[SkibearCO]

I was doing well with the online free training. Reaching four nights of restful sufficiently long sleep. Then one day my anxiety came back. Seems to me I git stressed y spending too much time with the chaos going on in our country at the moment, then not been able to fall asleep, which triggered the anxiety about not being able to sleep and having a “bad day”.

How can I claw my way back? Last night was only 3 hours of sleep. I felt as the night was progressing I felt more unease.
Also the last night was the first time, I had more than one bad night in a row.

How can I get myself feeling better again, more confidence in myself would feel great.

[hiker]

Hi SkibearCO: About having a relapse into insomnia, I have found I can do better if I can not make a big deal about it. It is natural to get into a mindset that I am improving, therefore I will continue to improve every night, and I will sleep well from now on.

Unfortunately our brains do get swirled with stuff like the chaos in our country. And sometimes I sleep poorly and can’t put my finger on why for that particular night. Just happens.

I understand this can sound passive, that there must be something you can do to solve this once and for all. But I have found sleep is one of those things you don’t get better at by trying harder. Instead, I think it is more like….”I didn’t sleep well last night, that’s disappointing, (maybe spend a little time wondering if there is a specific reason, e.g. watched the late news and it had an especially disturbing story). Maybe I will sleep better tonight, we’ll see.” (rather than I WILL or I HAVE GOT TO sleep better tonight.

[Martin Reed]

Ups and downs are completely normal — everyone experiences sleep disruption from time to time! Ultimately, how we choose to react to the difficult nights usually determines how long they’ll stick around for.

As mentioned by @hiker, if we don’t make a big deal of the difficult nights, if we don’t modify our days or try to compensate for any difficult nights, if we continue to look forward and continue to implement techniques that chip away at the thoughts and behaviors that perpetuate sleep disruption, those difficult nights can’t stick around for long!

If you find that a lot of your worry comes from concern about what the next day will be like, it can be really helpful to make the conscious effort to add positive moments to your days. Here’s a short video about this: If you can react positively to difficult nights of sleep you might start to enjoy better sleep.

I hope this helps!

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