Seeking For The Right Help
Finding out first what your experience with insomnia has been is very important to ensure you get the insomnia help you need. The doctor who is attending to you has to first find out what kind of insomnia you are suffering from before he or she can effectively provide you with the help you need. It is crucial to understand what other issues you or your body is dealing with or the help you get may not be truly effective. Since insomnia itself is often not the whole problem, it is more likely to surface as a mere symptom of something else to be known.
Getting To The Bottom
Before the root cause(s) of insomnia you are suffering from is/are known, the insomnia help you get may not be the most effective for insomnia cure. Without getting to the bottom of the problem your issue with insomnia will never really go away. Don’t wait while you deal with the bigger picture. Do something about various issues to find relief for your insomnia. Finding temporary relief from the effects of insomnia does not mean you have already found a solution. Make sure you do not ignore the crux of the matter – the root cause(s) for your insomnia.
Effective Help Is Key
If you sense a pressing need to find insomnia help, you should consult a medical professional without delay. More often than not, he or she will be able to give you something to help you sleep better while you try to work on other issues. Effective help shouldn’t just end here. Normally, you may be asked to speak with someone to find out if there are emotional or other stressful events happening to you. Working through those issues and learning how to handle them in a better manner will be the best insomnia help that you could receive.
Money Need Not Be An Issue
In the event you cannot afford to consult a doctor and you do not have medical coverage, you may feel that insomnia help is just beyond your reach. There is no need to feel helpless as help with insomnia for you can come in many different ways. It does not always have to come from a doctor. There are a lot of things that you can do for yourself to make sure you are getting the help that you need. Talking with friends and family about your thoughts and feelings is a great start and there are also a lot of herbal medications and treatments out there that claim to be able to help you sleep at night.
Do not just give up without trying out different options. With persistence, you may well be on your way to get the best insomnia help you can ever find!
Ray Young
Anxiety/panic attacks, reaccuring nightmares, disturbign thoughts … i need help ?
So i’m pretty fucked up. I have re-accuring nightmares of myself in a asylum. I’m in a white room, with no windows or doors wearing a straight jacket. Everything is white. I hate hospitals because they’re white, so this bugs me alot.
I have hypnophobia. For a long time i thought it was insomnia and well all kids these days claim to have that so i wasn’t worried about it but i’ve realised it’s more than that. I’m quite literely afraid to sleep, so i stay up as much as i can.
I hate alot of the people i love.
I always play out these scenarios when i’m not really doing anything. Like if i’m in a car my mind wonders and i play out this scenario were the car crashes and everyone is somehow brutilly mutilated and i’m just sitting there watching them, and i can’t help them but it’s not like i’m trying anyway. Or if i’m standing infront of the microwave i imagine it blowing up and my brain blowing along with it.
On tuesday i had an anxiety attack [my mum says that's what it is] and that night i slept for 2 and a half hours. On wednesday i slept for approximately 3 hours. On thurday after school i fell asleep as soon as i got home and slept for 4 hours. Than i stayed up the whole night right till school started. At the beggining of recess i had another ‘attack’ and so i went to the sick bay. My head was throbbing like hell. I could almost feel everything inside of my head. I lay down on the bed and fell asleep for around two hours.
My concentration spam is of about half an hour max than my brain feels like it’s on overload. It’s been like this before all these other problems happened
I’m fake. I fake my freindships with people. Apart from my ‘immediate freinds’ [like 2 girls at my school]. I smile i say stuff to people i don’t mean. It just pisses me off so much when someone says they ‘like’ me or ‘feel close’ to me. I know you’re lying so just stop. But instead i say it back and hug them. And inside it kills me, but because my school is so small and the kids are so bitchy you kind of have to. Or else you risk humiliating them and then in turn them getting ‘revenge’. It has happened before and it never turns out good. Than again i’m an easy target for ‘getting revenge’ on so maybe it’s just me and not the school.
I feel withdrawn. I like hanging out on my own. But at the same time earlier this year i got attacked by a man when i was on my own. It was dark and he covered my mouth and pulled me into an alleyway. I ended up with bleeding hands and a couple scratches on my neck but otherwise i was fine. I got help from a couple lebonese guys. My brother thinks i may still be in shock from that but i doubt it. I feel fine.
I almost never speak my mind. I can’t stand open doors. I feel like the ugliest person in the world even though i know i’m not THAT ugly. What people say does effect me, even when i pretend it doesn’t. I feel like i’m asking for attention. I just need advice on how to, ummm…. fix my bad habbites. How do i stop the nightmares, anxiety attacks and my mind’s ‘wondering’.
first of let me say this so you understand, YOU ARE NOT GOING MAD
i will say it again you are not going mad you are suffering from depression
Depression is something most people get at some point in their lives, for most it comes, they deal with it and it goes away for ever, but fore some it never really goes away its always there in the back ground and pops up to give them the odd bad day.
but for the really unlucky it can develop in to whats called maniac depression and blight their lives.
you need to see a Doctor, the Doctor will give you pills, these pills will help calm you down but most important help you get a good nights sleep, coz lack of sleep is what is making your brain feel like its on over drive, and when your brain is on over drive, you get an over active imagination that will give you bad dreams and make you think thoughts that can be disturbing and unsettling.
once you get your self into a regular sleeping patten you will start to feel better, then you must take on your depression, if you want to know how to beat ur depression, e-mail me and i will tell you how i beat it.
please try not to worry, once again ur not mad ur just ill
all the best
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my head
OK, I’m gonna offer you some answers that will truly help you.
