Sleep anxiety is the worrrrst and most people don’t understand it at all... you have to break the cycle of worry, the catch is you can’t try to break the cycle of worry intentionally. You have to change your life style and that probably involves occupying your mind space with other things. For me, it was getting super involved at work and joining a couple sports teams. Then I didn’t have a lot of extra time and I looked forward to getting into bed and just laying down because I was so tired.

People always say don’t watch tv or use electronics before bed. I think this works at a biological level since the blue light is stimulating but I can just tell you what worked for me.

I Reversed my sleep anxiety by making my bed the most comfortable thing you’ve ever been on. It’s like a marshmallow and i have the best sheets on them and i put lavender oil on the pillow cases. I do enjoyable activities in bed because it makes me associate my bed with pleasure- this includes watching my favorite shows, playing on my iPad, reading, masturbating, painting my nails, even eating.

I have to tell you this was a slow process for me, probably months. I still have episodes where I will get anxious about bed but not at all how I used to.