[Jess84]

I’ve been practicing SR and SC for a week now my window is from 12 am to 6 am and I take a
short nap before 3 pm but what I’ve noticed is that I get into bed and while I may not be totally
wide awake I’m still only in very light sleep the entire night and I’ve found that I wake up every
day with the same level of sleep drive does anyone here experience this and if so do you think
it would mean that getting up out of bed maybe for most the sleep window is necessary to
get that sleep drive to build because I’ve heard there is a minimum amount that you should
be in bed regardless but it doesn’t seem to working.

• This topic was modified 4 years, 4 months ago by Jess84.

[Martin Reed]

Hello Jess! Great to hear that you are implementing sleep restriction and stimulus control to build sleep drive, improve sleep quality, and reduce arousal.

It will probably take more than a week for you to notice significant improvements from these techniques so I’d encourage you to keep going and to keep looking forward!

What makes you think you are only getting very light sleep? Ultimately we have no control over sleep architecture but I can tell you that the body always prioritizes deep sleep if we are sleep deprived — so it would be unusual for you to only be getting light sleep for a long period of time.

It might be that hyperarousal is making you believe you aren’t getting as much deep sleep (or even as much sleep in general) as you might actually be getting. Here’s a video related to this: How to address paradoxical insomnia (sleep state misperception).

I hope this helps!

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