I have this problem, that I call "thoughtmares." I haven't met another person who has this issue, and it's really getting a lot worse, so I'm looking for some insight.
When I have thoughtmares, I think I'm asleep...but I'm really still 'awake.' I'm stuck repeatedly thinking one thought, something that usually makes no sense (for example, measuring the angle that the cosine function would make with my toilet)...for hours until something external wakes me up. I'm never aware that I've been thinking until I'm awake. Once I'm awake...I still can't stop thinking this. I literally need to leave the room and find somewhere else to sleep if there is going to be any hope of me falling into a normal sleep for the rest of the night. I usually feel like I have a headache afterwards from all of this nonsensical uncontrollable deep thinking.
When I was in highschool, this used to be something that would happen every three months or so. I'm a junior in college now, and it seems as though the frequency of these events has slowly increased. Thoughtmares twice a week now is not uncommon. I've learned that trying to go to bed early or taking any kind of sleep supplements increases my chances of having a 'thoughtmare.'
It might be worth mentioning that since highschool, my insomnia has also gotten increasingly worse. Whereas I could fall asleep within 15 minutes of going to bed then, it takes a solid two to three hours now. Severe insomnia runs in our family, though. But I just get raised eyebrows when I ask if this has ever happened to them.
I really have no clue what to do about this. Has anyone else here had this? What did you do?
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