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I am petrified to sleep! Please help :(

For a long time I have had problems with sleep. I am so scared at the thought of not having control of my body when i am asleep and that we are in an "unconsious" state where I will not remember anything about that time when I wake up. From about 5 in the evening I start to dread and worry about sleeping and know i will be up til about 2am every night. I am sometimes extremely tired but as soon as i close my eyes and feel myself falling asleep, i have to force myself back awake as im too scared.
The thing that makes it worse is that I do really want to sleep but am just so scared that i wont wake up in the morning or someone will burgle the house ane i wont wake up and again just when I close ny eyes terrifies me. I juat feel like there is no solution.
I have tried distraction techniques but these only temporarily work because as soon as i close ny eyes, the fear comes and its taking over my life. I get in a state almost every night as i feel so scared and alone and defeated as i have tried any suggestion i have ever found.
I am also terrified about experiencing sleep paralysis even though ive never had it (im 17) so if anyone could suggest some ways to prevent it or offer me some words to ease the fear pf that i would really appreciate it. Thankyou for reading
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