[Juicetin]

Having suffered from insomnia for nearly 40 years it’s like my body and mind has forgotten how to sleep. It doesn’t know what to do when I lie down in bed.
I feel like I never really get tired enough to go to sleep, like I’m not constantly yawning or dropping off in front of the TV. I stay up late and still feel the same.
I go to bed, lie there and think “what do I do now?” nothing happens, I just lie there, all night every night. It’s as though my mind and body doesn’t know what to do. And it’s worse now than ever. I regularly get zero sleep on a night.
Sleep hygiene is perfect, tried all meds etc etc.
If I do manage to drop off at 3am then I wake up at 4! Why on earth can’t I at least sleep until 7, which would give me 4 hours sleep.
This is by far the biggest struggle of my life.

[Coli85]

“This is by far the biggest struggle of my life”

I feel exactly the same way with my severe sleep issues. I don’t have any advice, I just wanted to let you know that you’re not alone.

[Martin Reed]

Neither of you are alone! The body never forgets how to sleep. What we can forget is that sleep is not something we do — it’s something that happens to us.

The more we try, the more we can struggle. The key to moving away from the struggle might be figuring out how to move away from all the trying. All the effort. All the battling.

If you reflect on a time when sleep wasn’t an issue or a concern — what did you do to make that effortless sleep happen? How was your approach back then different compared to now?

Your own experience likely holds all the answers you seek.

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I cant relate to 40 years of insomnia but I know Bronte on here says that happened to her. You might want to read some of her post.

I remember Martin Reed saying it is like a school yard bully. I am getting to the point where I am getting my power back. My husband is over there sleeping away. I am saying I just dont care any more,, I will have time to do other things. If I cant sleep then I cant. I have no control so who cares, get sleep when I can. I dont have to worry about it, it will come back. It always does. So fine I cant sleep, I dont have to worry, it sucks but always comes back in the end.

I just lay in there and rest and if that is all I get, so be it. I am tired of it upsetting me. It is like other things you cant control, so just go live life in spite of it. I know easier said than done but this mindset has helped me. I have slept since April, 7 months with a couple icky nights but just a couple and I did sleep better the next night when sleep drive built up.

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