Anxiety/Depression/Mental Illness Support

[Creed of Heresy]

@Annik: I know how you feel on the issue of not being able to sleep due to anxiety. Mine exhibits itself in a form of distress and frustration. Whenever I NEED to sleep, not just sleep because I am tired but genuinely NEED to sleep because I have work or whatever the next day, I genuinely cannot. My entire body seems to feel as if I'm plugged into a wall outlet, and my mind will not stop racing. I become more and more distressed over the fact that I am not sleeping and that I am going to be more and more of a wreck the next day, until eventually I start beating my pillows in frustration. At that point there is nothing I can do. If I'm not stoned or drunk, I'm fucked. Getting drunk is rarely a viable option; the hangover negates any restful feeling I might get the next day.