[Moma]

Looking for a way out from a cycle of deep fatigue and insomnia.
In the past 6 years I’ve supported over 160 birthing families… And yes babies make their appearance earthside often after many hours of labour and mostly at the wee hours of night when it’s more quiet and most people are sleeping.
All this to say that my sleep awake cycle has been disrupted and underlining it all is a very deep fatigue and exhaustion.
I haven’t had any big sleep issues prior to this struggle that has been going on since this past spring…
From the first night I experienced insomnia I’ve been noticing how my body tenses up (instead of getting more tired) and a severe tension headache is keeping me awake.
Creating a pattern of more tension the more tiered I get.
I’ve tried all kinds of ways to find my way back to sleep.
I’m wondering if anyone has experienced something similar and could give me some insights on how to find my way out of this vicious cycle…

[Martin Reed]

What an impactful and enriching (and no doubt challenging) role you have, Moma!

Tension often shows up when the brain is doing its job and looking out for us — if it thinks we are in danger or if it thinks something is happening (or going to happen) that’s going to be really important, difficult, or challenging, we’ll often feel tense.

Since feeling tense doesn’t feel good, we’ll often try to fight or avoid it. That in itself requires a lot of energy and attention and can often make us feel more tense — often it’s almost as if the “tenseness” becomes more powerful and influential the more we try to get rid of it, right?

In practical terms, we can end up feeling more tense the more we want to sleep or the closer we get to bedtime. This is a common symptom associated with the insomnia struggle — and you are definitely not alone!

You mentioned that you feel as though you are in a bit of a vicious cycle. That usually happens when we respond to a problem in the same way, over and over again, perhaps expecting a different result.

Sometimes, the best way to get out of a vicious cycle is to respond differently. Do you have any ideas on how you might be able to respond differently to all this difficult stuff to help you move out of that vicious cycle?

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