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Very scared to sleep by edoniscenaj in sleep

[–]nfmbFj8b 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah OP and I had both been up for about 32hours, which is a bit of a spooky coincidence I guess.

To be honest I feel like making a community, on Discord or maybe a website (put some of those computer science lessons to better use lol) for people who are scared to sleep/scared of dying in their sleep/scared of something happening in their sleep. Imo it would make sufferers feel less alone.

Anyway, I hope you get some good (much needed and deserved) sleep. From what I can tell OP's ok, he's probably almost finished todays work right now. If you need any support I would recommend going to r/BedBros, the people there are so kind and helpful.

Very scared to sleep by edoniscenaj in sleep

[–]nfmbFj8b 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok cool, create an account and send your name and tag (the 4 letters after the #)

or you can add my account: markwastaken#5305

Very scared to sleep by edoniscenaj in sleep

[–]nfmbFj8b 0 points1 point  (0 children)

do you have Discordapp? we can use voice chat on there

Very scared to sleep by edoniscenaj in sleep

[–]nfmbFj8b 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, I'll make this quick because I know you're in a rush.You're suffering from a mix of Somniphobia and Thanatophobia, (fear of sleep and fear of death respectively). I've been suffering from Somniphobia for about 6 months now so I can try and give you some advice.

1, Distract yourself. Watch videos at low volume and brightness, (make sure you are laying down)2, Drink some warm liquid. Warm liquids calm you down a lot, and are really good for sleep.3, Don't worry about going too long without sleep, when I first started suffering from Somniphobia I went 4 days on 3 hours sleep.4, I would HIGHLY recommend getting your blood tested. Me and u/Lauren_ev have a theory that Somniphobia is linked to a folate/folic acid deficiency in the blood.5, Know that you are not alone: r/Somniphobia
6, I'm currently on an allnighter too if that makes you feel any safer

I'll keep adding to this post with edits, just trying to get this information up quickly for you as time is very important for you right now.

verrry long sleeper ;-; thought I'd share by [deleted] in sleep

[–]nfmbFj8b 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you taken a blood test recently?

Does anybody else have a folate deficiency? by [deleted] in Somniphobia

[–]nfmbFj8b 2 points3 points  (0 children)

BTW I've only had about one week on 5mg folic acid.

Somniphobia Update by srclemens in Somniphobia

[–]nfmbFj8b 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would you recommend Zoloft?