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Yep it’s for sure the worry (and anxiety) I agree. Guess we have to be more accepting and not let it bother us as much, but it’s much easier said than done.
Yeah Deb I wonder about the anxiety as well. I have issues with sleep onset like yourself. During SRT, are you finding it takes less time to fall asleep initially because you’re so exhausted by that point?
Hey Deb, I haven’t yet closed the window (from 8 hours) enough still was doing 11:30-7:15 in bed. I had a good night on Thursday night and I guess that put off things. Then last night I had major difficulty falling asleep. Maybe stayed in bed too long because I felt sleepy. Think slept only 4 hours in total. Anxiety much higher today than yesterday.
Thanks Deb. Appreciate the support of this forum. Think I’ll plan to start this tomorrow and try it out.
Ha ha that made me laugh. But it’s very relatable. Ok I’ll give it a shot. Can’t be any worse than what I’m experiencing honestly
K thanks, guess I’ll try that out. Yeah my anxiety is like at a 10 right now. But hope with some consistency I can lessen it.
Thanks Deb, yep I know it’s certainly not going to be easy. But sounds like it’s the correct path to try at this point. I guess I always am concerned about the anxiety overriding things for me even if exhausted.
Thanks for the info Mac and Deb. I’ve been suffering from this since summer last year. Have been going up and down and now in a particularly rough patch. Don’t really have confidence in my ability to sleep anymore. When I do, I can string together some good nights. I feel like I am tired/sleepy in bed, but that the anxiety of sleep is keeping me awake. I have left the bed, but only seem to when I hit a level of frustration. Then I read for a bit and try returning, but often hit the same frustration again. My current window for sleep is 11-7:15. Guess I can try lowering it to maybe 12-6 and see how that goes.
Have been reading this thread. Thanks for it. It’s quite helpful/hopeful. I’m finding it difficult to fall asleep initially. I can do it in front of the tv but when I hit the bed seems like I feel the anxiety creep in. How many times should one leave the bed in a night? Should I keep leaving it every 30 minutes if sleep doesn’t happen? Or at a certain point should I just stay there?
