Help! Does anybody else get this??

[sleeplessinuk]

I have been getting this alot lately. Anxiety and panic usually strikes me when I go to bed but when I find myself drifting off to sleep I suddenly wake myself up and open my eyes really wide because I'm convinced i'm about to die...
I have a fear of death but I find myself thinking about it all the time and I even play out scenarios in my mind where I am found dead and how my family deals with it. I am not suicidal but that's probably because I am so scared of dying. I have a whole lot of other problems, but thought someone here might also get this....

 

[Twylight]

yep , there is something about dropping off to sleep

If I ever hear voices it's when i'm about to drop off to sleep

Sometimes I get the feeling that my heart's stopped, but i've got use to that now

I think I heard on QI , that alot of people get the feeling of falling as the're about to sleep

 

[sleeplessinuk]

Yeah i've had that falling sensation aswell. Everything happens to me when i'm going to sleep. That's why I find it hard to get to sleep and my thoughts become really intense when I get into bed. I have to be super tired to be able to sleep. I'm still refusing to take any meds tho.