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Hi,
I went through the 6-week self-guided course. For a given week, I initially ran through the lessons in a single sitting, but would listen to the lessons again throughout the week, especially if I was struggling. All the ideas made perfect sense upon initially hearing them, of course, but I found that repeatedly hearing the ideas, expressed in the way Martin does, helped me convert the ideas from simply making sense intellectually into a more truly rooted belief, in a way that trained my nervous system into recognizing wakefulness as unthreatening.
One more point. I had struggled with insomnia off and on for many years. Decades, actually (oof!). Wish I had done this course sooner! Life is too short to be caught up in an endless struggle with insomnia.
Similar experience here. I get stuck when hyperarousal appears in the evening, seemingly out of nowhere – no other external stressors – leading to an all-nighter, maybe two in a row. Then I crash for a night or two, but then the evening hyperarousal returns. This ugly pattern repeats for a week or two, then my body surrenders for longer, unstuck for a few weeks of consistent sleep. But then, a very brief thought re-appears – what if I break this great rhythm and I cannot sleep tonight? Boom, just like that, the hyperarousal returns. I have been dealing with insomnia on and off again for 20+ years. Time to commit to structured change.
