Excessive Sleep

I usually can't sleep too well and lose a few hours every night but after an andreneline rush and in fight flight mode for a while (usually from fear) I will be incredibly drained and can sleep up to 9-10 hours naturally.

But no matter what amount of sleep I get I'm still drained, even after lots of caffeine and nicotine. Sounds like CPTSD burn out if you also have no energy.

Surprised you want to sleep haha, cause I physically can't and my mind won't rest after waking up so I can't even take naps if I have a free day.
 
I usually can't sleep too well and lose a few hours every night but after an andreneline rush and in fight flight mode for a while (usually from fear) I will be incredibly drained and can sleep up to 9-10 hours naturally.

But no matter what amount of sleep I get I'm still drained, even after lots of caffeine and nicotine. Sounds like CPTSD burn out if you also have no energy.

Surprised you want to sleep haha, cause I physically can't and my mind won't rest after waking up so I can't even take naps if I have a free day.
Thank you I really appreciate you commenting this, it’s really wierd because throughout the day I feel so drained emotionally I just want to sleep to not feel the anxiety but then I get to the night and I can’t fall asleep because my mind is racing, it’s a vicious cycle!
 
I need more sleep in general, due to not sleeping well, having a baby (my husband takes care of him at night, but I still often wake up), PTSD nonsense, and also postpartum healing.

After nights of sleep deprivation, during depression spouts, or after really tough PTSD times (flashbacks, etc) I need more sleep.

I try to control it slightly, like if I got to sleep at night, I'll set an alarm for 11am so I don't sleep past then and make it really difficult to get back on track or hard to fall asleep at night.

If I didn't sleep much, I go ahead and hibernate to catch up if I'm allowed the luxury. Once I skipped church to sleep if I had gotten less than 4.5 hours.

Maybe try taking it easy but also getting a few things done. When I don't do anything and just sleep all day (when it's not catching up) I feel worse.
 
I’ve been choosing to sleep as much as I can and it feels a little depressive because I don’t feel all that much better after a lot of sleep.

I’ve considered bringing it up to my doctor but on the other hand I’d probably be crying a lot more if I wasn’t sleeping

Not sure if this helps.

I think it means I m sleeping a lot and I know it’s doing something but I’m still investigating
 
I have been watching and listening to a physician on YouTube, Gabor Matê and yesterday he said something that really struck me as significant.
“Depression can be seen as a need for deep rest.” It makes total sense to me as I have always used sleep as a coping mechanism when the mental and emotional pain and the inner “noise” won’t stop. It’s not the worst coping mechanism at all.
Welcome to the site, and I hope you find it as helpful here as I have.
AKJ
 
I’ve been choosing to sleep as much as I can and it feels a little depressive because I don’t feel all that much better after a lot of sleep.

I’ve considered bringing it up to my doctor but on the other hand I’d probably be crying a lot more if I wasn’t sleeping

Not sure if this helps.

I think it means I m sleeping a lot and I know it’s doing something but I’m still investigating
This is so helpful thank you, I just wanted to know whether I was going crazy or not, it’s hard to know really but this helps thank you that I’m not the only one!! I just feel emotionally and physically wiped out it’s crazy, thank you ❤️
 
When I’m in a major depressive episode, I can sleep up to around 16 hours a day.

It’s just as debilitating as when I hit the other end of spectrum (where I am at the moment) and struggle to crack 4 hours a night.

I am now unashamedly obsessive about good sleep hygiene, which includes management of things throughout the day as well as in the lead up to sleeping, to give myself the best chance of a good sleep.
 
I can rarely sleep more than 4 hours (pain) or wake up every hour, though extreme stress or confrontation can make me feel like I am going to pass out/ black out. Lately with more warmth of a waterproof super-soft furry and slightly weighted blanket I can barely get out of bed and rarely wake up. I think @AngelKeeperJ is on to something also. Grief and/or processing and even admitting the difficulty which is often great takes a lot of time to even start. A lot of things take a lot out of all of us, I think.

Welcome to you!
 

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