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Thanks, at this point it’s the anxiety around sleep and I can’t shake it. I feel like I am constantly in a state of hyperarousal throughout the day. It’s hard to relax at night because I start to worry, and I can’t even enjoy tv. I do try to focus on my breathing, a mantra, change my focus, etc. but its very difficult. I might have a few moments where I forget but it always comes back. I am restricting my window more to about 5.5-6 hours, and am trying to focus on the positive.
Hi Scott –
I try to stick to 11:30pm-6:15am. If I’m falling asleep before then I will go to bed at 11pm or sometimes wait till 12pm. Sometimes I get in my head though and am “waiting” to feel sleepy and it does not come, and then I go to bed and start panicking. I’ve had more trouble falling asleep recently. I know I shouldn’t put pressure on sleep and tell myself it will be OK regardless of how much sleep I get, but sometimes I just can’t get out of my head. And then a bad night of sleep fuels more bad nights… I started my sleep window at 12:30am – 7am, but was always up around 530am. I’ve been doing this since May. I do find it too hard to get up in the middle of the night when I can’t sleep, and I usually fall back asleep. However I am thinking I should start getting out of bed when I initially can’t fall asleep – right now I just get frustrated and then think of grabbing a sleeping pill.
