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Panic attacks at night

Nichole

Does anyone else suffer with panic attacks at night? 
They were really bad over the summer and started again last night- I think due to the storm.

The panic attacks are usually about the inevitability of death, of my own and my loved ones. I try to accept it, but it’s such a painful thing to accept.

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  • I agree that the night time is the worst. It is so frustrating when you are tired and need to get to sleep.

    I found the night before the storm difficult and managed to think of all the things that could go wrong at home and the effect they could have if we had to move to a hotel and work and panic over what would happen if there was a long power cut. I spent a lot of time trying to tell myself there was nothing I could do and things might not be too bad. 

    The most recent thing I have done that eventually works to try to switch my mind off is to bore myself. So I either keep saying a phrase in my mind or count from 1 to wherever I get and eventually fall asleep.

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  • I agree that the night time is the worst. It is so frustrating when you are tired and need to get to sleep.

    I found the night before the storm difficult and managed to think of all the things that could go wrong at home and the effect they could have if we had to move to a hotel and work and panic over what would happen if there was a long power cut. I spent a lot of time trying to tell myself there was nothing I could do and things might not be too bad. 

    The most recent thing I have done that eventually works to try to switch my mind off is to bore myself. So I either keep saying a phrase in my mind or count from 1 to wherever I get and eventually fall asleep.

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