Social Anxiety Support

Still Waters · 09-28-2008, 09:59 PM

I love to sleep! It's a way of avoiding my feelings. It's gotten to the point that if something bad happens, I immediately start yawning. I crave sleep like some people crave drugs.

Toad Licker · 09-29-2008, 12:45 AM

Nope, I use my pc. Though after seven years on this thing it's become more of a way to avoid my problems which in itself has become another problem.

Mr. Orange · 09-29-2008, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Toad Licker

Nope, I use my pc. Though after seven years on this thing it's become more of a way to avoid my problems which in itself has become another problem.

But I use sleep as well. I love it, and I can't sleep now, because of these damn meds!!

Perfectionist · 09-29-2008, 12:50 AM

I use sleep to avoid everything. If I can't handle something I just go have a four hour nap. I'm rather dependant on sleep as a way to put off dealing with whatever problem I may have.

Ms Deer · 09-29-2008, 04:22 AM

Yes, I have always used sleep as a way to cope/escape. I think that most people who are anxiety or depression prone do. For about the last ten years or so I've also used my PC and the Internet in that same capacity. Nothing trumps a good nap though!

"....sleep, that knits up the ravelled sleeve of care....." (MacBeth)

WineKitty · 09-29-2008, 09:09 PM

I only sleep 6 to 8 hours a night. I spend way too much time on the computer. I need to change my habits, they are getting old.

Calamity · 10-01-2008, 07:19 AM

I wish I could sleep! There's a lot of construction going on around my area and the trucks and the noise force me to get up at 6-7am no matter how late I went to bed the night before.

Being tired all the time probably doesn't help my mood much.

kelso · 10-01-2008, 05:59 PM

I am probably one of the lucky ones where as if I want to sleep I can as I am not working and live on my own.
I used to fight this but now go with the flow. To my way of thinking if you need to sleep, you should, your body is telling you something.
I think the internet and forums like this one is the same as "going next door for a chat" and is an absolute bonus for older people like me with SA.
Every retirement/aged home should have full internet access for the residents. Wouldn't they have a ball!

TreeFrog · 10-01-2008, 09:15 PM

Oh God Yes, I have always used sleep as a way to cope as well. Especially when I am feeling really overwhelmed: I make it as dark as possible, crawl under the covers and "escape" for a few hours. I must admit I have overused this inclination in my younger days and it can be very unhealthy (as we know). I have to say though that I love sleep and require at least 7-8 hours to avoid wanting a nap during the day. Which, at this hour means I will want one tomorrow.

I have a friend who went through a school year depressed who refers to it as the "Year of the Big Sleep." She says she can't recall hardly any memories of that time except for the sleeping.

Bon · 10-05-2008, 07:42 AM

Sleep and the computer.

ANCIENT · 10-06-2008, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Perfectionist

I use sleep to avoid everything. If I can't handle something I just go have a four hour nap. I'm rather dependant on sleep as a way to put off dealing with whatever problem I may have.

lilly · 10-06-2008, 04:58 PM

I'd sleep as much as a cat if I could!

09-28-2008, 09:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
Still Waters Status: Lost And Unaccounted For Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Stuck in the Lost and Found Gender: Female Posts: 668	Do you ever use sleep as a way to cope? I love to sleep! It's a way of avoiding my feelings. It's gotten to the point that if something bad happens, I immediately start yawning. I crave sleep like some people crave drugs. __________________ I knew a man who lived in fear It was huge,it was angry,it was drawing near Behind his house,a secret place Was the shadow of the demon he could never face. He tells the world that it's sleeping But as the night came 'round I heard it's lonely sound It wasn't roaring,it was weeping. - Weeping - Josh Groban

