[Lsiddiqui]

Setting my sleep drive and a good routine does help and in still working on it.
Awaking same and boosting your sleep drive does help and setting a regular pattern of sleep.

What brought to sleep coach is due to CBTi techniques which I’ve heard about snd I havd watched some ubtube videos on it and did some research on it and ur helps the problem.

My concern and worries are waking early not getting enough sleep and have fragmented sleep.

Would like to have more and consistent better nights of sleep.

So I can tackle this problem as a long term solution.

[Chee2308]

Greetings to you!
This is a very common problem for everyone who is recovering! And it is also a sure sign everything is working perfectly well so far, because if your sleep drive is reduced after sleeping well, this naturally means your sleep gets a bit worse and you wake up more often and earlier.

The solution to this? Do nothing. Just stay faithful to your sleep window. It’s ironic and even paradoxical because if you attempt to do too many things at this stage, you risk making it worse and end up back in the hole of insomnia! Stop trying so hard to sleep. Be okay with waking up and maybe sleeping a bit less. In other words, get comfortable with the frequent early wakenings. Just go back to bed if it’s still too early and I suspect you will fall back asleep faster as time goes on or you can get up and start your day a bit early if it’s already close to your scheduled wake up time.

For everyone who has recovered including myself, this problem is not about trying to sleep better or longer anymore. It is more about how you feel about waking up and being okay with that or continue struggling with it! The decision you make at this juncture will decide your success or failure. If you constantly overstrive and overdo, you will fail very badly. Because you are showing your brain waking up is bad and must be avoided at all costs. But nobody can control sleep or waking up! Or if you choose the path of least resistance, least work, being accepting and friendly with wakefulness and staying faithful to your sleep window, you will succeed beyond your wildest imaginations! At the end of all this, the ultimate lesson for your brain is to stop fearing poor sleep again. Good luck and best wishes to you.

• This reply was modified 3 years ago by Chee2308.

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