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Can't even switch off when I'm asleep

Expecto_Patronum

So I made a post yesterday about my difficulties with switching off. What I've remembered after my nights sleep that I didn't explain in that post is that it doesn't even stop when I'm sleeping.

There is a situation in work that I don't know what to do with and although I know I need to wait til Monday and talk to my colleagues, my brain desperately wants to problem solved it. I know it's pointless because I can't solve until I've discussed it but I can't switch off to it. To the point where I had quite a broken sleep last night because I kept dreaming about how Monday is going to go and it kept waking me up.

This is quite common when I'm anticipating something, I will have lots of dreams related to it. It sure doesn't help my difficulty with switching off because it is then my first waking thought.

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  • When my brain starts creating scenario's each more outlandish than the last and often where I end up in the wrong, another part of my brain says stop! Why are you doing this? I've trained myself to do this, to break those sort of cycles, when I get overwhelmed with memories that make me uncomfortable, I remind myself that I don't live there anymore. It takes time, mental discipline and hard work to learn to do this, but it's so worth it. I also have an idea and thing park where I can park stuff until I need to think about it, I do this by reminding myself that I don't need to think about it now, that I'm safe from it for a few days.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    I think I struggle because occasionally my brain predicts right and the thing I was worrying about comes true. It makes it difficult to switch off to the thoughts because there's that voice in the background going it might be true.

    I tried the strategy of parking a thought when I was doing CBT and I just never mastered it.

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