Fear Keeps Me Awake At Night Posted: 12-06-06 15:58pm
Lately I have had the worst insomnia.
I've always had sleeping problems, due to
depression and stress. But lately I am
so scared all the time, so terrified at
night that I cannot relax enough to sleep
even when I am exhausted beyond belief.
I live alone, which i'm sure is part of
the problem, and i've had this
overwhelming fear of someone breaking in
and raping and murdering me. Every
little noise makes me jump, and I get up
ten thousand times a night to check all
the windows, and doors, and peek into
every closet and room of the apartment. I
can't stand it anymore! I'm utterly
exhausted and even when I take otc
sleeping pills I can't sleep because my
mind will fight for me to stay awake
because i'm so scared something will
happen.
I don't know why i'm so afraid all of a
sudden. A few weeks ago I was at the
bank, parked in the drive-thru teller, and
I saw a guy get robbed by three men who
came up to his truck as he was pulling
away from the other drive-thru teller.
Do you think that may have something to do
with it?
I don't know if anyone has any advice, but
I would appreciate any feedback.
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astridrain09
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 10 Location: FL
Posted: 02-20-07 02:50am
thank god i was beginng to think i was the
only one searching for answers about this.
same as you, ive always had bad insomnia
but in the past 2 weeks its gotten really
bad because of my paranoid fears (i feel
like im reverting back to those fears i
had as a young child) last night reached
its peak though, i locked myself in my
room with the light on just as i have been
doing for the past few nights and i sat
with my back pressed against my wall while
looking around frantically.
i guess its possible that witnessing this
robbery triggered your intense
fears...however its more likely to be a
coincidence.
have you been under alot of stress lately?
any new medications?
im glad someone else realizing that
medication cannot fix all sleeping
problems. ive tried explaining this to my
parents who are pill pushers, but they
think ill just let the meds take over and
i can fall alseep without a problem.
maybe if we can find some common possible
causes we can figure out how to fix it.
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