• Cagi@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    Waking up with anxiety after 3-5 hours of sleep is because you are building up cortisol (stress hormone) levels while you sleep to the point where they wake you up. See a counselor and a doctor. You need both of you want lasting improvements. I have a rather severe anxiety disorder, waking up anxious in the middle of the night was once a nightly ritual, now it’s pretty rare, only when something particularly anxiety inducing is going on.

  • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
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    Humans aren’t evolved to be great at stuff on their own. In the hunter-gatherer days we couldn’t hunt large animals alone, but required a group effort. We couldn’t stay safe from predation or survive a cold winter as an individual. So we formed groups. Expulsion from the group meant certain death. So we evolved with a survival instinct that screams “YOU WILL DIE IF YOU OFFEND SOMEONE” that is a bit of an over reaction for today’s society, but here we are.

    Neuroscience of Self and Self-Regulation: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3056504/

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    Its really hard to day without more information. You should talk to a doctor. Some other things that could be causing this that noone else has mentioned yet(I can’t tell if this applies for you or not based on your post):

    • not enough exercise
    • vitamin d/c deficiencies (you can take supplements of vitamin d in winter time)
    • bad gut microbiome. Try to eat a variety of vegtables as well as prebiotics (fibre, oats) and probiotics (yogurt, kefir, sourdough ect).
    • try to get regular sleep. I know this is your problem but there may be some things you can do like have a set bedtime, no screens for a while before bed.

    Remember that many people have had similar problems and overcome them. You will just need to work out what works for you. Good luck.

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    Because you were most likely traumatized by social interaction as a child, and still have the trauma response in your nervous system.

    I say that because that was my conclusion of my own experience.

    EMDR therapy has been remarkable in allowing my nervous system to process and release that underlying trauma. Highly recommended.

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    8 months ago

    I do this too and I think, for me, it’s two parts.

    1. Neurotic self analysis / self evaluation coupled with
    2. An actual interaction where I chose poorly that day.

    I over evaluate myself generally, so when I do make any mistake socially, my mind will find out on later self analysis and bug me about it.

    I find it annoying now and try to dismiss it and go back to sleep. Half the time the thing my mind is fixated on is baseless anyway.

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    8 months ago

    If this happens frequently, consider getting a sleep study. There are several different sleep disorders and treatments / therapies.

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    Do you eat shortly before sleeping? When my body wants to wake me up to finish digesting something, it always hits me with the crazy nightmares