If you lie awake at night and your heart is pounding, it’s likely that your fight or flight response was triggered. Just as anxiety can affect sleep, sleep can influence anxiety. Sleep anxiety is a common feature of sleep disorders, in which the person is afraid of having trouble sleeping during the day and evening, which can result in another night of poor sleep. Sleep anxiety is a common feature of sleep disorders, in which the person is afraid of having trouble sleeping during the day and evening, which can result in another night of poor sleep.
As soon as you feel drowsy, allow yourself to go to bed and focus on your breathing instead of focusing on other fears. There are also people who suffer from both anxiety and insomnia, each symptom being independent of the other.