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Hi Sallyseo,
Thanks for sharing your story, it helps massively to know of others who are also struggling in the same way. I love that you say that you’ve stopped caring as much, this is the ultimate goal! I will be thinking of you and ktkoch the next time I have a night with no sleep 😊
The AWAKE exercise is part of the content of week 2. The main idea is acknowledging the difficult feelings and thoughts that come up as you try to sleep instead of fighting or avoiding them.
Czor, this is me as well! My issue is falling asleep and often only manage to fall asleep in the early hours (or have nights with no sleep), and when I realize I have just had a dream which means I must have fallen asleep, I get so RELIEVED and delighted that I manage to fall asleep again. Sometimes I almost miss the dream, I’ll just be lying in bed thinking I haven’t slept, when I realize that I did fall asleep, because I remember a dream. Oh the little joys!
Thank you, ktkoch! It’s very reassuring and definitely helpful to hear from people who are or have been in a similar situation. When I first heard about the sleep window I was both skeptical and downright terrified (!), but I’ve started to go to sleep at 11.30 which for me is a massive change as I always used to fall asleep between 10-10.30 and feel already very sleepy at that time (even though I don’t fall asleep). As I often only fall asleep in the early hours (4am or 5am), I’ve been reluctant to wake up much earlier than 7am in order to get at least a couple of hours, but I’m slowly considering a sleep window of 12-6.30. Two nights ago (after 2 nights of no sleep) I had the most blissful sleep, and so I feel I will slowly start to trust the sleep pressure. Then last night I only got 3 hours, but definitely better than zero hours. 🙂
