[Nao]

Hi everyone,

I finished Martin’s 8-week course. It was certainly very helpful and Martin was great. After ups and downs, I slept well during the 8th week again. However, the last few nights, since I’ve graduated, I’m having fragmented sleep again and needing to implement the 1/2 hour rule again. Are there others on here who completed the 8 weeks but still having bad nights?

Thanks.

[KarenP]

Nao,

I finished recently as well.  I can’t say enough about Martin’s support and the course.  It’s been a God send.  I have been having up and down nights as well, and have been implementing the SC as well as sticking to my Initially, I think it kind of freaked me out.  I just have to remind myself I have the tools to conquer this, and stick with the program.  I found that worrying about this relapse was keeping me awake.  I’m trying to have more confidence in the tools I have learned. Glad to hear I’m not alone.

[Nao]

Thank you, Karen. Do you have several bad nights in a row, or are they intermittent? How do you stop the worrying and the bad thoughts during the day and at night? I’m trying to stick to my SR and SC too but I often fall asleep early at night by accident during my buffer zone time, which I know isn’t helpful. Not sure how to keep from doing that.

[Steve]

I read one article where the woman sat on a hard wooden chair in front of the TV in order not to fall asleep. She said if she sat on her comfy couch or in her comfy chair, she would fall asleep. The hard wooden chair kept her awake until her SW came.

[Steve]

Hi Nao. So are you saying now that the course helped you? Because a couple weeks ago you made a post that indicated you weren’t sleeping that well. Now that you are finished, are you glad you took it? Just curious as I will probably be taking it soon and I hope it helps me get more sleep.

[KarenP]

Nao,

I have had intermittent bad nights.  Sometimes they are consecutive unfortunately.  I’m coming out of a rough patch now actually.  I’ve learned two things.  This is an ongoing process.  If we stick to SR and SC, we can beat this thing.  I started to lose confidence in the process when I was struggling, but Martin reassured and kept me on track.  I feel like anxiety plays a big part.  Being anxious about sleep kills sleep drive.  I’ve been working hard on thought stopping.  Welcoming a thought and not engaging it.  It’s hard.

You have to stay awake during your buffer!  Imperative.  Hard chair is a good idea.

[Nao]

Thanks for your responses, Karen and Steve.

Steve, good luck with the course if you do it! I recommend it for many reasons–Martin is more supportive, clear and communicative than other practitioners I have worked with, and his price is more reasonable for an 8-week course. The course did help me improve my sleep and my sleep thoughts and behaviors, but I still am having bad nights.

Karen, I know you are right that it is an ongoing process and I just need to keep using the simple tools I have learned. What is your current SR? The last several nights I have fallen asleep early without even realizing it was going to happen. When I have consecutive bad nights, it makes me very worried since I “should” be better now that I have graduated. It does help me to know I’m not the only one. What do you tell those anxious thoughts?

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