For a while now I've had really horrible sleep patterns (staying up far too late and sleeping in too late). The problem is most nights I feel like I'd rather do anything than go to sleep.
I used to have regular recurring violent nightmares...sometimes even every night several times a night. These have pretty much stopped, or at least I haven't recalled having any but 1 since the summer.
But I still find myself really afraid to sleep. When I do finally go to bed my heart rate speeds way up as soon as I lie down. I find I sleep better in the daytime when I get the chance to do so (such as weekends)...I somehow feel much "safer".
It seems a little strange to me because what happened to me didn't occur while I was sleeping...although the repeated abuse/assault always occurred in the evenings/nights before sleep (I was assaulted by a boyfriend). Perhaps this could be a contributing factor?
I tried to explain some of this to a counsellor I was seeing in the summer, and I don't think she understood what I was talking about. I find it severely affects my productivity and concentration during the day even. Has anyone else had experience with something like this? Advice would be appreciated as well.
I used to have regular recurring violent nightmares...sometimes even every night several times a night. These have pretty much stopped, or at least I haven't recalled having any but 1 since the summer.
But I still find myself really afraid to sleep. When I do finally go to bed my heart rate speeds way up as soon as I lie down. I find I sleep better in the daytime when I get the chance to do so (such as weekends)...I somehow feel much "safer".
It seems a little strange to me because what happened to me didn't occur while I was sleeping...although the repeated abuse/assault always occurred in the evenings/nights before sleep (I was assaulted by a boyfriend). Perhaps this could be a contributing factor?
I tried to explain some of this to a counsellor I was seeing in the summer, and I don't think she understood what I was talking about. I find it severely affects my productivity and concentration during the day even. Has anyone else had experience with something like this? Advice would be appreciated as well.