{"id":48269,"date":"2017-07-26T12:00:33","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T19:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/?p=47404"},"modified":"2017-07-26T12:00:33","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T19:00:33","slug":"anxiety-sabotaging-sleep-creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/blog\/anxiety-sabotaging-sleep-creativity\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Anxiety Sabotaging Your Much-Needed Sleep and Creativity?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Working in a creative field as a freelance writer, I often stay up too late at night and find it hard to get to sleep when I do go to bed. It rang a bell when I read that \u201ccreative, gifted and highly sensitive\u201d people may be more subject to anxiety<\/a>. When you go to bed and sleep badly or not at all, you may experience your anxiety as restlessness, tossing and turning, jolting awake suddenly, nightmares, or brief panic attacks. These prevent you from getting the deep, restorative REM sleep you need, and can, in turn, hinder your creativity.<\/p>\n

Anxiety, I\u2019ve learned, is a habit like any other, and it can be calmed in a number of ways. Below are some recommended interventions for calming worries and fears that may be arising from your creative work.<\/p>\n