[paulasim5]

Hi Martin, I did your course abt 2.5 yrs ago and on the whole have been pretty good with my sleep. I have gone through quite long periods with no sleep issues at all which has been absolutely wonderful! But also there’s been many times when I got stuck with setbacks for which have been a few days to a week, either on trips away, sleeping in different places or when big things were happening in my life and family and sometimes I just didn’t know why they came! I have felt the return of anxiety and panic and sleeplessness and this always led to some rough nights and a few rough days but I managed to get through much better than when I initially had insomnia. I know I need to experience night time wakefulness and usually listen to a podcast or a few and although I don’t like being awake I no longer battle with it. I focus on getting on with my life during the day but when it returns It still does frustrate me.
Recently I have had a bit of a curveball, a change in routine with my husband working later shifts and coming in around 2-3am – I’m finding I’m not settling and/or waking when he arrives and then having difficult nights – even though we are sleeping apart while he works these tricky shifts. He is also a big snorer so sleeping apart often is actually ok for us. Im thinking my nervous system is just so heightened to changes happening around me at this stage and super sensitive – Im guessing its just a super sensitive brain that is looking out for me, but I am just finding it tricky as yet again it seems to show up when something changes and I’m guessing it’s just a case of keep on keeping on? 🤪 any thoughts ?

[Martin Reed]

Setbacks and ups and downs are a normal part of any journey.

Sometimes they can show up for clear and obvious reasons, and sometimes not. What matters is how you respond because your response is what determines whether you get pulled back into a struggle or continue to move in the direction you want to be heading.

You have been reminded of your ability to continue doing things that matter, even when anxiety and panic show up — and even when sleep doesn’t happen as you might want it to happen.

You don’t like being awake, and you are responding to it by choosing not to battle it (something you know only makes it more difficult). You also notice frustration, which is a normal human emotion.

A change in routine can have a short-term impact on sleep. And, I suspect you have found the right answer on how to deal with this — keep on keeping on! Keep on responding in a workable way. Keep on experiencing all the difficult stuff that’s out of your control by making space for it rather than going to war with it because that only creates a struggle and makes everything more difficult.

It sounds like you are on the right track to me! You’ve learned a lot and you are putting what you’ve learned into action!

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