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Anxiety at night / spiralling?

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Myleakycauldron · 27/05/2022 04:15

Hi - how do you deal with what I think is anxiety? But when objectively I know that everything is ok and really I don't have anything to worry about or it's all outside of my control.

i am rambling slightly! My brain gets in a loop where I can't stop thinking about something (in this case it's the house we've spent too much money on, overpaid and did work which hasn't added value and won't get it back when we move, which we want to do but can't afford etc etc). I have been awake for 3 hours trying to stop thinking about it and I can't seem to turn my brain off.

This is just an example really. Could be anything! And objectively I rationally know there's nothing to actually worry about, I am lucky and really everything is fine but I can't stop. I try breathing, listening to podcasts, listing in my brain things that are going well (happy children, kind partner etc).

And then it switched into stressing about being awake and not getting enough sleep before work and it's another cycle. This happens relatively frequently. What can I do / what is wrong with me?

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oatmilk4breakfast · 27/05/2022 05:07

i have anxiety- sounds mad but breathing does help. Waiting foe someone with better advice but didn’t want to read and run x

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