sleeping in places other then your own bed

Corinna Lee · Post by **Corinna Lee** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:28 pm

For some reason I cannot seem to sleep in any place other then my own bed. I can't sleep in hotels or over a friends house because I wake up all panicky with a feeling of "where am I" and then it's hard to calm down. Does anyone else have this problem? It kind of puts a damper on my social life whether it's to visit a relative or friend or any overnight trip.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:17 pm

I have trouble socializing definitely and like I said before this was not a problem before but now it is for some reason. I just feel like I am going to have an attack in front of somebody and they are going to think that I am not in control and I feel like I am not in a safe place other than home. I think Corinna if we can overcome our fear of being around others with this issue then we could probably overcome our issue of staying the night out and socializing with others. From the tapes they stated that agoraphobia is one of the side effects from our panic attacks and that we have to realize that we are safe place but I think it may be mostly that we don't want some people to know. Again it is just my opinion I am going to try to go back to church this weekend I will certainly let you know how it goes. If you get any other ideas let me know as well.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:14 pm

I don't think I have a problem socializing, I think my problem lies more along the line of being in unfamiliar places. That's why sleeping in a hotel or over a friends house makes me wake up in the night with panic attacks or I won't even be able to sleep at all. This really puts a damper on any sort of travel and most likely why I don't ever travel. I have faith this program will help me overcome this!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:37 pm

I have this problem. Even when we slept downstairs with the kids in a tent on an air mattress, I had so much trouble falling asleep. In hotel rooms, a guest in someone's home, even when we stay at my mother's house, the house in which I grew up in, I still have problems.

They addressed this somewhat in session 8, which I'm going through right now. I'm hoping it will help, a lot of it has to do with changing thinking patterns, and that is work, but I believe it will help with this issue eventually.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:02 pm

I have a tremendous phobia about "being away from home." I get very anxious and nauseaus. I have no problem with going out if it's in my town, but if I have to travel, it comes on very strong. I'd appreciate it if anyone has any ideas about this - I'm traveling from Nashville to L.A. Tues. and I'm getting very anxious.