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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 562520" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>CB?</p><p>I used to get panic attacks DURING my sleep. Afraid that someone was breaking in (I lived alone), afraid of bugs coming out in the night, afraid of I don't know what.</p><p></p><p>Things that helped:</p><p>1) take logical, rational steps to prevent what can be prevented. For example - you don't want to risk sleep-driving. Can you put your purse and keys (because the purse is easier to find!) in a spot that is hard to get without turning on the lights and, say, using a stool? like, top shelf in your closet? </p><p></p><p>2) make a habit of doing the same walk-through every single night. Double check the door locks. Confirm that the windows are closed. Check all the curtains, etc. This doesn't help so much the first night, but it adds up. After a couple weeks, you've done the checking and nothing has happened... so all you have to do is keep up the checking routine. And if you forget and go to sleep... and wake up in a panic, just go to the check.</p><p></p><p>I had a list of about 10 things that I had to "take care of" before going to bed. It took about a month to drop the panic attacks to a minimum, and about 2 years to drop the list to 2 things (I still check every single door and window, every single night!)... I've been doing these last two for over 20 years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 562520, member: 11791"] CB? I used to get panic attacks DURING my sleep. Afraid that someone was breaking in (I lived alone), afraid of bugs coming out in the night, afraid of I don't know what. Things that helped: 1) take logical, rational steps to prevent what can be prevented. For example - you don't want to risk sleep-driving. Can you put your purse and keys (because the purse is easier to find!) in a spot that is hard to get without turning on the lights and, say, using a stool? like, top shelf in your closet? 2) make a habit of doing the same walk-through every single night. Double check the door locks. Confirm that the windows are closed. Check all the curtains, etc. This doesn't help so much the first night, but it adds up. After a couple weeks, you've done the checking and nothing has happened... so all you have to do is keep up the checking routine. And if you forget and go to sleep... and wake up in a panic, just go to the check. I had a list of about 10 things that I had to "take care of" before going to bed. It took about a month to drop the panic attacks to a minimum, and about 2 years to drop the list to 2 things (I still check every single door and window, every single night!)... I've been doing these last two for over 20 years. [/QUOTE]
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