So I've been having this constant worry loop about work lately. Every night I'm lying awake thinking about meetings, emails I sent, things I might have messed up. It's been going on for like 3 weeks now and I'm exhausted. My boss hasn't said anything negative but my brain just keeps spinning worst case scenarios. Anyone else deal with this? How do you shut your brain off at night?
The sleep deprivation makes the anxiety worse which makes the sleep worse. It's a brutal cycle. One thing that helped me was setting a hard cutoff time for work emails after 7pm. Might sound simple but it actually worked.
That worry loop is real, man. I was doing the same thing last year and it was killing my sleep. Have you tried talking to someone about it? Even just getting it out of your head and onto a therapist's couch helped me more than I expected.
Man, I feel this. The work worry loop is brutal when it hits at night. I've found that getting outside for like 20 minutes in the evening helps me shut my brain off before bed, might be worth a shot.
Those worry spirals are rough. My therapist suggested writing down the worry for like 5 minutes right when I get home so my brain knows it's handled, then I'm actually able to sleep. Might sound weird but it worked for me.
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I feel this so much. The constant replaying of conversations and thinking about what could go wrong at work kept me up for weeks. What kind of work are you in? Sometimes just talking through the actual vs imagined problems helps.