[Faith007]

Hi Martín
I use to be very good sleeper before insomnia started it’s been in my life from last7+ months. I have been doing CBTI for 6 weeks I am in my 6th week now. Las week I slept every night for 5 hours then I got one sleep less with zero sleep then everything get back to insomnia days I haven’t slept for 2 nights in a row and then 5 hrs one night and 1-2 hours night following where my sleep anxiety triggered back. Is this normal or expected? How can I go back to those good nights?

[Martin Reed]

Sorry to hear about that setback! It sounds as though you got results implementing CBT-I techniques before, so perhaps you just need to implement them again, or get consistent with them again?

Ups and downs are completely normal — when our sleep confidence is low, a difficult night of sleep can bring back all our old worries and fears and this can lead to changes in the way we think about sleep and even our sleep-related behaviors. This is when it can be really easy to fall back into all the old habits that perpetuate sleep disruption.

Often, the most helpful thing to do in response to a difficult patch of sleep is nothing — because it’s usually our reaction that makes it harder for sleep to happen.

I hope this helps.

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