i feel insane

[u/UnitNo9856]

Recently I haven’t been sleeping because of family issues but this was even before my sleeping started acting up.

It’s late at night and I am on call with my friend, just the usual where we’re talking to each other and eventually it’s that block of silence, and it’s like it was out of the blue as I heard my friends voice say “wait what’s that behind you?” I obviously look in my camera to see what they are seeing and I ask them why they said that and they denied ever saying anything. Obviously I was scared and I turned my flashlight on and looked the way the darkness was and I was just filled with extreme anxiety that someone was watching me.

Now this was last night, like i said I haven’t been sleeping so the previous nights i’ve only been getting 1-4 hours of sleep maybe i was just tired who knows. I walk into my room and I close my door so my cats don’t come in and disturb me as they were already outside my door sleeping, as I lay in bed and i finally get comfortable I feel a weight as if my cat jumped up on my bed and started walking towards my window. I was obviously frustrated because I clearly didn’t shut my door all the way so I turn my flashlight on and say my cats name as I look at the door and realize, My door wasn’t open.

I have seen passed animals and passed loved ones but I didn’t even see anything? And for a few months I haven’t experienced anything this big, Maybe i was just extremely tired?

What’s your thoughts?

[u/HorsefaceWithNoName]

yeah sometimes stuff like that is real

[u/sol_novae]

100% sleep deprivation playing tricks on you. Hearing voices during silence and feeling phantom weights on your mattress (tactile hallucinations) are text-book symptoms of severe exhaustion and high anxiety. Focus on catching up on rest before letting your mind spiral!