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Night time panic/claustrophobia feelings.

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Justmuddlingalong · 06/09/2017 13:58

Over the last 6ish weeks, I have been waking up suddenly in the small hours, with a horrible feeling of panic, claustrophobia and feeling I can't breathe. I try to remain in my bed, knowing it will pass, but sometimes I have to get up, put the lights on and stand at the open back door until it passes. I had a bit of a quiet freak out on a nighttime long haul flight literary a week or 2 before this started. Has anyone any experience of these feelings and advice on how to deal with them? TIA.

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allegretto · 06/09/2017 14:02

Yes! My best friend was telling me that she was suffering from them too. Weird as I don't normally have any problems sleeping. Don't know what to suggest though, sorry.

Justmuddlingalong · 06/09/2017 22:35

I'm having a bath before bed. Switching off my phone and no reading or tv for a while before bed tonight. Hopefully it'll result in a peaceful night's sleep.

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user246775435865466 · 06/09/2017 22:47

Hi Op I have a similar thing in the past few months that I wake around 4am every night and lie awake becoming anxious for around an hour. I'm exhausted Sad
I'm not really sure why it's happening or if it's just a habit or how to get it to stop.

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