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I have struggled with insomnia for 10 years (falling asleep). It can take me many hours to do so and I feel I don’t know who I am as a well rested, fully functioning person without insomnia. I make it worse for myself my getting angry and catastrophising about what the lack of sleep is doing to me. It’s hard not to be full of self pity. Any tips to overcome this?
Welcome to the forum — you are not alone.
This feels difficult because it is difficult. As you shared, insomnia usually comes with a lot of difficult thoughts and feelings and most (if not all) of them are involuntary — they just show up, even though we might wish they didn’t. And then, we might start trying to get rid of them. And that can make them more powerful and more difficult. We might also be hard on ourselves when things feel difficult, and that rarely makes things any easier.
Since you’ve been dealing with this for 10 years, you’ve got a lot of experience and knowledge to draw from and that’s a real strength. What do you feel is the best way to respond when it is taking a long time to fall asleep? What do you feel is the best way to respond when those difficult thoughts and feelings show up?
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