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Anxiety Attacks at Night

TLDR: Anxiety Attacks at Night
The forum thread discusses the issue of nighttime anxiety and its impact on sleep. Nomad highlights that 10-30% of Americans suffer from sleep problems due to anxiety and suggests methods like journaling, cognitive behavioral therapy, and watching TV to manage these thoughts. Nova shares personal experiences of anxiety attacks at night due to certain thinking patterns and timing. Lammchen mentions the use of sleeping pills to avoid dwelling on anxious thoughts and queries about the effectiveness of white noise for relaxation, which a guest confirms helps based on personal experience with a box fan. Nomad also recommends deep breathing to clear the mind for better sleep. Shortie and Soulwatcher share their struggles with anxiety-induced sleeplessness and the resultant exhaustion. Lee expresses similar difficulties, and Soulwatcher empathizes, noting the extreme tiredness caused by disrupted sleep. Overall, the thread reflects a common challenge of managing nighttime anxiety and various personal strategies and experiences related to coping with it.
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According to a study, 10-30 percent of Americans have sleeping problems due to Anxiety. The anxious thoughts at night stop people from getting sleep. Psychologists have suggested a couple of things in order to deal with nighttime anxiety, such as:
Recording thoughts on a diary
Cognitive behavioral therapy.
Watching TV, etc.
 
I have had anxiety at night based on how I am thinking. So the thinking pattern, time of the day and also how regular we have to think of those thoughts. Those type of the things lead to the anxiety attacks most of the time. I have realized that some of the time such attacks come before getting to sleep.
 
I think that could be why a lot of people with anxiety take sleeping pills. It helps them fall asleep instead of dwelling on things that cause them great anxiety.

Does white noise help get the mind off things enough to relax, do you think?
 
If you overthink, you will have sleeping problems. In order to sleep well, you need to clear your head. Deep breathing can really help to get you to sleep fast and sleep deep.
 
I am someone who suffers from anxiety and I have had many sleepless nights due to overthinking or trying to work things out when I know there is no way I can work them out. It often leads me to feel exhausted and just not myself after losing sleep the night before. I feel when it's quiet that is when intrusive thoughts start and with that comes sleep loss with the worry.
 
I have been having anxiety at night lately and I have had a hard time falling asleep and waking up in the middle of the night. I have been talking to my wife to try and get through it.
 
Lee said:
I too suffer with nighttime anxiety :( it comes and goes in phases but has been particularly bad lately.
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I'm sorry Lee, it sucks for sure. I have been so tired during the day that I have been just passing out because I can't sleep at night.
 
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