There is a form of nocturnal anxiety that typically occurs after dusk, when you move away from your daily commitments.
Generally people who suffer from nocturnal anxiety during the day feel calmer because work and other daily activities keep the mind busy and "distract" it from anxiety.
In the late afternoon, when one goes towards the conclusion of daily commitments, a sense of annoying uneasiness begins to appear, which tends to become more pronounced after the dinner hour, until it turns into nocturnal anxiety, often resulting in insomnia.
Sometimes anxiety can turn into real panic attacks that can even wake you up during sleep.
The causes of nocturnal anxiety
Night anxiety should be resolved during the day : often at the base of this anxiety that appears in the darkest hours there are conflicts and unsolved personal difficulties . The most common causes of nocturnal anxiety are:
- Difficulty relaxing
- Unresolved conflicts with respect to past events, even far away in time, for example an unprocessed bereavement, the end of a love story, a dismissal, a transfer ...
- Analogy on an unconscious level between the dark and one's own dormant fears, for example the fear of death or the unknown.
- Excess of physical and mental energy not used during the day.
To overcome night-time anxiety, therefore, it would be necessary to identify the causes and work to resolve them ; in this, counseling or psychotherapy can be helpful.
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Overcoming nighttime anxiety
However, there are some activities that can help overcome night- time anxiety while working on the causes:
- Physical activity . The movement helps to overcome anxiety, even nocturnal anxiety, for a whole series of reasons but mainly because doing sport distracts the mind from negative thoughts and at the same time "frees" the body from excess energies. The evening will be more relaxed and physically more tired and it will be easier to fall asleep and keep anxiety away.
- Recreational activities in the evening . If the critical moment is in the evening because, for example, there is boredom or you suffer from loneliness, night anxiety can be fought by organizing your evenings differently, looking for more moments of sociability . Some idea? A dance course that would keep a couple of evenings a week, a film festival at home, for example once every 15 days, inviting two or three friends, some dinner outside or at home, always with friends, but also some activities solo, for example reading a good fun book .
- Improve the organization of your day . Sometimes nighttime anxiety is the result of an excessively hectic daytime life. In this case it may be useful to organize your days better in order not to always have to run and develop the fear of not being able to do everything.
- Acquisition of techniques to manage stress and anxiety. There are several relaxation techniques useful for anxiety management, such as autogenic respiratory training and rebirthing. The ideal would be to find the most suitable technique for your specific case, with the help of an expert.
And the herbs? Often herbal teas and various herbal formulations are used to manage anxiety; they can be a valid ally, the important thing is to identify the type of remedy to use based on your specific case, always with the advice of an expert.
