[boots]

Insomnia is destroying my life, and yet I haven’t developed the resolve to follow some of the guidance incorporated in CBT-i – specifically getting out of bed when I can’t fall asleep or I awake and can’t get back to sleep.  I’m too exhausted to do much of anything, and this exhaustion seems to sap my resolve.  I’m a very disciplined person but I wimp out when it comes to getting out of bed.    Any tips?

 

[Steve]

CBT-i is a good program but you might also try the ACT method. You can find it in a book by Dr. Guy Meadows called The Sleep Book. Both programs have their merits.

[Martin Reed]

Hello boots and welcome to the forum. CBT-I can definitely be hard in the short-term — it can be helpful to simply adopt the techniques with a robotic mindset for the first few weeks. In other words, follow the rules without thought or consideration. After a few weeks, you will notice improvements in your sleep and sticking to the techniques will be far less of an issue.

CBT-I does involve some short-term challenge but the techniques lead to long-term rewards. I am guessing that what you are doing right now isn’t working — so they question is this:

Do you want things to stay as they are for the foreseeable future, or do you think that going through a few weeks of hardship in order to enjoy better sleep for the rest of your life would be a better alternative?

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