Insomina...?

[DecemberJ]

I was sleeping just fine before this started happening again. I think I may be having Insomnia but I am not sure. I fall asleep at night and I'll wake up every few hours. Then when I do fall asleep and I wake up for school I feel like I have never gotten any sleep at all. When I am falling asleep at night I tend to jolt or I start getting paralysis sleep where I can't move and it takes me a few minutes to open my eyes. How come this is happening all of a sudden?

[Flashdance]

Anxiety/stress could be the reason you're waking up several times at night. Anything major happening in your life right now? I find that if I'm exhausted, I tend to jolt while falling asleep.

[Robot_Butler]

When you wake in the middle of the night, do you lie there for a long time, trying to get back to sleep? If you only wake for a minute or two, it is normal, and nothing to worry about.

[BigFan]

When you wake in the middle of the night, do you lie there for a long time, trying to get back to sleep? If you only wake for a minute or two, it is normal, and nothing to worry about. This is 100% true. Insomnia is when you lie in bed for a long period of time trying to sleep and you can't. I've had cases in the past where I would stay awake for 3-4 hours, not fun

[DecemberJ]

No I don't lie in my bed for a long time. I check the time and I turn around on my bed. I end up going back to sleep then wake up again and find that it's still the same time. Then after that I go back to sleep and wake up an hour or two later. Sometimes it feels like the time is going by slowly. I don't really feel stressed about anything. I sleep fine after talking to my boyfriend for a long period of time.

[alexjoan]

Relaxation is the great enemy of chronic insomnia; the moment you come in control of your thoughts, and you make silence inside of your mind, you'll be able to sleep like a baby. Once you get home from work, stop thinking about all the problems you had during the day; focus on family, friends and personal well being. Sport can be a great help in the attempt to stop chronic insomnia, physical exercises actually free both the mind and the body from the toxins resulting from stress or negative thinking. Relaxation music, breathing techniques, sport, aromatherapy are all great ways of fighting chronic insomnia regardless of its generating factors.