Hi I currently suffer from general anxiety and I have been experiencing severe insomnia on and off for weeks sometimes even months at a time....is anyone else having this same issue? and if so for how long? Also, what techniques do you use to fall asleep?
I have the same problem due to anxiety. What really helps me fall asleep is listening to meditations on you tube for anxiety. Or for sleep.
There are many to choose from. Just search for Guided Meditations for Sleep.
I use earbuds and lay down to listen. They completely calm down my mind and body and many times I fall asleep before it ends.
They teach you how to relax and manage your anxiety.
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i'm currently struggling with a bout of GAD...severe symptoms presented in dec 2015. since then, chronic insomnia. i'm coming up on 2 yrs with moderate to severe symptoms after a long remission from GAD. i've suffered from GAD from what now appears childhood. anyway, yes what you're experiencing is perfectly normal. again, coming up on 2 yrs with insomnia as a result of my GAD flare-up. i rely on the television being on to fall asleep. i have OCD so i typically turn to something i have saved on my DVR and put it on each night. reading a book seems to work as well late at night. obviously, anxiety levels dictate quality of sleep. having dealt with this constant state of hyperstimulation for the past two years you become exhausted mentally and really stop caring about the worry which causes a lot of the symptoms. now i'm less likely to panic about physical symptoms and feel more frustrated than scared when they do happen. this frame of mind that has come about naturally over the course of this recent bout and has resulted in better sleep or getting to sleep easier. anyway, good luck. find your vice to help with your sleep.
the past week i've only slept about 40 min to 2 hours a night sometimes ill nap for an hour but it's never more than that and i still wake up exhausted and my memory is getting bad and so is my anxiety I keep telling myself something bad is going to happen if I don't get sleep and I think that's what's keeping me up i just want sleep 😴