[Daza561334]

hi all, sorry in advance if my query comes across a bit vain but this is not the  intention. I like a lot of people have been suffering from chronic insomnia for a while now (10 months) with the severity worsening overtime (3 hours per night with sleeping tabkets) . One of the psychological challenges we all have to face is how we luck after a Crap nights sleep. This is worrying me more than anything else and is the reason for episodes of high anxiety. Now…. according to my wife my looks haven’t changed that much…. but of course she’s my wife so will always give me this reassurance. I feel that they have but sometimes your judgment can be distorted due to insufficient sleep!! I’m thinking of having CBT because I need to reverse these negative thoughts. I don’t think I can resolve my sleep problem when I am worrying so much about my appearance. My question to everyone is how damaging is it on your looks and do you get the same anxiety? If so, how do you deal with it? Btw; I’m not sending before and after pics so please don’t ask ?

[Martin Reed]

I suspect that your looks are being affected by your sleep far less than you think they are. Sleep deprivation affects how we feel about things, and can lead to more negative thinking. If you don’t believe your wife’s responses are genuine, have you asked friends or co-workers? I suspect they will be surprised by the question and will be very unlikely to say they have noticed much of a change in how you look.

What steps are you taking to improve your sleep? Sleeping pills don’t work (as you have experienced for yourself) — have you looked into something more effective such as CBT for insomnia?

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