[Kjs16]

Hi all,

I feel so empowered since receiving Martin’s emails every day so I fully understand that the process will take some time to restore my sleep. I’ve been trying to get up when I wake at 3/4am every night and read for the past week and so far haven’t been able to get back to sleep. I have every faith it will work but wonder whether anyone could tell me how far into the process they were when they managed to get back to sleep?

[Scott]

Hi @Kjs16,

Welcome to the forum and it’s great to hear you’re taking positive steps in resolving your sleep with CBT-I techniques. Stimulus control is a great technique for breaking the association between your bed and anxious wakefulness. When you wake during the night and aren’t able to fall asleep, do you have anxiety or remain relaxed/calm? If you don’t experience anxiety when you wake in the middle of the night, you can remain in bed as long as you don’t become frustrated or anxious.

The response times of those using CBT-I techniques will vary greatly from person-to-person because it depends on a lot of variables. If you remain committed to the techniques and have patience, as it sounds like you are, you’ll begin to see consistent results from them.

Keep that positive mindset as you continue implementing the techniques – you’re doing great KJS.

Hope that helps,
Scott J

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