[Kylea]

Hi – this is my first forum post. I have been listening to Martin for about 2 years and am so glad to have found his podcast and community. My biggest sleep challenge is waking up after around 4 hours of sleep and not being able to return to sleep. My mind is very active – kind of like an noisy radio station, when I wake at night. Most likely the radio station will be on Kylea’s Worry Stories – I worry about my children or family member – so anxiety is very present when I wake most nights.

I have learnt through the podcast to get up and make the atmosphere as pleasant as possible with soft lighting and nice oils, and to do something I enjoy like being in the lounge and listening to a podcast or maybe reading – however I am mainly to anxious to read and unless the book is ‘perfect’ I can’t read – I make a cup of tea ☕️ And eventually I fall back to sleep after an hour or two.

Ok there is my first post – thank you Martin for all that you do

[Martin Reed]

Welcome to the forum, Kylea!

It’s fantastic that you can identify, acknowledge, and name the thoughts and feelings you experience when you wake during the night! Do you also feel that worry or anxiety anywhere in your body?

You know, it’s not all that annoying stuff that your mind generates that can make sleep more difficult — it’s our desire to fight or avoid it all that engages us in a battle that makes sleep more difficult.

After all, our brain isn’t going to allow sleep to happen if it thinks we are heading into a war zone (or that we aren’t listening to it when it think we are in danger), is it?

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