[hiker]

One of my takeaways from the course is not taking nighttime wakefulness so seriously.

I used to kick into panic mode when I woke up in the middle of the night. Oh no….will I get back to sleep? How am I going to deal with tomorrow if I don’t? Another night and day like this, I can’t deal with this etc etc

I still fall into that rabbit hole on occasion. But for the most part, I pretty much expect I will wake up (especially if I forgot to limit liquids); and I stretch for an bit and go back to sleep.

I also know that if I don’t get more sleep, this isn’t my first rodeo with insomnia. It’s not fun going without sleep, but I can do this.

[Martin Reed]

Ah yes, it’s natural to get pulled back into the struggle — it’s like your problem-solving brain is repeatedly throwing you that tug-of-war rope and telling you to hold on tight!

What’s changed (and what matters) is your awareness of that happening when it happens. With that awareness, you have the opportunity to change your response and either refuse to take hold of that rope, or put it down and refuse to continue with the battle!

It sounds as though you are also putting less pressure on yourself to make a certain amount or type of sleep happen (something that’s out of your control anyway), you are being kinder to yourself, and you have more flexibility — you now have options when it comes to responding to difficult nights and difficult thoughts and feelings.

Thanks for sharing 🙂

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[Charlie_7093]

I have the same problem and I’ve been trying the same technique. It’s starting to work.

[Packer Fan]

I was doing pretty good up to about a week ago. I have now fallen backwards. I struggle with “why” There is nothing different in my life, my health is good, this just came out of no where! It started by waking up in the middle of the night, struggling to get back to sleep. Now I’m right back where I started prior to taking the course. I might add I started the course last October, but have held on as a security mindset. I’m reviewing Martins course starting from the beginning. I hope and pray this is just a glitch.

[hiker]

Hi Packer Fan, I hear you wanting to know why you’re having a setback, or a glitch. Call it what you will. When I don’t have any particular situation waking me up, I figure it just happens. In fact, I expect to wake up during the night, and usually do.

And I get that it can lead to worry about getting back to sleep. And then sleep anxiety moves in.

I tried to fight off sleep anxiety for the longest time. I finally learned it’s a lot better to just sort of stand back and watch it. It wants to tussle with you, but I never found that worked very well.

In short, even if you get to where you are sleeping well most of the time, a tough night or even a few can easily happen. The more you can just roll with it, the better. And yes, easier said than done sometimes.

[bobby l caruthers]

I suffer with onset insomnia and can not fall asleep. I have only been dealing with this since January of 24 and was taking a sleep aid.I stopped taking the pill a couple of weeks ago and thought I was doing fine until now.I can not fall asleep again.I have learned to be less fearful of being. awake. I am 75 years old and nothing seems to help no matter how I approach the problem.I try taking a pill every other night but I am afraid I will get stuck taking pills for whatever time I have left.

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