[Ines_I]

Hi,

Just a tought, I searched on the internet but I didn’t find anything. When I go to sleep at night, I often do have microsleeps, but then I wake up after just a few seconds. It happens a few times, after them it seems that I can not sleeps.
Should I be concerned?
Could these microsleeps be ruining my sleep dive, and be the reason why I’m not getting sleep at night, or they have not enough power to do that?

[Ines_I]

(My concern it’s that I’m using the mantra “Sleep will happen in the end” lately, and I don’t know if that microsleeps can ruin that statement. It might seem stupid, but I think that knowing if that can happen or not will really help me)

[Martin Reed]

The great thing about microsleeps is that they’re evidence of sleep drive — they’re proof that your body can sleep and wants to sleep!

A microsleep of a few seconds or minutes is unlikely to have a significant impact on sleep drive, but they can add up and so are often best avoided if at all possible. Often, if we can recognize the circumstances in which these microsleeps tend to occur (I tend to find they happen in clients when they’re sitting on the couch, watching TV, or reading) and make a change, this can reduce the likelihood of them occurring.

Often, any kind of movement can be helpful — I know a previous client would go for a short walk in the evening whenever he thought those microsleeps might happen.

Here’s a short video about microsleeps that might be useful: How microsleeps influence sleep drive and what you can do about them when you have chronic insomnia.

I hope this helps!

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[Ines_I]

Thanks a lot for your response, Martin!

They happen at my bed time. I fall asleep, but I wake up maybe during the first seconds of sleep or so. It happens several times, and after that, I can not fall asleep again. And I tought: “Well… Sleep always wins. And maybe for me that few seconds it’s all what my body can give me for itself, and that’s what he understands for win”. I don’t even know if that it’s posible or not, but these have been my nights for months, unless I get a pill…

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