Night anxiety

[mattharlow88]

Why is my anxiety always bad at night, I can feel an attack coming on right now, tingling in left arm and leg an horrible feeling of dread!! Why does this have to happen!!!

[cdfrank]

I don't know but I have really bad night anxiety also to the point where as soon as it gets dark I feel dread and I don't sleep a night at all I be up all night walking round the house!

[AmberGbenga]

Have a night light, that sometimes helps me. But this is what I have learned and now my night anxiety is basically gone.. After like.. A week of having it bad. It may help that I tire myself out during the day (gym, work, cleaning etc) but as soon as it's time for bed it comes more apparent that my mind is very active. As soon as I feel panic I say NO, and tell my self 'relax, your doing good and your okay' them ask yourself questions 'what can you hear? It's relaxing isn't it, it means your safe in bed, nothing will happen' as soon as I've calmed down even the slightest, (this part I havnt told anyone before but it works) I imagine really hard.. Just myself and I have a genie and this genie can do anything. I tell myself what is like to change.. For example, hair a little longer, skin 2x darker, where I want the weight gone and how much muscle I have, perfect skin etc. by the time I go through my general changes (skin and weight) I'm generally asleep.

[kris123]

I'm the opposite. My anxiety is worst in the morning and improves at night. It's so annoying.

[rhar]

I'm the opposite. My anxiety is worst in the morning and improves at night. It's so annoying.

Same here!!!

[cdfrank]

My anxiety is worse in the morning and at night and that sounds like a good thing to do to help relax your body! I try to tire myself out even if I don't sleep at night I be up I think okay well maybe the night day I will be able to sleep since I didn't go to sleep last night but still, I will sleep for a couple of hours and still be up walking around and things like that

[ldocherty93]

Reading a book lying in bed helps my anxiety. It helps relax me & keeps my mind off things. Try it, it's a really big help.

[cdfrank]

Is anybody in therapy?

[AmberGbenga]

I'm in therapy :)

[cdfrank]

Is it helping you?

[mattharlow88]

Thanks everyone! Going to watch a movie until I'm shattered lol

[ldocherty93]

Hope it works for you .. good luck!

[cdfrank]

Enjoy your movie

[fisher]

I am the same,anxiety when i normally wake about 5am in morning and then in the day it eases off but i can normally go to sleep but tonight i went to sleep at 9pm i was relaxed but woke at 11pm and got waves of anxiety,were does it come from i wasnt even thinking of anything,i hope i can get to sleep,am feeling anxious thinking now i wont be able to get to sleep:(((

[cdfrank]

That's how I be feeling get more anxiety worrying about the night because I know I'm gone be up all night not be able to sleep

[mattharlow88]

Still not tired and I don't think I made the best movie choice by watching gothika lol oh well try to get some sleep, night all