[Ashlea Baxter]

Hi all, Its so nice to know there are others out there like me and I’m not alone. I don’t know anyone else that suffers from Chronic Insomnia. I do feel very alone in this. I am a 25 year old female and as long as i can remember, from about age 12, I started to suffer from sleep insomnia, the main cause was my generalized anxiety disorder in which today i am still on antidepressants for. Today I am happy in what i do and who i am in life and dont have anything worrying me, just the fact that Im always wide awake and cannot sleep at night, or through the day at all if i am able. When i used to sleep id feel happy and look forward to the days but when i havnt slept day after day I am a completely different person. When I am suffering night after night of 0-2 hours broken sleep life is very hard and i feel like crying constantly. I have both trouble falling and staying asleep. My insomnia for some reason has been a lot worse since December 2020 to the point I thought I was going to die in March 2021 as I didnt sleep for 2 weeks straight and was unable to go anywhere or do anything. The depression and helplessness that comes with this condition is awful but I dont have anyone to really talk to about it as nobody I know goes through it as bad as I do. Iv tried absolutely everything and nothing seems to work, iv seen many specialists and always seem to end up at psychiatrists and psychologists, although i have generalized anxiety neither help as i know the root cause of the problem is just that im scared to go to bed and its not sleeping that is causing my mental health to suffer terribly. I hadnt slept for the entire week last week and my psychiatrists advice was to go for a run to tire myself out! I already felt like death and had a fall earlier that day as id lost my balance from being so fatigued! Thats why i cant keep wasting money on people who dont understand the condition. I have spent more days not slept this year than i have properly rested. I feel that I cant thrive in life like i should be at such a young age because of this condition holding me back and ruining my plans. I try my best to push through work and my day but its very very hard when its continuous. My poor parents have done everything to help me, they and I feel helpless but then i came across the sleep insomnia coach podcast and it sounds like there is hope. I currently do all the right things they say to for sleep hygiene, use aromatherapy oils, no screens at night, i read books and meditate before bed but nothing seems to help. I dont drink caffeine at all and i love going to the gym. Fitness is my passion but when i cant go due to sleep deprivation its very depressing, trying to get through work is hard enough. I pray and pray as well, I just hope this 8 week course will help me. Thankyou for reading and i am looking forward to connecting with people who are going through the same. Iv just never been so miserable. I am writing this now and had 0 hours sleep last night, not a wink. God bless you all, I pray for hope for myself and for all suffering with sleep insomnia.

[Martin Reed]

You’ve definitely faced some big challenges, Ashlea — but you have come through all of them and are still here today! So, we know for a fact that you can get through difficult periods of sleep and that your body will always generate — at the very least — the bare minimum amount of sleep needed to keep you going.

You mentioned that fitness is your passion but you can’t go because of how you sleep. What would happen if you did go?

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If you are ready to stop struggling with insomnia you can enroll in the online insomnia coaching course right now! If you would prefer ongoing phone or video coaching calls as part of a powerful three month program that will help you reclaim your life from insomnia, consider applying for the Insomnia Mastery program.

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