four am. ridiculous.

For some reason, my sleeping hours are getting shorter and my waking hours are ever increasing. I'm going to bed later and waking up earlier (it's gone from half six to six, then six to half five. Then half five to five, and now it's jumped to before four) and waking up all hours in between.

Apparently my anxiety and worries about college/work/little things that not many people think about could be manifesting itself into the stomach pains I'm having (I've been told it could be IBS which is apparently aggravated by stress?) and into the whole not-sleeping thing. It's my body's way of telling me I'm worried, basically (in my mind, I don't feel worried about college or work or whatever). Or it could just be the fact that I think too much.

So, any idea how I can alleviate the anxiety or try and process my thoughts so I won't be waking up thinking about them?

Reply 1

psychic_satori

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lostinfantasies

For some reason, my sleeping hours are getting shorter and my waking hours are ever increasing. I'm going to bed later and waking up earlier (it's gone from half six to six, then six to half five. Then half five to five, and now it's jumped to before four) and waking up all hours in between.

Apparently my anxiety and worries about college/work/little things that not many people think about could be manifesting itself into the stomach pains I'm having (I've been told it could be IBS which is apparently aggravated by stress?) and into the whole not-sleeping thing. It's my body's way of telling me I'm worried, basically (in my mind, I don't feel worried about college or work or whatever). Or it could just be the fact that I think too much.

So, any idea how I can alleviate the anxiety or try and process my thoughts so I won't be waking up thinking about them?

I always give myself a half-hour buffer before I go to bed where I kind of chill out for the night. Maybe browse the news or something else that I enjoy. It seems to help me from thinking about the mountain of stress and anxiety that is my life when I'm falling asleep, and I can stay asleep better. Of course, it doesn't always work, as I've been in the same boat for the last few days (woke up at 4 AM today, actually), but that may be from fighting off a slight cold.

Do you have a rather steady time that you go to bed, or do you fluctuate?

Reply 2

lostinfantasies

OP

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Well, I usually start winding down at 10 - that's when the sort of nighttime programmes come on. I tend to be in bed by half ten and go to sleep whenever really. But I've found lately that it's getting later and later, into the early hours.

Reply 3

toipot2

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lostinfantasies

It's my body's way of telling me I'm worried, basically (in my mind, I don't feel worried about college or work or whatever).

Hoohoo, I know what that feels like.
Ive been getting frequent stress related tension headaches for about 4 months, despite me not feeling stressed.

Which is wierd.

Feels like a spring in my brain.

Anyways, the best thing to do to alleviate underlying worries is probably do things to take your mind of them throughout the day, e.g sport etc, try to keep busy.

Reply 4

UpliftMof0

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IT probably doesnt help that you might be watching tv or listening to music or reading or whatever in bed. A good idea is to make your bed solely for sleeping, watch tv from a chair, listne to music another time or whatever. I always find it a good idea to get into a routine of having around 10-15 minutes between deciding to get my ass of com puter and actually being in bed. ad thoguh i might not have been tired at computer the whole mental process of getting into bed at set time prepares me for sleep and i feel more tired then i did before. trying to calm your brain is a good idea too. I dunno whatever you wanna do
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Reply 5

Fruit-cake

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hey. i know how you feel about the stress affecting your body. i find that whenever i get stressed, i feel sick all the time, and cant eat at all. id really recomend trying rescue remedy by bach i think, that seems to help me when i cant sleep. if you haveing problems with your friends or things like that which is stopping you sleeping, try talking about it to someone, and stop stressing. hope you feel better soon xxx

four am. ridiculous.

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