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In my best case scenario, I have moved out of “waiting” for restorative sleep and I wake up rested. When I wake up rested, I don’t have the physical symptoms that interfere with my day to day experience. This is not to say that I move away from value based activities. No matter my sleep, I do all the “things” I want to do. Where I get stuck, is with the feelings of light headedness, nausea, dry burning, sore eyes and shakiness. These ebb and flow during the day, but are always present. Sometimes a bit of rest will help, but this can also lead to an inadvertent nap. So even though I should be heading in the right direction my compass seems to wander away from where I want to be.
Am I missing the forest through the trees? I’m worried my pattern of thought is keeping me from having more success but don’t know what to do differently when my actions are all lined up with the program.Thanks for your response. I do feel like I govern my days in a values based mindset. And I also feel like most nights when I am awake, I don’t get tangled in a struggle. Recently I had a week of very little sleep and by the 7th day of averaging 1-2 hours/night I was so depleted I could hardly function.
I get discouraged because I feel like a get to the same point in any program that I try (there have been several) where I have checked every box and every action plan and carefully worked through all the mind re-sets, but don’t experience any sustained improvements. I’m soon going to start week 6, and I still feel like I’m stuck in the waiting room with not a whole lot of progress.
With the end coming near I’m realizing this is probably it for me. I would love some of your insight into where I might be creating this problem, because I do realize it all stems from my thinking and behavior.Ok this makes sense to me in that context, I can see why that would be helpful. Thanks for your response.
Thanks for your reply, I have in the past had counselling but never specific to insomnia. I’m not getting any other support outside of this course, but maybe it is something I should think about. I am just aware that I feel reluctant to talk about any of my sleep issues as I have the notion that it will just perpetuate the problem. Breath life into the dragon, as they say.
I’m sure I’m way off but I’ve always thought this…
Are you able to articulate how you find regular counselling helpful?I am in the same position, my husband is a very light sleeper and for whatever reason, his potential for waking seems to add a layer of anxiety to my wakefulness that I don’t manage well. I completely relate to your comment about feeling less “trapped” when I’m alone. For me, I always start the night in the same bed, mostly because I fall asleep easily. When I wake up in the night, I will move rooms until I get sleepy again, then I return to our shared bed. I am at the point now, where the feeling of sleepiness is a very obvious shift in my body (complete regulation of my nervous system) and I most often get back to sleep after I return. Anyway not sure if this is helpful but I can sure relate to what you are experiencing!
I think that my current sleep window is too long. Since I shared my message, I have had several nights to experiment. I have changed the window to 12:00-6:30, which is a bit long but after 2 nights I had a deep sleep for about 3 hours, which felt great. I can see the value still, even adding a bit of time. For me it works. I have to remember to be flexible with my thinking and be open to changes.
