When its time to sleep. Zzz

Isit me alone or anyone experienced this. My anxiety and worry somehow at the peak every night before i sleep. I have never fall sleep on time because of my intrusive thoughts. All the worry, bad thoughts, anxiety of something bad will happen, guilt, you name it, entire world problems will run in my head. I end up using phone so that i wont think, just scroll social media or read articles to divert my mind until im so exhausted and my mind shut down. This is very exhausting and tiring. Anyway to deal with this?

Username: EstridEstrid

Date posted: 38w ago

This was me a few years ago. Mindfulness has helped me a lot, and I have also practiced prolonged muscle relaxation (you tube) - it was like I had an epiphany "I know how to relax and how to fall asleep."

Username: KpikaKpika

Date posted: 38w ago

Thank you for sharing, i will google this & learn more❤

Username: WillyNileWillyNile

Date posted: 38w ago

hey, i totally get how tough nights can be with ocd. it sounds super exhausting to deal with all those intrusive thoughts and anxiety, especially when you're just trying to get some rest. using your phone to distract yourself until you're completely worn out is a hard cycle to be stuck in. 😔 have you heard about "unstuck", an ai-powered therapy tool specifically for ocd (unstuckmyOCD.com)? it's really helped me a lot this past month and might be worth checking out for you too. another member here recommended it to me and i just wish i knew about it sooner!

Username: KpikaKpika

Date posted: 38w ago

Thank you for sharing, i will check try to check it out. Hope it will help❤

Username: PhillipFillip1PhillipFillip1

Date posted: 38w ago

i have this app and i love it.. just a shame that more folks in the OCD community dont know about it yet!!

Username: WillyNileWillyNile

Date posted: 38w ago

@Kpika - you're welcome!! hope it helps u<3

Username: Vivian Shipley Vivian Shipley

Date posted: 38w ago

Wow me too. I thought it was just me

Username: KpikaKpika

Date posted: 37w ago

I guess im not alone. Hope we recover someday❤

Username: recover111

Date posted: 5y ago

Anyone have anxiety at nite and cant sleep till a certain time

Username: zaynab

Date posted: 5y ago

I have work at 4am tomorrow and normally am asleep by 9 or 10 at the latest to be up by 2:30. But the thoughts are so bad I’m afraid of even closing my eyes and lately I’ve been going to bed at 6pm to fall asleep by midnight. I’m so over this. Any tips for falling asleep without getting bad thoughts. I keep picturing imperfect things or reliving every event that triggered me throughout the day. Last night I literally tried falling asleep without closing my eyes (which is impossible) then had to work today running on 3 hours of heavily interrupted sleep. I’m so exhausted and just over this.

Username: fionnlagh

Date posted: 3y ago

Tips for getting to sleep when I can't be alone with my thoughts? I'm scared of putting my phone down at night because my brain goes into overdrive. Anyone got advice? I've tried melatonin, white noise, music, etc

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