should i be concerned, does this happen to anyone?

i didn’t sleep atall last night, i was laying with my eyes shut trying to make myself fall asleep but i couldn’t. so now ive been awake for over 24 hours and it’s driving my ocd insane. what if i couldn’t fall asleep tonight, that would make it 2 whole days that i hadn’t slept, what would i do then? id probably have to go to a hospital or something. i just want to sleep tonight, i’m so tired rn and i have been all day but what if no matter how tired i get i won’t be able to sleep? has this happened to anyone else or does anyone else struggle to fall asleep ?

Username: Nica

Date posted: 106d ago

The best thing you can do now is to study up, even though you are tired, until 9pm or so and then go to bed because you’ll actually be exhausted and way more likely to fall asleep.

Username: justsomone1

Date posted: 106d ago

I do this alll the time , sometimes I get scared when I stay up a whole day because I’m trying to get my sleep schedule right and I get scared “ what if I won’t ever be able to fall back asleep”

Username: peaceandluv

Date posted: 103d ago

@justsomone1 yeah i get that. i looked up sleep anxiety and it’s true that if you’re trying to force yourself to sleep, you won’t be able to. just relax and your body will fall asleep naturally

Username: ROCDmensch

Date posted: 106d ago

Omg I just watched a short on the OCD recovery channel in YouTube where they talked about obsessing about the perfect sleep...please watch it

Username: peaceandluv

Date posted: 103d ago

@ROCDmensch Thankyou! i couldn’t find the exact video but i did find some videos on sleep anxiety and it explained exactly what i was going through and helped me get to sleep :)