[Rowley.k]

Hello, and thank you for adding me to the forum. I’ve had insomnia on and off for three years. This last month has definitely been the worst. My symptoms are similar to everyone else when I go to bed, racing heart, feeling of despair and desperation.
Due to my husband working away most weeks I was sleeping okay initially. The last time I slept in the same bed with my husband was at Christmas. It was fine, just stuck my earplugs in. However we tried a few weeks ago and this has made my anxiety and insomnia so much worse.
I’m so worried as we have a holiday coming up in May and I’m dreading it. I feel like I have no confidence in sleep. I’ve tried to befriend wakefulness but I do find it difficult. I tell myself to rest but I’ve done so many ‘all nighters’. I feel like I catch up with sleep when I’ve been deprived for days. I feel hopeless and I’m not enjoying life. I’m enjoying the podcasts of the uplifting stories. Any support would be much appreciated.

[Martin Reed]

Welcome to the forum. Those symptoms, although not unique or even unusual, can still be really difficult to experience.

Your experience seems to tell you that the more pressure you put on yourself to make sleep happen (and perhaps the more you try to fight all the symptoms you just shared) the more difficult all those things become.

You shared that you’ve tried to befriend wakefulness — what does “befriend wakefulness” mean to you, and if it was easier what would be different?

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