Here for the last few months I have been struggling very much to sleep. Every time I try to lay down for the night, I hear things. Very real things. I swear I hear my child screaming out for me or movement coming from my living room, but there’s never anything there when I go to check. It’s every night, but growing in severity. Two nights ago I swore I heard a group of people having a conversation in my living room while I was laying in bed. Of course no one was there and my animals didn’t react to any sound, as they never do. Tonight I just “heard” my child scream bloody murder. I jumped out of bad and ran for my life to her, but she was sound asleep. None of this started until my husband started working nights and left us alone during the night. I am becoming extremely concerned that I may have a severe form of paranoia. I’m actually living in fear at night, I refuse to sleep with my eyes away from my child’s bedroom. Am I becoming psychotic or is my anxiety manifesting itself into imaginary audio? How do I cope with this? What should I do? Doctors are likely out of the question for now. I don’t want to get locked away.