Post # 1
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Busy bee
This am I woke up around 5:30 am. I imagine SO woke me up by moving or something.
So now I’ve been awake all day. It’s 6 pm now.
The problem is, I have a phobia of being awake too long. If I wake up too early (like before 8. 8:30 is perfect for me), then I need to nap. That makes me feel “safe” bc even if I can’t sleep that night, I’ll have already slept recently. I have a fear that I’ll be awake for too long, be super anxious about it, have so much anxiety I won’t be able to sleep, then I’ll be up 24 hrs and it’ll just be a terrifying, panic ridden disaster. I can’t even remember where this fear came from but it’s been a real problem. I have been worrying about this all day. I tried to take a nap but couldn’t.
Btw, I don’t/won’t/can’t take meds. So taking a sleeping pill is not an option.
Sigh. I feel so down about this fear of mine. I feel like I’m the only weirdo in the world who worries about this.
Post # 3
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Sugar bee
Yeah, that’s pretty weird. I have issues sometimes with sleep, and I do find that worrying about insomnia causes insomnia, but I don’t have a phobia about waking up too early. Actually, I don’t nap at all because I don’t want to have a hard time going to sleep at a normal hour.
Post # 4
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Sugar bee
- Wedding: September 2015 - Ketchum, ID
@IheartUFC: I won’t take medication for my anxiety either, but there is an all natural “medicine” that you can get at whole foods that I swear by. It’s called Bach’s Rescue Remedy and it’s absolutely changed my life. I only take it when I really need to, but it helps me to calm down enough to push myself through the anxious moments, rather than taking a pill every day that numbs me to everything. I know that won’t help right now, but maybe you could get it for the next time you feel like this?
Post # 5
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Bumble Beekeeper
Well.. I guess you’re lucky you don’t have a regular job. I have to get up at 6 to get to work for 7:30 sooo yeah. I’d kill to sleep in til 8:30 every day!!
I would, like with anything, take baby steps. Try to go an extra 30 min per day without napping and see how it goes.
Post # 6
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Buzzing bee
this sounds like a … intense anxiety problem.. I would maybe … see someone about it :S
Post # 7
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Honey bee
Legit, this is an issue that requires CBT. We refer people for these issues so, so often.
Post # 8
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Buzzing bee
@mrspinesol: +1 Rescue Remedy is awesome.
Post # 9
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Bumble Beekeeper
Yeah…not sure what your aversion to medication is, but this sounds like a legit medical concern. I would think a small dose of xanax would really be helpful….
Post # 10
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Buzzing Beekeeper
- Wedding: August 2013 - Rocky Mountains USA
Yikes, nope. I’m a pretty good sleeper and literally never have trouble going to sleep at night.
However, I HATE naps! I hate waking up and feeling so out of it, and I hate “losing” several hours of the day. (Even though I have no problem with sitting on my ass watching a movie or something equivalent.) So even if I only slept 4 or 5 hours the night before, I’ll stay up til bedtime rather than take a nap. Maybe I’ll have to get used to them if I have kids though…
Poor you – sounds like you should talk to someone about your anxiety, if you don’t already?
Post # 11
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Busy bee
I have been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder.
Hmm, I was hoping I would feel better if I posted about this, but I feel worse. Just feeling bummed. PMS doesn’t help. I always get anxious every month before my period.
Post # 12
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Buzzing Beekeeper
- Wedding: August 2013 - Rocky Mountains USA
@IheartUFC: people may not have THIS exact fear, but I guarantee everyone has some weird ass hangup – you’re definitely not alone.
Post # 13
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Sugar bee
- Wedding: September 2015 - Ketchum, ID
@lolot: +1
@IheartUFC: You’re not alone. I have anxiety (in the form of emetophobia), and I have a serious fear of whales. Like, I won’t ever go to sea world, and just looking at the fake whale tail or a cruise ship freaks. me. the. fuck. out. I hate it.
Post # 14
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Sugar bee
@IheartUFC: why won’t you take medication for it? I also have anxiety but taking something helps tremendously
Post # 15
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Busy bee
I haven’t had a panic attack in a few years, so now I’m even more terrified of panicking than I was before. It’s like I feel out of practice and like I wouldn’t be able to handle it anymore.
I have gotten to this point of not having panicked in 4 years thanks to CBT and Dr. Carbonell’s book and AWARE technique.
And seriously, pms is not helping lol. I am seriously dreading tonight.
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