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Deb,
Would you say that what Guy Meadows suggests regarding being relaxed in bed is a softer version of paradoxical attitude? On few nights, when I was able to release mental pressure to sleep, I felt I kind of took paradoxial attitude approach. I was lying in bed, with eyes closed (thus not exactly strict paradoxical intention), but eager to “watch” what is going to happen next. Did it feel similar to you? Would you say daytime awareness or nighttime awareness were more important to you?
Nik.
Deb,
I was following your story little bit because I also trying ACT and advices from Martin’s free course. I was following only ACT for a while and it really helped to reduce anxiety, but then I got frustrated by long nights of light sleep. I started sleep restriction now in addition to ACT.
Could you please describe what you have learned about light sleep being normal? I was amazed recently that thanks to ACT I was able to finally release the pressure/thought that I need to fall asleep, and that helped me to fall asleep faster. But today I increased my time in bed (too rapidly), and spent half a night in light sleep, and really not sure what to do about it. I really like ideas of ACT, they allowed me to overcome bed anxiety (almost completely) without stimulus control, they allow to take SRT easier, but extended light sleep (if not doing strict SRT) is frustrating. Your insights from the sleep school about spending a lot of time in light sleep would be great (!!!!!) to hear. Thank you, Nik.
