[Judsacosta]

Hello Martin,
Thanks for your podcast it helps me a lot for sleep but last night im very sleepy but suddenly my anxiety going up because on the back of my head and my thoughts saying if i close my eyes you can’t see what is happening saying my mind what if something bad happen if i close my eyes or sleeping is it normal to experience this after you have a good sleep and if you have a insomnia or sleep anxiety? Please help how can i approach this?

[Martin Reed]

Glad to hear the podcast is proving helpful!

The human brain is a thought generating machine — it pumps out thought after thought after thought. Some are helpful. Some aren’t. Some are important. Some aren’t. Some feel good. Some don’t.

Thoughts are snippets of information that your mind is generating as it does its job of looking out for you. Your experience probably tells you that you cannot control those thoughts (not permanently, at least) — but you always get to choose how you respond.

Typically there are two ways to respond:

1. You can try to fight or avoid those thoughts. How workable is that, according to your own experience?

2. You can practice acknowledging those thoughts and allow them to come and go as they choose. Perhaps, with ongoing practice, that might reduce their power and influence since they might end up creating less of a struggle?

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