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Ok I see your point.

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Chee2308, I think you might have misspoke there. I think you’re trying to say it’s harmful to keep thinking that not sleep is a problem and that’s a deeply entrenched belief many people with insomnia have and it isn’t until we let go of it that we are able to improve, correct? So we should think not sleeping ISN’T a problem. It’s a bit confusing how you worded it.

I understand that concept. The more stress and anxiety we carry around sleep, the more it is a problem. The one thing I would push back on is that there are many studies out there showing that lack of sleep contributes to serious health problems. I myself was diagnosed with cancer in 2020 at a very young age. I am quite sure stress and lack of sleep contributed to me developing the disease. However, I am trying to shift my thinking and take each night as it is and not worry how it will go or if I wake up feeling unrested and crappy. I have noticed that on days I don’t worry if I’ll sleep and/or am confident that I will, it goes better. I also sleep much much better in the country.

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Thanks. I’ll try that.

I do often read to try to get back to sleep but I’ve always done it in bed. I’ll try your method.

Yes, I exercise too. When I first started it seemed to help a lot. Now, not so much, unfortunately. 🙁

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It depends. Sometimes it’a just about stuff I need to get done, issues in my life. Other times it’s stress about not sleeping.

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Yes, I normally go to the bathroom but when I go back to bed I can’t stop my racing thoughts and go back to sleep.

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