Hey all,

This is my first time posting in this sub and I’m looking for some advice on something thats been happening to me recently. I suffer from severe health anxiety and am in a spiral episode at the moment due to some unanswered questions about sinus problems I’m going through.

I have a real hard time sleeping during these spirals and often wake up with a panic attack and not being able to sleep until sunrise. Before bed today I was watching a YouTube video about boats and fell asleep. An hour later, I come to in this half awake/half dreaming state where I think I’m on a boat and can’t go back to sleep until everyone else is on the boat. (kind of like a hallucination) When I fully awaken I’m in a state of intense confusion and have to take a shower to calm down and ground myself.

I’ve experienced this sensation before when I was in a previous anxiety spiral and they go away once I’m done with it, but I’m wondering if other have gone through something similar. In need of some advice (and validation that I’m not going insane)

Best,