I just fell out the bed in a panic!

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I honestly don't know what's came over me, I can't sleep after an episode I just had 🙈 my son has just turned 4 he has Autism, and yesterday we set up his new bed after he had been sharing a bed with us for many years, he was excited with his new sea bed and sharing a room with his sister, to our surprise he settled well on the first night I feel so blessed, I enjoyed the extra space getting into my bed tonight, and felt reassured he will be ok, we have a gate on the stairs so if he wakes up he can only come in our room.

I remember dozing off, then all of a sudden I heard something and my little boy crying so loud but like he was somehow down stairs, I just leaped in the air yelling my partners name An went slam on the wooden floor with the blanket in a panic, I don't know how I didn't wake my partner but he just snores on 🤷🏻‍♀️ I ran so fast in their bed room to find my son fast asleep all snug.... what the hell has just happened? Was I dreaming or subconsciously it was playing on my mind that he's not next to me anymore 🙈 I just Cnt get myself back to sleep now I feel quite anxious, no one ever told me we have to adjust I just thought it was the child who goes through the change of routine blues and he's all snug while I'm struggle adapting ☺️

Poor you! You're fine, op. Nothing but a dream. I've experienced the same thing and it's quite a fright. When I was 8 months pregnant with my second, it was summer so all the windows were open whilst sleeping. My neighbour across the street had just had her baby. One night, the cry of a newborn woke me up and I went running into the nursery and my baby wasn't there! I panicked, yelling for my husband and then realised I was still pregnant. I either had a dream or heard the baby across the street, I was never sure, but the awful panic that happened when barely awake was terrible. I hope you're able to settle down!

Probably a bit of both. Terrible shock though. Can you make a cup of tea and beetle about MN a bit - see if you can find a thread that hasn’t been spammed by Brian? Try reading some of the threads in classics.

Typical anxiety dream, OP

Yes defo I can laugh about this morning when I told my OH just shows nothing wakes him 🤷🏻‍♀️ it defo must have been playing on my mind it's like subconsciously while I was sleeping or mother instinct is to be alert for her kids, I ended up playing scrabble on my phone until I dozed if, then my little man came in our room at 6am then went back to his bed just laying there bless, so I went in an got him an snuggled in my bed with him, so proud of him 🤗

Lol, a night terror maybe? I used to scream at night because I could see spiders in the bed but when DP switched the lights on there was nothing. My brain was basically projecting the images because I was still part asleep.

It's awful and feels so realistic but makes sense that your anxiety over your son would trigger it. You'll have been full of cortisol too because of the stress.

Yep. Anxiety. When my son was constantly waking me in the night I would dream he was screaming even when he wasn’t. Your sub conscious is making your anxiety a reality by conjuring it up in your sleep.