Anxiety spirals keeping me up at night - anyone else deal with this?

1w ago·1 min read

I'll be fine all day and then 11pm hits and my brain just goes. Start thinking about money, my job security, if I'm a good enough dad, health stuff that's probably nothing. My heart races and I can't shut it off. Wife tells me to just go to sleep but it doesn't work like that. Started some CBT therapy last month and it's helping a little but some nights are still brutal. Looking for anything that actually works. Melatonin doesn't help. Exercising during the day helps a bit.

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JJustinRegular1w ago

11pm anxiety is the worst. Your brain just switches into catastrophe mode when the house is quiet. I used to get the same spiral - money, work, health, kids, everything at once. Have you tried anything to interrupt the pattern when it starts?

CChris M.Regular1w ago

This is my life right now. All good during the day and then midnight hits and suddenly I'm worried about things that haven't even happened yet. It's exhausting and then you're tired the next day which makes everything worse.

DDerek M.Regular1w ago

Dude, you're not alone. The quiet of the night is when all the daytime distractions disappear and your brain has nothing to focus on except worst case scenarios. I started putting my phone down earlier and just sitting with the anxiety instead of fighting it. Sounds weird but it helped.

MMike R.Regular1w ago

That late night brain dump is brutal. Money and job stress are the usual culprits for me too. Have you thought about talking to someone about the anxiety patterns? Might help to have a strategy for when 11pm rolls around.