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in terms of moving forward, I borrowed a phrase from the outstanding post by Michael61 on the Paradox of Sleep, to the effect of “Sleep is none of my business. My body will take care of it.” For whatever reason, such framing helps take the pressure off. My nighttime vigilance / alertness has diminished.
btw, in general, Michael61’s post basically described my situation, down to the detail. I couldn’t have described it better.
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.
