[Jake240904]

Hi,
I’ve been doing really well for the last 6 months, getting fair amounts of sleep and not really caring about any sleep related problems. I just starved it of any attention and this got me to sleep quickly. I’ve never had problems staying asleep until now. Starting last Sunday I’d sleep 5.5 hours exactly and wake up, unable to get to sleep because my sleep drive had been lessened from the sleep I already got. I can cope on this amount but it’s far from ideal. Last night I fell asleep in seconds as usual but woke up after 2 hours with the same issue. Has anyone experienced this, does anyone have any practical tips? Any and all advice welcome.

[Martin Reed]

Your experience just sounds like typical insomnia — nothing unusual here! I wonder if there might still be some desire here, and that might be the final obstacle?

It can also be helpful to recognize that waking during the night is a normal part of sleep. It’s only when we try to avoid this, or otherwise put effort into sleep or put pressure on ourselves to sleep that we tend to find it hard to fall back to sleep.

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