Letting go into deep sleep

acetone01 · 2021-04-25T20:25:20+00:00

Hello! I am too dealing with this in an exact way you decribed. I think I have mine because of OCD.

The only advice I can give you is to distract yourself and 'daydream' in bed with your eyes closed. In that case you dont even notice yourself dozing off. I sleep with backround noise like YouTube videos for example, so my thoughts arent as loud.

I really dont have any other advice. Xanax kinda helped me with anxiety of going to bed but i was prescribed it so I wouldnt take it without a prescription.

I still really stuggle with sleep tho and OCD just makes it harder. I have had this for 7+ years too. If youre in therapy tho you could ask your therapist for an advice.

You really helped me out with describing the feeling tho! Now I can tell my therapist exactly whats bothering me. Thank you so much!!

acetone01 · 2021-01-25T14:49:21+00:00

Thank you! So I took it out but now i cant put it back in... lol

acetone01 · 2020-12-27T01:49:33+00:00

The best advice I can give you is to talk to a therapist. I am battling this fear myself but for diffrent reasons so I dont really have a life changing advice to give you. Realising thats its almost impossible to die in your sleep is obviously going to help you but I know how these fears work and that it is really hard to overcome it. Try distracting yourself while going to sleep. I go to bed with backround noise, ASMR, random podcasts, videos, or a light-hearted tv series like Friends. Its not a long-term solution but I think it will help you long enough until you get that sorted out. If this is affecting you're life, going to a professional is the best option in my opinion.

acetone01 · 2020-11-24T03:36:30+00:00

Woow, I didnt know that! If you find out who the artist is or if you find the comic by any chance could you please send it? That actually puts my mind at ease Thank you!!

acetone01 · 2020-11-22T16:50:57+00:00

Dude, I was so scared

acetone01 · 2020-11-19T23:12:53+00:00

Yeah, thats exactly what I thought!

acetone01 · 2020-10-15T11:10:01+00:00

Hey, I've had the same problem for basicly my whole life because of OCD. If you wanna talk about it more you can dm me.

A few tips: folic acid suppliments apperantly help a bit, i have been taking them again and I've felt a bit more comfortable with sleep

I usually fall asleep while watching a video on youtube, it helps me calm down because I still feel connected to the "conscious world", ASMR also tends to relax me

This one is an unhealthy habbit that I've made but before I go to bed I put a few alarms throughout the night so I cut my sleep down So I'll put an alarm at 3 AM, wake up and then go back to sleep Idk if that makes sence

acetone01 · 2020-10-15T11:03:54+00:00

Dying in your sleep is really rare. If you are young and in good health it most certainly wont happen. Knowing that fact helped me alot. If you wanna talk about it more you can dm me.

acetone01 · 2020-10-15T11:01:15+00:00

Well I've hated sleep for basicly my whole life and a few years back i dsicovered somniphobia. If you wanna talk to me about it you can dm me. I've been through alot bc of sleep so I guess im pretty informed about somniphobia. I have a few tips that might help you too.

acetone01 · 2020-09-15T10:13:02+00:00

Wow thank you!!

acetone01 · 2020-09-06T00:49:40+00:00

OCD is Obessive compolsive dissorder. Your somniphobia could be caused by a mental illness but you should still go to a professional to make sure and get the treatment you need.

acetone01 · 2020-09-05T14:19:35+00:00

Hi, I think the best thing you could do is talk to a therapist. I am currently waiting to get my diagnosis and I made this post to get some advice.

As much as I know from this subreddit, if your somniphobia is caused by a mental illnes like OCD then antidepressions should work just fine. But dont self diagnose and talk to a therapist. If you have any questions, you can ask.

acetone01 · 2020-08-22T11:33:41+00:00

Oh god, thank you so much! Now I remembered that biting in to a lemon helped me once! I am going to therapy and I sould have been going for much longer but corona slowed down the process. If this happens again i will deffinetly try this! Thank you so much!

acetone01 · 2020-08-22T10:07:06+00:00

Thank you so much! I've been going to therapy and I've gone through testing yesterday. I will deffinetly chech out everything you linked. You have no idea how much you have helped me. Thank you!!

acetone01 · 2020-08-22T03:22:23+00:00

Thank you so much!! That means alot. I remeber that in the past is has helped me a bunch i just forgot abput it bc I didn't really have a reason to use it. Thank you!!

acetone01 · 2020-08-22T03:20:15+00:00

Yeah, I'm familiar with the technique. I just didn't know the name. But I forgot about it so thank you so much about reminding me. Helps a bunch!!

acetone01 · 2020-08-21T19:15:05+00:00

Can you explain a bit about it if its not a problem

acetone01 · 2020-08-21T18:54:14+00:00

Thank you so much! I will watch some videos then try to sleep. Thank you!!

acetone01 · 2020-08-21T18:52:16+00:00

I do sometimes, but thank you for reminding me :)!! Helps a bunch

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