[ksuder]

My biggest sleep challenge is staying asleep throughout the night. I will fall asleep for one hour and then up for an hour. I will fall asleep for two hours and then up for an hour. I will then fall asleep for anywhere between 1.5-5 hours. I think the cause of my sleep issues are a couple of things. My hormones are changing as I age into my soon to be 50’s, I have a very stressful and demanding career and recently my daughter moved out of the house with her boyfriend who is a foreigner and could be sent home anytime. I also suffer anxious episodes when I am overworked or stressed. One tip that sometimes helps me sleep is listening to a progressive relaxation podcast and I have to very relaxed to go to sleep. I am part of a Facebook group and one of the members reached out to me and suggested that I look up this course and it’s founder. I worry endlessly about not sleeping. I worry it will affect my mental and physical health. I worry that I won’t be able to be at my optimal potential and ultimately I fear that lack of sleep will shorten my life and kill me. I also worry about not sleeping.

[Martin Reed]

First of all, let me tell you that you aren’t alone! Everything you’ve described is common among people with chronic insomnia — so, all the things that others with chronic insomnia have done to improve their sleep will likely work to improve your sleep, too!

Spending a lot of time awake during the night on a consistent basis is often associated with allotting too much time for bed or spending too much time in bed each night. If there’s a big difference between our average nightly sleep duration and how much time we usually spend in bed at night, we can end up setting ourselves up for long periods of nighttime wakefulness.

If this sounds as though this might be something that’s contributing to your sleep issues, you might want to start by allotting a more appropriate amount of time for sleep. This page on sleep restriction might be helpful.

Finally, please be assured that there’s no evidence chronic insomnia causes any health problem, reduces life expectancy, or increases the risk of death.

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