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I have always coped well with work and study in the past and slept well. Now I am retired I have developed insomnia although my life is relaxed and I have no obvious worries. I think I need more for my brain to focus on at night.
Welcome to the forum, Maggie! It’s not uncommon for people to develop insomnia upon retirement — and that’s often because we no longer have the daytime routine in place that is so important when it comes to regulating our body clocks.
Furthermore, inactivity during the day can make it harder to build sleep drive — so, we might start going to bed before we are sleepy enough for sleep.
Another problem is that we no longer have the daytime distraction that works gives us. So, if we have a bad night, instead of being distracted by the things we need to do during the day, we can spend more time thinking and worrying about sleep, and perhaps even implementing compensatory behaviors in a bid to improve our sleep than can actually make the problem worse.
The good news is that you don’t have to accept a life of insomnia now you have retired! Can you describe an average night for me? When do you normally go to bed at night, when do you normally get out of bed to start your day, and roughly how many hours of sleep do you get on a typical night?
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