09-29-2008, 12:45 AM	#2 (permalink)
Toad Licker Status: Broken Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: A Fruitloop Daydream Gender: Male Age: 44 Posts: 29,596	Re: Do you ever use sleep as a way to cope? Nope, I use my pc. Though after seven years on this thing it's become more of a way to avoid my problems which in itself has become another problem. __________________ All will wither, go to sleep The ones you love you may not keep All you touch will fall apart The dreams you kill will break your heart There's no mercy, there's no rest The void will scream within your chest No one knows and no one will So leave this place that makes you Ill - Madder Mortem

09-29-2008, 12:50 AM	#4 (permalink)
Perfectionist Status: Too Cool for School Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: At the Hundredth Meridian Gender: Female Age: 21 Posts: 2,313	Re: Do you ever use sleep as a way to cope? I use sleep to avoid everything. If I can't handle something I just go have a four hour nap. I'm rather dependant on sleep as a way to put off dealing with whatever problem I may have. __________________ -Oh if Hans Christian Anderson could've had his way with me

09-29-2008, 04:22 AM	#5 (permalink)
Ms Deer Status: SAS Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,265	Re: Do you ever use sleep as a way to cope? Yes, I have always used sleep as a way to cope/escape. I think that most people who are anxiety or depression prone do. For about the last ten years or so I've also used my PC and the Internet in that same capacity. Nothing trumps a good nap though! "....sleep, that knits up the ravelled sleeve of care....." (MacBeth) __________________ “You may forget what people said but you will never, ever forget how they made you feel.”

09-29-2008, 09:09 PM	#6 (permalink)
WineKitty Status: Almost 10,000 Posts :) Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Alone Inside My Mind Gender: Female Posts: 9,967	Re: Do you ever use sleep as a way to cope? I only sleep 6 to 8 hours a night. I spend way too much time on the computer. I need to change my habits, they are getting old. __________________ "The more I know about people, the better I like my dog." - Mark Twain

10-01-2008, 07:19 AM	#7 (permalink)
Calamity Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Gender: Female Age: 31 Posts: 49	Re: Do you ever use sleep as a way to cope? I wish I could sleep! There's a lot of construction going on around my area and the trucks and the noise force me to get up at 6-7am no matter how late I went to bed the night before. Being tired all the time probably doesn't help my mood much.

10-01-2008, 05:59 PM	#8 (permalink)
kelso Status: SAS Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: South East Queensland, Australia Posts: 217	Re: Do you ever use sleep as a way to cope? I am probably one of the lucky ones where as if I want to sleep I can as I am not working and live on my own. I used to fight this but now go with the flow. To my way of thinking if you need to sleep, you should, your body is telling you something. I think the internet and forums like this one is the same as "going next door for a chat" and is an absolute bonus for older people like me with SA. Every retirement/aged home should have full internet access for the residents. Wouldn't they have a ball!

10-01-2008, 09:15 PM	#9 (permalink)
TreeFrog Status: Hides it Well but... Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Female Age: 38 Posts: 221	Re: Do you ever use sleep as a way to cope? Oh God Yes, I have always used sleep as a way to cope as well. Especially when I am feeling really overwhelmed: I make it as dark as possible, crawl under the covers and "escape" for a few hours. I must admit I have overused this inclination in my younger days and it can be very unhealthy (as we know). I have to say though that I love sleep and require at least 7-8 hours to avoid wanting a nap during the day. Which, at this hour means I will want one tomorrow. I have a friend who went through a school year depressed who refers to it as the "Year of the Big Sleep." She says she can't recall hardly any memories of that time except for the sleeping. __________________ I know I can't be the only "Whatever I Am" in the room. Ani DiFranco

10-05-2008, 07:42 AM	#10 (permalink)
Bon Status: "To Thy Own Self be True" Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 3,513	Re: Do you ever use sleep as a way to cope? Sleep and the computer. __________________ "Men are so simple, and so much creatures of circumstance, that the deceiver will always find someone ready to be deceived." (Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince 1532)

10-06-2008, 04:58 PM	#12 (permalink)
lilly Status: SAS Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: australia Gender: Female Age: 50 Posts: 1,746	Re: Do you ever use sleep as a way to cope? I'd sleep as much as a cat if I could!