[Renevil]

I’ve been following Martin Reed’s advice not to go to bed unless I feel sleepy and for the past 3 nights I have had success falling asleep without medication. My problem is when I wake up in the middle of the night for some reason I don’t get back to feeling sleepy again even when I get out of bed to pray to pass the time. I then end up taking my sleeping pill later on since I don’t want to stay awake for long. I wonder if you guys could give me some tips to help me with this. Thanks.

[Martin Reed]

Thanks for sharing that you are noticing some improvements in your sleep already!

I wonder if having that “open question” of whether or not you should reach for a pill makes it harder for you to fall back to sleep at night? Perhaps once you take that pill you no longer “try” to sleep and that, in turn, is why you are able to fall back to sleep?

Ultimately, if you wake and find it hard to fall back to sleep then you are either not sleepy enough for more sleep (you got enough sleep) or you are trying to make sleep happen (or putting pressure on yourself to fall back to sleep).

I hope there’s something helpful here!

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