Stress is a powerful thing. Its amazing how much it can effect you mentally and physically. There was a period about two weeks ago for a period of about a month where I was extremely stressed out. It was mentally and physically exhausting. It let up for a bit. Now its back. I’ve been in situations where I’ve had a lot of anxiety based on the anticipation of something, but never has it affected me in my sleep, while I was sleeping. There are always the few hours where you can’t fall asleep but you eventually do or you don’t. But I don’t think it has ever made me wake up every few hours during the night and the only thing I could think of was the upcoming event. That happened the other night and it was horrible. The fact that I was so bothered by something that I could not sleep throughout the whole night is intense. It’s not like I just kept waking up, its that when I woke up my thoughts were of the dread of the event and only that. It can’t go on like this. People cannot survive and deal with constant high levels of stress. Its just not good for you. Especially me. I need to feel calm and relaxed. I need to be okay.