[Tired Ted]

I received an email from Martin at the weekend and replied to thank him for continuing to send me his very useful emails and he reminded me that I haven't been on the Forum for a loooong time.

I received my first sleep training email from Martin on 28 December 2012 and didn't anticipate how those emails would change my world. I was desperate for help with my debilitating insomnia and went into the programme expecting very little . . . being the expect nothing and anything above that is a bonus type of girl !

I am very happy and relieved to be able to report that I have totally changed my view on sleep and now accept that my sleep pattern is probably in the same format as it was prior to the change to what is classed as the current traditional 7, or so block of sleep. The change happeded in the late 1700's before which people slept in two separate blocks of sleep with an awake period during the dark of night . . . I will sometimes get my 6 hours in more than 2 sessions but it doesn't matter so long as I get the 6 hours I need to function. My acceptance that my “out of the norm” sleep pattern was okay for me was my salvation . . . as was the virtual sleep bank I created in the early stages of my insomnia transformation after joining Martin's programme and taking inspiration from his suggestions. I thankfully managed to train my brain to accept that as long as I was getting the 6 hours sleep that my body needed to function, it didn't matter if it was in a “traditional” big slug of sleep, or in a couple of sleep sessions. Acceptance and mind over matter really was key to my management of insomnia . . . some would perhaps argue that I still have insomnia because I regularly wake anytime between 12.30 am and 2.00 am and need to either meditate, or listen to soft music but at least I no longer feel the need to get out of bed to stop the tossing and turning and the waking is due to a neck condition, which wakes me up when I get pain. I now wake up, accept that it is my short interlude before sleep returns (rather than stressing about waking up . . . again!) and I am happy to accept this as I have generally had a really good slug of sleep by this time anyway and I know that it won't be long before I bob off . . . so long as I don't get worked up about being awake and just try to relax back into sleep, or get up if it evades me.

One thing I did with Groggy (who I met through this Forum) was schedule a list of creative things to do for when we had to get up early doors when we couldn't sleep and we would compare notes on what activity we had done in the wee small hours. This meant that having to get up in the middle of the night because we couldn't sleep became something pleasant, rather than the chore / anxiety driver it had been. I was soooo pleased ( and proud ) when I beat insomnia at its own game . . . it got to the point that I was disappointed in the morning because I hadn't got up to do my planned ” enjoyable ” activity . . . because I was enjoying a fairly decent nights sleep, or at least a nights sleep without feeling the need to get up . . . even though I wanted to get on with the enjoyable task I had planned !

I hope anyone reading this who decides to take up Martin's sleep training because of my success story gets as much out of it as I did . . . I went into it expecting very little and came out of it gaining such a lot (thanks to Martin) and I have recycled his invaluable advice to friends who have suffered with insomnia since I did the programme and it has worked for them too . . . you have nothing to lose and hopefully soooo much to gain.

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[Martin Reed]

All I can say is… awww, shucks! I am glad that I could help. Messages like this are so rewarding to me, and – I'm sure – inspirational to others.

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