Somniphobia is the abnormal fear of sleep and falling asleep. This phobia is also known as hynophobia, clinophobia, sleep anxiety or sleep dread. Sleep disorders can cause some anxiety around sleeping. If you have insomnia, for example, you might worry throughout the day about being able to sleep that night. Frequently experiencing nightmares or sleep paralysis also contribute to sleep-related worrying.
With somniphobia, as with all phobias, the fear it causes is generally intense enough to affect your daily life, usual activities, and overall well-being.
Escalating panic and some of these other symptoms may increase as the disease develops and over time prevent you from falling asleep completely. Before this happens, however, we observe a significant decrease in mood, irritability, apathy and pre-depressive states. As a result, ordinary activities such as running a home, caring for children, fulfilling professional duties or maintaining contact with other people becomes increasingly problematic. This situation leads to a vicious circle, causing depression and aggravating the problems falling asleep.
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