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Scared to sleep now
chemarie143 October 6th, 2016
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I was pretty anxious the whole day yesterday and cried a lot to my boyfriend for no reason. I feel so safe around him, but he has to drop me home sometime. When I'm home and not near him, I don't feel as relaxed.

Tonight, I bolted up suddenly from sleep and my heart was racing like crazy. My heart was beating to fast I basically had to gulp down so much water. It was really scary. I want to go back to sleep, but I'm kinda scared to now.

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lindsayscheinermanLPC October 6th, 2016
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@chemarie143

Thabks for sharing. I'm glad you have a support that makes you feel safe.

I was wondering when you are alone if you have ever tried any mindful activities such as grounding or meditation?

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chemarie143 OP October 6th, 2016
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@LScheinLPC

I'm more familiar with meditation because I used to do yoga a lot before, but stopped. I should probably get back to doing yoga since it might help with my anxiety.

lindsayscheinermanLPC October 6th, 2016
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@chemarie143

thats cool you did yoga. Yes it seems it was helpful so maybe that's something you can try again for yourself. Meditation and mindfulness focuses a lot on breathing and relaxation for small incriments at a time.

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