Perhaps trying to convionce yourself you're ok isn't the priority here OP.
As a strong candidate for anxiety i live in fear of going to sleep every night, (achieving sleep is the anxiety heater)
After years of trying to calm myself down and only ending up in a twine, i started researching positive psycology methods, not only did they give me a feeling of power it also restored a feeling of control to my life as the more i practiced what i was reading the more it became clear to me that i DO have the power to control my anxiety without anyone else's input.
Things that worked for me may help you also.
1. Breathing Techniques - Proper controlled breathing cycles. - there is an app !
2. Get up out of bed if i can't sleep and begin doing a task you heavily dislike, ie. Ironing (the brain sees this as not enjoyable and should start shutting you down)
3. Meditation before bed and diet played a huge role in my recovery. No caffeine after 6pm and plenty of water, greens and fresh fruit and vege.
4. having a deep and meaningful with someone usually releases alot happy chemicals to the brain and may induce better sleep.
4.5 Energy Excersion - do some PT in the afternoons to blow out any excess energy and get them chemicals moving !
5 - the biggest one here for me, was not to lay in bed and wallah in my own headspace.. get up, do something, try not to get in the habit of laying there thinking instead - get up.
My first post on this forums so i hope i have some added value !
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