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Do you ever play mind games with your clients? Like reverse psychology? Or trying to provoke a particular response? For example, try to make a client angry who has difficulty expressing their anger?

How do you find the sleep disorders affect your depression and anxiety?

I frequently get insomnia, or else I wake up after only 3-4 hours of sleep and can't fall back asleep. I tend to get extremely low and almost completely incapacitated when I can't sleep properly.

Do you ever have problems getting to sleep or staying asleep through the night?

Thanks for reminding me of the term hypnagogic hallucinations. I'm on a new drug regime for depression and anxiety and had some very vivid hallucinations while waking up. My psychiatrist was explaining what it could be and that was the term she used. It kinda went over my head and when I tried to relay the info to my therapist, the best I could do was hypogenic or something.

Can you describe a little how you experience that symptom?

Interesting. Mine woke me up. It wasn't like a dream; it was tactile and auditory. I felt a cat jumping on me and purring, only I don't have a cat. I jumped out of bed, figured I was dreaming, and laid back down. Soon as my head hit the pillow, the cat was back. Happened one more time, and I freaked out and decided to get out of bed. It felt absolutely real.

Thanks for answering.

I get extremely vivid dreams from my medications, so I find this kind of thing fascinating.