Last night I woke up in the middle of the night extremely paranoid. It was so awful. I was terrified of everything. Luckily I’m better now. Hopefully it doesn’t happen again
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I’m sorry you experienced that 
I’ve had that occasionally too.
It’s so weird and out of the blue
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Yeah. It came out of nowhere and was very scary. My heart was racing super fast and everything
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sorry to hear that @LilyoftheValley
i hope it doesn’t happen too often anymore …
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Thanks @lekkerhondje. I almost started checking all the doors and windows and everything. I forced myself to stay in bed, but I was really freaking out
That sounds like a horrible experience. I also experience random attacks of unbearable paranoia so I can only imagine how scary that was. Do you have any coping skills to try to distract yourself from the paranoia when it happens?
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I’ve tried watching tv etc but it doesn’t always help. I’ve also tried talking through it with my mom and husband which does help a bit, but I didn’t want to wake anyone up
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Have you tried any grounding exercises? My favorite one is putting something cold on my upper arms and inner thighs. It doesn’t help everyone but maybe it’s something to try?
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Ok. I’ll try it next time. Thanks!
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Of course! It’s always nice to have a good repertoire of coping skills!
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Sounds awful @LilyoftheValley. Glad you feel better now.
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