[pastelcherry]

Hi. What caused my sleep issues has to do with mental illness and past trauma. I have PTSD and my insomnia started after a stressful event. I use to take sleeping medications years ago and when I went off them I was doing okay with sleep and no issues however that changed in a year and now my insomnia is horrible. I haven’t found much what helps my insomnia but I know when I try not thinking/stressing about it I have more energy and don’t feel fatigued.

[Hbhigg]

Pastel cherry
Sorry to here this. Yes not worrying is the way forward with insomnia so well done for managing this at least some of the time.
Have you checked out Martin’s videos and signed up to his free course, if not I highly recommend you do.

[Martin Reed]

Thanks for sharing and welcome to the forum.

We can’t directly control sleep, unfortunately — but we can control our behaviors. And, fortunately, there are plenty of behaviors we can change/implement in order to create better conditions for sleep to occur!

You might want to start by taking a look at my page on cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I).

I hope this helps!

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