.... email to a friend
I think I have some sort of problem with sleeping.. I should have went to bed an hour ago, but I called you instead. I think I will still get seven hours of sleep.
I have this problem.. that I have always had. I have a fear of not sleeping.
I lay in bed, and as the time goes by that I am not able to sleep, I think about how many hours of sleep I will get based on when I have to wake up. For example: It is almost 2am and I will be getting up a 9:30am that is about 7 hours. That is not particularly anxiety provoking, however, as the time ticks away and the hours of projected sleep decrease I start to panic.. Eventually when I fall asleep, and wake up the next morning aware I didn't sleep an adequate amount of time (like 0-5 hours) I feel awful all day and cnostantly think of how I didn't sleep as much, and how I MUST feel awful based on that.
Do you think that I am creating the anxiety because I think about how long I slept, and feel poorly about it because I was taught in school that it isn't enough sleep? Any ideas? Is this completely ridiculous?