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You truly aren’t alone. I had to resort to sleep aids for the first time in my 42 years because I just need to be able to function. Let’s try to be kind to ourselves tonight. I am learning we are not alone or defective. I am truly holding on to all the hope I can. My husband is told me that I am drowning in anxiety and I need to learn to float in it. Hope that helps you.
I felt the need to post a response to this because I can so relate. I think releasing this fear is the key to our recovery but you are not alone in feeling like that is impossible! Martin responded to a week one post of mine and said that just by being in this program we should have hope. Try your best to stay hopeful. I try to remind myself that I used to work the overnight shift at a Diner and would skip sleep frequently without much issue. I think we need to stop being afraid of a night without sleep and just allow what happens to happen! Keeping you in my heart on this journey. You are not alone.
Thank you so much for the response. Committed to fixing this issue the correct way and I often doing things the right way takes time. Looking forward to week two’s lessons.
Hello. Week one student here. Had 2 good nights and one bad followed by 2 better nights. The bad night derailed me but I listened again to some lessons, went through my day, focused on the good and made it through. I realized some of my most gratitude filled days are the ones when I can’t sleep. I have been listening to meditation apps during the day and I noticed the fear leading to bedtime is lessening. Let’s all keep up hope.
Last night after two good nights of sleep over the weekend I had an awful night. The issue with my sleep window is that if I have insomnia as I have had the last two weeks. I don’t sleep at all. If I check the clock last at 330 and then take a sleeping pill to try to get the last three hours before my wake time of 630 do I make my window start at 330. When I didn’t have insomnia I would sleep like a baby from 10-630 and still be tired. Is that my window even if I can’t sleep? My heart races so badly as soon as I try to sleep. I feel the adrenaline. Then when I get out of bed I am so tired I can barely see. I will do this all night. I am a mom who can’t afford to keep not being able to function. Any advice from people going through this would so help me.
