keep your sleep time consistent.
Try to shoot for small goals of going to bed earlier untill you can at like midnight or 1 a.m. Ultimately if you want to work a morning job you're gonna have to ditch your late job because almost everyone needs at minimum an hour or so to wind down from work before they can go back to bed. But worry about that once you are able to fall asleep by something a little more realistic like midnight-1 A.M.