[Jonathan618]

It occurred to me, the one night my zero sleep insomnia started I had woke up full of fear with my whole brain tingling. Today I found out that the tingling was more than likely Norepinephrine. It is the neurotransmitter most involved in the fight or flight response. I am starting to wonder if the root cause of some of our insomnia are bad dreams or fear of even fear of sleep. If you trigger Norepinephrine in your system you are not going to sleep that night. It could also be a vicious cycle of fear which makes more Norepinephrine and in turn more insomnia. So if this is the root cause of the problem for some of us then making it so you have good dreams would be the fix. I am just thinking out loud. What do you all think? How do we get nicer dreams?

[aiman9450]

So what we do to balance it?

[Jonathan618]

Norepinephrine breaks down in the body fast. the trick would be to make it not come again. (relax, calm down, do not feel fear, mediate etc)

[Martin Reed]

Chronic insomnia is fed by our sleep-related thoughts and behaviors. That’s because these thoughts and behaviors can lead to sleep drive disruption, body clock disruption, and arousal.

When we activate the arousal system (for example, by worrying about sleep or relentlessly researching sleep) we make sleep more difficult — and this perpetuates our insomnia.

So, it’s quite normal (and to be expected) that the body’s fight or flight response interferes with sleep.

The good news is that cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) techniques help address all the perpetuating factors behind insomnia and that’s why it’s so effective.

You might find this video helpful: Four important questions for everyone with chronic insomnia.

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