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- 44w ago
Fear
Does anyone else fear they may die in there sleep?
Does anyone else fear they may die in there sleep?
Passing away in my sleep would be a peaceful way to go . One never knows. Life is short. Each day is a blessing, I try to make my peace at the start and end of each day , just in case “my number is up “sorta speak .
uhm yes. i can't go to sleep unless i physically can't keep my eyes open anymore. I always have to be on my phone and watch a show or scroll endlessly
@BeccaPar4 me too, lately my friend and I have been FaceTiming because I can’t not fall slower
@abbygene27 Asleep
@abbygene27 omg same, We have to fall asleep on facetime every night because we're both genuinely terrified. my screen time for facetime is 47 hours just from the start of this week🧍🏽♀️
Yesss
This happened to me before my psychotic episode. I believe it was one of the first signs of my psychosis. Not saying you have psychosis but that’s what it was for me. Very scary to experience. I hope that you can find a way to manage this symptom and get some good sleep.
This is why i have OCD and got diagnosed
@LaylaRed Me too
Yes 😭
@Anonymous813 Mine is so bad I developed insomnia
Mine probably is too
Yes. I had this happen to a dear family friend (she was only 53) and I didn’t sleep for a week. Every time I went to go to bed I had to tell my partner I love you and it terrified me for a while. Overtook any other themes I had. But I had to sleep, it’s vital to my health (always has been important to me and my recovery). So it became its own exposure and I had to resist the compulsions like telling my partner I love them before bed. It’s hard and I don’t wish it on anyone, especially while dealing with the grief of losing a friend.
Yess. I have OME, (I think that’s what it was) and it causes clicking, and/or a heavy feeling in the head. Because of this clicking sound I’d hear sometimes, I would stick my fingers in my ear and thought I found a bump. (Literally just the shape of the ear canal.) but I literally thought I had a tumor in there. I would lay away, so anxious about it, and because I was so anxious about it, I could felt the anxiety in my chest, which caused me to believe I had something wrong my heart. I would lay away, listening to my heartbeat, believing any second it would just stop. Eventually it had gotten so bad I just had a attack of some kind since I wasn’t sleeping, and the anxiety was just getting worse.
Anyone else have the fear of blacking out/having a psychotic break and harming others or myself/having no control of your body? Any tips on how to deal with this or anyone who’s recovered from this? It’s probably been my worst yet - the fear of having no control over my body or my actions.
does anyone else experience extreme fear of developing psychosis or schizophrenia or derealization. I literally freak myself out so much that it makes me physically sick. I’m so scared of developing these and it keeps coming up all over my TikTok and Google. It’s freaking me out.
This is a realistic fear for me. Had it for decades.
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