Are you sleeping at night?

[Afternooninthepark]

Although I do have anxiety at the best of times I normally never have any problems sleeping but my god, I just can not sleep at the moment (for obvious reasons) and when I do eventually fall asleep I have really intense dreams. It’s really taking its toll. I’m just laying there for hours listening to dh snoring his head off.
Anyone else a previous good sleeper but now struggling?

Yes but I keep having nightmares or anxiety dreams. Last nights dream ; I was supposed to be on a night out with some ex friends and kept trying desperately to put make up on and couldn’t do it.

I find you tube ASMR helps me to drift off.

I'm the opposite for some reason - have been sleeping more thoroughly since the lockdown started. I'm at peace that I'm doing what I can personally and following all instructions whilst acknowledging that a lot of this is simply out of my hands.

I think I slept worse before because expectations of me at work were higher - and within my control, so that probably played on my mind more. Plus, I have no specific time to get up for now - as long as I get the work done. I think knowing that I only had 3 hours, or whatever, left to get some sleep made my insomnia worse.

I’ve been watching ASMR videos too! Very soothing. 🙂

Not really, but because my kids aren’t. They’re all over the shop and it’s bed hopping central in my house

@suggestionsplease1 I am the same. Have never been a good sleeper, used to wake a couple of times a night and find it hard to get to sleep. Now I am fine, in fact I hate waking up now knowing this isn't just a bad dream

Think I'd better check out some ASMR!

It's taking me a long time to fall asleep and I'm waking up several times a night 😴

Think I'll look up ASMR too!

No. Anxiety and hot flashes plus tinnitus causing havoc

I am, because I still work full-time and more, so I am exhausted.

Like a baby. My sleep has been a problem for the last few years but resolved itself about 3 weeks ago. I have been busy with work and trying to make the most of my exercise each day

@Rewy I regularly have dreams like you’ve just described. Trying to get ready to go somewhere and I can’t. Have never understood what they meant. Didn’t realise they were anxiety dreams. x

Some nights are surprisingly brilliant, considering I've been so inactive. Last night and a few others are full of very intense nightmares. Science does show that our brain rehearses real life scenarios and threats that might occur in real life, so I think all these anxiety dreams are just a reflection of that process.
My DH never, ever has anxiety dreams (sleeps like a log) and even he has admitted to having them.

I try and exhaust myself and then wind down as best I can. I also listen to a familiar audio book set for 40 minutes .
Bladder usually gets me up again about 3 or 4. Mostly I get back to sleep. Except when I don't.

Not really. I even had sleep paralysis last night. I'd not had it since my dad died a decade ago.
One dc runs riot at bedtime which doesn't help.

Anxiety definitely gives you strange dreams.
Mental health can impact on sleep !
When I went through a period of immense stress/ trauma I began experiencing night terrors . They started before I even realised in real life what was happening. They were the worst. Took couple of years and much emotional healing to get over them.

I'm struggling to turn off and get to sleep before 2/3am. Then I get to this time of the afternoon and really struggle to stay awake, I'm going to try and get to bed to read at a sensible time tonight. I listen to soothing ambient noises on Alexa, which can help a little bit.

Nope that why I'm on mumsnet at half one in the morning....

megletthesecon I’ve suffered from sleep paralysis before, it was truly terrifying.

I’ve been sleeping better than usual it I also have that dream when I’m trying to get somewhere but something keeps coming up and I can’t leave. I thought it was just me that had them and I didn’t realise they were anxiety related although it does make sense.

I've always been a bad sleeper but when this all started I slept much more than usual but I think it was self preservation to give me a break from the anxiety?

Now I am getting to sleep about 3-5am. Kids waking 8 usually which is late for them but it's not much sleep. I'm shattered in the day then wide aw awake now.

Nope. Usually asleep by 9pm at the latest. Now it’s anywhere up to midnight, awake a few times during the night and awake for the day by 5am.

Getting to sleep ok but then constantly waking and tossing and turning
Lying wide awake struggling to get back into a deep sleep
Worst period of this restless intermittent light sleep is 3-6 am

My sleep is terrible. Anxiety is really bad lately. As I suppose everyone's is.