The panic is worse at night

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Anyone else up and thinking dark thoughts?

Yeah unfortunately. Some very deep evil is going on here again.

Me too

Actually I find it easier when all the negative/conspiracy theory folk are asleep:)

Currently panicking about the possible second wave, and about everything else. How long does it take for the shock to wear off? It comes in waves.

I'm with you OP, I can take my mind off of things during the day but at night i really get myself into such a state. Been up for an hour so far

Me too x been up since about 3.

About 3.40am in my case .

to everyone.

Is it silly to be thinking of updating my will & letting family & friends know where to find it and asking ex (father of my kids) if he's made an arrangement (life insurance) for the kids could anything happen to him? Am I being silly & overthinking & going mad?

Me too 😕

Not so much panic but I’ve been awake every night this week obsessing about how to get sufficient groceries, arrange repeat prescription deliveries and so on. Everything always feels worse in the middle of the night, and I wish I could stop this really unhelpful 3am waking.

At least there is always Mumsnet

Awake since 5am here.

Worried about my kids. DD2 is dyslexic and in the middle of ASD assessment. She finds change very hard.

@indomitable101 I think those things are perfectly sensible precautions we should all update from time to time. Now is a very good time to make sure you have things covered just in case.

Just think of it as sensible adulting and don’t let it make you morbid.

Me too. Wake up every night panicking and worrying about work. Happened for months now. Not good.

@indomitable101 - I don't think it's silly, just organised. I think we're all thinking about things that ordinarily we wouldn't be too bothered about.
OP , I'm lucky to be working full time but at night my mind races and I can't sleep. I listen to relaxing music on YouTube to try and drift off.

Yes, same here. I have a constant knot in my stomach. Can barely eat and I just don’t know how to function.

I just want to sit and cry. If they could just give us a timeline. Tell us when everything will be back to normal then I could manage better I think. It is the uncertainty that is causing me to be so unhappy and freaked out.

DH isn’t helping at all. He is off on this 80% thing as his company has shut down. He is quite happy as he is finally able to tackle his list of jobs in the garden, so was completely absorbed in sorting out the wood pile yesterday and starting on fixing the fence. He keeps going on about the opportunity to get things done. He has got no patience for me stressing out and crying and just keeps telling me that we all just have to get on with things and to stop listening to the news. I keep explaining to him that I am just not coping and I cannot just get on and he is just getting more and more exasperated with me.

I have got things to do and I am doing them in bits, but I cannot seem to calm down.

I understand logically why this is all happening but it is like my fear (have always been terrified of apocalypse type ideas - had nightmares about them and never watched the films as they upset me so much) is actually happening.

Yep. Waking daily at stupid o'clock. This is the most depressing time I have ever known

I’ve had severe insomnia for 18 months and am now on sleeping pills. Even taking them for 3 nights last week it took my much longer to fall asleep and if wake mid night panicked - like previously without my tablets.
I realised I was definitely news overdosing. Listening to tv news all day then still put LBC on in my bedroom before bed. I know limit how much news I watch but tune in for the daily 5pm press conference. Then I switch off.
I put Classic or Jazz FM on before bed and read a book. Phone switched on aeroplane mode as soon as I come into my bedroom. Bedroom made into as much as a calm, de cluttered sanctuary as possible.

Try and listen/ read/ watch to the bare minimum of news each day. Don’t let all the WhatsApp messages/ texts get too much either, mute them and don’t reply if that’s too much as well x