I have a strange thing about sleep which is getting me down quite a bit. If I know that I need to go to sleep for example if I have work the next day, I get quite anxious in the evenings. I get worked up that I must sleep,and then by the time I get into bed I'm often too worked up to sleep. The fear of not getting to sleep becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.
I have had this for about 5 years from the night I started a new job and didn't sleep at all that first night. I have been on mat leave for the past year though and I never had this anxiety about sleep. I have recently returned to work and it is starting again and I am more anxious about the sleep than going to work!
Has anyone ever felt the same or overcome this? I suppose you could call it a fear of insomnia, leading to insomnia itself!
Thanks