[appletosser]

my sleep anxiety came back again this week.. It's been gone (more or less) for four years or so and I really don't want it back I hate what it does to me! Although I know I need sleep, it feels like something bad will happen if I fall asleep. Because I've been exhausted this week I've managed to sleep, but tonight it just feels horrible to think that I have to sleep. It's like being a wild animal on tranquillizers, really. Feeling the tired feeling but fighting, almost in a panic, to stay awake. The worst part is knowing that at some point it will fall to pieces no matter what I do.

[wendigo]

Do you know what is causing your sleep anxiety? Is it fear of having a nightmare or rather fear that something bad may happen in your waking life while you are asleep?

[appletosser]

I do get nightmares a lot, but it's more a fear of the world changing and not being able to do anything about it. I mean.. It changes anyway, but sleep feels like hitting the fast forward-button and not knowing when I'll press play again or what may be waiting when I wake up. Mostly I'm fine with this, but at times it hits and I get really scared of sleeping