First, when the mind has thoughts that the thinker feels he/she can’t control (intrusive thoughts, as we say in psychology), a common cause is that the person is suppressing or blocking or ignoring a REAL challenge they’re having & their feelings are expressing through the subconscious via nightmares or unwanted thoughts or fantasies. For example, a child who is being bullied at
school or mistreated by a teacher may start to dream about monsters or may suddenly become obsessed with not stepping on cracks in the sidewalk. Why? Because their mind is trying to
give them a sense of control — making them feel that their fears are just in their heads or that they can magically protect themselves by following made-up rules such as not stepping on cracks. It’s all
just a messy & ineffective way of coping with real conflict.BUT when a person faces & deals with their real challenges (face the fear & conquer the bully or report the teacher or change schools, etc) then there is no longer a need for the mind to invent scary scenarios or nightmares. We win by OVERCOMlNG our fears, NOT pretending we don’t have any. In fact, denying that you’re afraid is the cause of insanity. .
Rent the comedy film: Defending Your Life. (Seriously.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF897aNyxSs&feature=related
Next, you need someone trustworthy to talk to as it sounds like you’re definitely not getting your needs met socially or emotionally or emotionally by your peer group at school.
#1: Get a therapist! Asap! A real one, not the high school guidance counselor. You’ll benefit from a caring professional’s expertise & listening skills. (Note: i did NOT say psychiatrist.
Psychologists are better listeners & can interpret your thoughts more effectively.
#2: Find trustworthy people you can speak honestly with. Support groups like Al-Ateen, Al-Anon or other 12 step programs are GREAT ways to get things off your chest, laugh about them & never fear
that you’ll be gossipped about or ridiculed because every word spoken is confidential. lf you ever saw The Breakfast Club & longed to have an experience like that, check out an Al-Ateen mtg.
BlG #3 i didn’t mention this one right away on purpose b/c I suspected it might upset you. But if it does, then that’s a good sign you haven’t dealt with it fully. Your brother’s guess may be correct. The incident you described was TREMENDOUSLY significant. Significant because you got
away, fortunately! And significant because it was a close brush with the #1 most terrible fear of all women. You absolutely MUST talk to someone about this. Reporting these things to the police makes us feel so much better because then our minds know that we are willing to stand up for
ourselves, whether we got away or not. When the perpetrator is caught & made to quake in his
boots by the detective on your case, you will get such a sense of redemption & safety & faith in yourself.
Good luck. You seem like an intensely smart & thoughtful young person with good communication & writing skills. Hang in there & one day, you’ll be able to help some person going through all the same stuff.
Cheers! My best to you.
p.s. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up-kXdtacm0
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Sounds like it may be a case of post traumatic stress disorder. I was attacked in high school and wound up doing all sort of crazy things like semi-seizures when falling asleep. I kicked out the window three times. My parents finally moved my bed to the middle of the room. I didn’t trust others and had trouble being myself. Talk to a good therapist or counselor. It really helps. Eventually you will get over it.
As for not being yourself, take a chance for awhile when school starts and act like you think you want to and see how people react. Granted, they will notice a change, but it may be a good thing. If you don’t like the "new" you, you can go back to how you are now.
Another thing is try getting more exercise. Sometimes you can get a buildup of hormones and exercise will help clear them out. Also be sure you spend some time out in the sun each day for the same reason.
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I am not sure how U view your Mother seeing your Questions on this Yahoo site, but I DO suggest U show her my reply.
U have answers that suggest Depression AND there IS NO DOUBT about that from your questions contents.
I also add in another Scenario, called BIPOLAR Disorder.
U, by your questions contents show STRONG signs of it and THAT is why U should allow your mother to view MY Answer (your Question) I do hope U allow your mother to see THIS reply and IF SO, I hope she takes U IMMEDIATELY to a medical professional, suggesting the Disorder BIPOLAR..or BorderLine Personality Disorder.
IF U do have Depression which does come with Bipolar and BPD, it sounds (from your questions contents) that it is close to a Manic Depressive disorder and I know U want that help.
My best wishes
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explain this to a professional. you should see a doctor, thats how you will have the fastest most efficient recovery
honestly i have alot of your same problems, i started seeing someone a few weeks ago and its starting to help.
just remember no one is perfect. people (in general) are all weird. and everyone is a little crazy. just walk into your local walmart and look around, you probably have it together more than you think. but seriously see a doctor, at least a few sessions, im sure it will make a difference
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