[Tswezey]

So I believe this has happened twice now, but I I’ve been implementing sleep restriction therapy for a while now. I would finally get a on a roll where I was sleeping 5-5.5 hours of my 5.5 hour sleep window. This started on a Wednesday and I’d sleep great Thursday. Go back to my hometown and visit family for the weekend. I would sleep wonderful all weekend (some weekend days more than 5.5 hours) and then Sunday rolls around and it all starts again.. It’s like on the weekends when I don’t have to worry about getting sleep for work I sleep fine and then Monday hits and the cycle starts again.. Any tips on how to overcome this?

Thanks,

[Martin Reed]

It sounds as though you might be focussing a lot of attention on the nights when sleep is a bit more difficult rather than on all the nights when you are sleeping well. So, sleep restriction might be working a little better than you think!

When it comes to the sleep window we aren’t really concerned with what happens on individual nights — we are more interested in the bigger picture. So, when calculating the sleep window against your average nightly sleep duration it’s helpful to look at your sleep over a period of around two weeks. You can then figure out if your current sleep window is appropriate or not.

If you are finding Sunday nights particularly difficult, you might find this video helpful: How to get rid of “Sunday Night Insomnia”.

I hope this helps.

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