[Carter72]

Hello lovely people,

 

New to the forum and it’s nice to see support rather than some forums where it leads to rumination. I’m working through restriction/stimulus and definitely seeing improvement (Martin’s mini vids are a god-send) .  However three good nights can be followed with one or two dire ones. This leads me to ruminate, lose confidence, constantly check and do the usual bad things (I think forum is fine though. I think?) that strengthens anxiety and gets you back in the loop. So, I guess my question is how does everyone keep buoyant on the day after you don’t sleep?  I often find this part of insomnia is rarely touched on: ‘How to stay positive when your body and mind feels like wet cement and your mood goes from A to Z and then back again”? Anyway, any tips is much appreciated. We’re gonna get there eventually – all of us!

[Martin Reed]

Welcome, @Carter72 and thank you for the kind words about the Insomnia Coach YouTube channel!

Those remaining hard nights are very common — I refer to them as “holdout nights” and talked about them in this video: What to do when you still have some bad nights of sleep during/after a course of CBT for insomnia.

The brain will want to dwell on the bad nights (even when they are in the minority) so, to keep yourself feeling positive, it’s important to make a conscious effort to focus your attention on all the good nights.

It can also be helpful to focus your attention on implementing effective techniques to improve your sleep (ie CBT-I techniques) rather than monitoring for results.

I talked about that in this video: If nothing works for your chronic insomnia, try to focus on practicing rather than achieving.

I hope this helps!

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