[chrisNeedsSleep]

Greetings Everyone,

I don’t really know why I still have sleep issues. I do know there are two things that I need to work on, though.

I have done many improvements to my life to better health. The most being getting more exercise and eating healthy.

But I feel like at the end of the day if you can’t get good rest then you’re always off-set.

1. Furthermore, I can do sleep restriction, but how does one manage doing this consecutively every day. I feel worse the more days I do it. My sleep drive does increase, but my energy/focus/output goes down with every progressive day. I find my self struggles to work because my eyes are so tired, despite drinking lots of water and taking breaks to move my body. How does one manage sleep restriction appropriately, I find it hard doing it consecutively as the above occurs and demotivates me, so I just say screw it says after the first week or two and sleeping or go to bed earlier and then the cycle continues.

2. I keep hitting the snooze button like 5+ time, which screws up my sleep windows/time in bed. But I am so tired due to sleep restriction. It’s very hard getting out of bed when someday you don’t feel well due to not getting enough sleep, so I will hit snooze and lay in bed but not fall asleep.

if you could help me with this, I would be very thankful! What do your other clients do about this? Why am I still having sleep issues…

[Chee2308]

Hello!
How many weeks are you into cbti? What I can say is be as patient as you can and try sticking to the plan as much as possible. Since you are a client, you should direct your queries to Martin and I’m sure he will answer them satisfactorily.

Another thing is please try not to be so hard on yourself. It’s okay if you can’t follow the cbti rules exactly every day, you are only human and doing the best you can. Be kind on yourself and practise self compassion. As a former client of Martin myself, and graduated exactly one year ago, I am happy to say I am completely relaxed about my sleep and don’t follow any rules anymore except having a reasonably regular bedtime. Other things like stimulus control of getting out of bed if unable to sleep, or not napping during the day, I’ve completely ditched all that because I sleep whenever I have the chance (with my body cooperating, of course) and the time for it. I stopped protecting my nocturnal sleep and I do sometimes have difficulty falling asleep at night due the afternoon naps I’m taking, and this is perfectly okay. Nobody is judging my sleep except myself. Even that, I have been very open-minded about my own sleep. I sleep great now because I let my body take care of it and I feel I don’t need to do anything at all. That really takes the pressure off and I can fall asleep quite easily. I am never bothered with the occasional bad night. Recovery doesn’t necessarily mean sleeping well, it just means you are no longer stressed or terrified with the idea of getting poor sleep, so shifting your mindset is key. Good luck to you and I hope you can have a great outcome as well.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 12 months ago by Chee2308.

[Gods_kid]

Im sorry to hear of your struggles. I have them as well only I push them far in back of my head; I’m also on short term disability until 12/3 so I’m able to really have a go at this.
What does Martin say?

[Author]

Posts