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Hi there. I also am implementing sleep restriction as well and have some similar questions. I too have trouble falling asleep.. and actually tonight I haven’t been able to sleep at all (getting in and out of bed all night). Over the past week I average about 4 hours of sleep. I have to be awake at 5am for work so am using a sleep window of 1130-5. Is it safe to continue with sleep restriction even if you are unable to sleep at all through the night? I am concerned going to many days without any sleep and want to avoid medication if possible.
Thank you Scott.
your comment about letting thoughts pass instead of trying to change it to a positive thought really got my attention… I didn’t think of changing the negative thoughts in to positives as a control strategy but that does make sense and I think this smile thought will really help me in the end. I am working on identifying the sleep though and saying “oh, there’s that thought about my sleep again” and then really trying to re-engaging in the activity im in. as you mention these thing take time and I am likely being impatient with myself.
I really appreciate your responses.Thank you for the response. I am following some of the CBT-I techniques. I have been trying to replace a lot of my negative thoughts with positive ones. I often go to bed not trying to sleep and have tried to accept my wakefulness but as the night progress and I still haven’t fallen asleep I start to worry. when I wake up in the middle of the night its hard to know what’s going through my mind. I often don’t get upset about waking up and try to tell myself this is normal. I feel I am usually able to go back to sleep but it usually is a very light sleep- (like I feel I am awake.) I continually try to welcome my thoughts and not push them away. I just felt I would be making some better progress at this point. And I was wondering if Martins course would really benefit me. I also feel so guilty taking sleeping aids that don’t really even work
