I slept for a couple of hours after the PA lastnight but woke at 3am and stayed up.
I was on soneone’s couch so couldnt really sleep. In the am I had the use of a bed but the room was too noisy and bright from the road (why do people have flimsy blinds which let all the light in?).
Anyway I slept til 3 or 4pm nicely rested. Completely against the principles of sleep hygiene…
Went for a nice walk by a canal.
Still have that ‘black cloud hanging at the edges’. The feeling that the blackness is hovering, just waiting to pounce and that anything might bring it on.
I’m still under stress from business worries and responsibility.
Categories: Insomnia/Sleep hygiene · Relaxation · anxiety · panic attacks
Tagged: anxiety, anxiety attack, highstrung, mental health, panic attacks, sleep hygiene
It seems I’m improving, hence the lack of recent posts. I still have the occasional bad moment – in fact I had one today – but I can stave off the panic attacks and assure myself that i will be OK.
Distraction seems to be the larger part of this. I felt really rough earlier and thought I was heading for a migraine as I had some visual problems (probably as a result of staring at a small laptop screen for so long). thought I was going cross-eyed, brain tumour etc
My sleep hygiene is still lousy but at least it’s stable; i’m getting to sleep at 6am and rising at 1.30pm.
Categories: Insomnia/Sleep hygiene · Treaments · anxiety · panic attacks
Tagged: panic attacks, sleep hygiene, treatment
