[Anonymous]

This has happened to me a few times before. I'm lying in bed, thinking about many things, waiting for sleep to come, but then I actually get scared of sleep. I get scared of losing consciousness, and the fact I don't know when amongst my thought process I will lose consciousness, it makes things worse.

I always have great dreams, haven't had a nightmare in years, it's just the process of going from conscious to unconscious that I'm scared of.

Any advice?

[BethaneyJ]

Do some reading on sleep and falling asleep so you understand it better. That usually helps me with fears. Knowing the why and the how. Also if you think how many times people ahve done it before. Everyone in the world pretty much every day does it. It is normal and natural.

Hope that helps.