[Rosanne]

I learned so much from Martin and continue to thank him for helping me understand insomnia. The biggest change for me was to stop the struggle and to accept what was happening, which was sleep anxiety and the vicious cycle that it had created for me. I continue to use the principles learned in his course, which have helped me beyond my issues with sleep. I still have night-time wakefulness from time to time, but very seldom do I experience sleep anxiety. If I “feel” the old anxiety creep in, I acknowledge it. I thank my problem solving brain for trying to protect me, let it know that it is no longer needed as there is no longer a battle to be fought. Thank you Martin!

[Martin Reed]

Thank you so much for sharing, Rosanne! What actions did you practice to help you stop the struggle and how did accepting the presence of anxiety and wakefulness help you?

As you pointed out, sometimes there will be some difficult nights (and definitely some wakefulness since that’s a normal part of sleep). What matters is how you respond — you can resist and get pulled back into a struggle or you can acknowledge and allow and move away from struggle.

It sounds as though you have freed up a lot of energy and attention and are better able to live the life you want to live, independently of sleep. That’s all down to your own commitment to meaningful and workable action — good on you 🙂

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