1:40am and I can't sleep

[Loki]

I'm still awake even with my medication. The house is empty and lonely. I can't stop my mind from thinking. It's racing and most of it doesn't make any sense. I don't know why. I have a heavey chest. I know I must be having a small panic attack. I feel a great deal of fear right now. I feel helpless.

 

[guy]

hi loki,

guess what?, it's 2:50 here in the grea tstate of nc and i can't either.

i hate it too. i am not racing as much as i was today but the remanents have me fucked up a bit from a tough day emotionally with my ex, someone new i am dating, and then a good friend had some personal problems.

i finally took a half of a sleeping pill, gota be fresh tomrrow and on time for work. one full one makes it hard in the a.m. took my zolfot at 10:00, you're right sometimes; no help or very little.

anyhow brother, i am here, reflecting, rolling, lonely, hurting some. i am with you. i do hope we get soem sleep in a bit.

take care, guy

 

[Dwayne T]

I am New but wheb i can not sleep I just go with I have this thing where I imagine myself as a little Kid and I imagine myself having a conversation telling little dwayne that it will ok and giving him a big hug (just hug yourself) 70 percent of the time it works or at Least I think about stuff that doesn't hurt

Dwayn e

QUOTE]Originally posted by Loki:
I'm still awake even with my medication. The house is empty and lonely. I can't stop my mind from thinking. It's racing and most of it doesn't make any sense. I don't know why. I have a heavey chest. I know I must be having a small panic attack. I feel a great deal of fear right now. I feel helpless. [/QUOTE]

 

[Howster]

Loki,

I've barely slept in a week, cuz all this stuff is coming up about my relationship with my Mom.

Panic attacks are scary cuz they come out of nowhere and we seem to have no control over them. A therapist told me that it is of tantamount importance to keep breathing at those times. As deep as we can - and to keep reminding yourself to do it while the panic is happening.

Hope you'll be okay. I'm sure you will be...

Howard

 

[Aden]

Loki,

I sleep Noon to 8:00pm. When ever I can't sleep all I have to do is go out and talk to the construction workers who are building a housing complex across the street. I'll trade my hammers and rip saws for your racing thoughts. And raise you a bulloldozer. But whatever the reason, there are lots of times that I can't sleep either.

Sure, we are suppose to come here and be all sympathic and supportive. And I do care. Really! But the things that are bothering you last night are pretty much in your head. Mine are just a few feet outside my bedroom window. And they have been working on that plot of land for two years. I have written letters to the editor, my state representitive, both senators, the President, and every member of the town counsel. They don't care. To top it off, the house being built directly across from mine is for one of the few people in this town who I truely, deeply dislike. And she doesn't even know that I live here.

You know what really pisses me off? You are going to get more sympathy from the guys in this web-site, myself included, than I will get from the entire nation.

Much like you, my mind races in the time of sleep. And in the process I am dodging hammers, saws and heavy machienery of every kind.

This probably makes me seem like a small, petty person. It isn't intended that way. I'd just like to get some sleep and hope you sleep well to.

Aden

 

[reality2k4]

Hi Loki

hey hope you get better sleep tonight, we all know what sleep depravation can be like.

panic attacks, need to take heavy breaths and try to stop mind racing, need to try to relax, hey I know it's not easy, but the only way out of them I find.

take care

ste

 

[Doppelganger1]

Hi Guys,
I just wanted to tell you how much I relate. Sleeping is one of the most difficult things for me to do. And NOT sleeping leads to so many horrible feelings. I hope it gets better for all of us.

Jeff