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Hi @Chee2308
Thank you for explaining how sleep works and for ensuring me that nothing is wrong with me. The reason why I’m like this is maybe because of fear from the traumatic experiences I had during my insomnia episodes in the past. This heightens my fear and anxiety unconsciously and slowly being built throughout the day, especially on days I had a night of poor or non-existent sleep.
You are correct. I need to believe in the fact that my ability to sleep can never be broken, and I would be able to sleep naturally, eventually. I will hold on to this every time.
I understand that excessive worrying and putting too much sleep effort is hinders for sleep to come. However, do you have any advice or recommendations on how I can help my mind to stop worrying and being anxious, so my body would be able to get the rest it needs?
Thank you.
Hi Scott J (@scottctj), thank you for the response to my post.
To give an update, I have fully recovered from my illness a month ago and built confidence in sleeping again. I’ve done it through some routines such as taking a warm bath before bedtime, taking some sleeping medicines that are prescribed by my sleep doctor, and performing some relaxation techniques when I’m having difficulties in sleeping again.
However, last night, I encountered another sleeping difficulty, despite performing routines and relaxation techniques. I just had almost four hours of broken sleep, the rest of the night I was struggling to get some sleep. I’m not taking sleep medicines anymore since last Monday this week, after taking them for almost 3-4 weeks, however, the problem arose again. I’m feeling slow and sluggish today at work and starting to get anxious again about experiencing again tonight since what happened last month was really traumatic to me and I don’t want it to occur again.
What advice could you give for me to combat this? And if another sleepless night does happen again, what could I do to help myself stay calm and relaxed and eventually fall asleep naturally?
I would appreciate your response and other responses from this community. Thank you.
Hello there, Chee! @Chee Hiung Yong
Thank you for your response to my post here in the forum. I really appreciate it. Thank you for reassuring me that sleep will most likely happen, whatever the circumstance is and my body didn’t forget it totally because it’s a biological process that my system will never forget.
Yes, I’m committed to continuing to practice good sleep hygiene such as the things you mentioned above. I’d like to ask, what are other sleep hygienes you think I can implement to get better sleep and fast? Thank you.
Hello there, Scott! @scottctj
Thank you for your response to my post here in the forum. I really appreciate it. Yes, I’m implementing stimulus control whenever I can’t fall asleep. I get out of bed when I can’t sleep and spend time somewhere either reading articles or relaxing outside my room then go back once I get at least five (5) yawns, which is a signal for me that I’m sleepy enough to go back to bed. Then, if I still can’t sleep. I repeat the process until I can sleep. Also, I don’t use my bed for anything other than sleep and I try my best not to sleep anywhere other than my bed, especially on nights that I struggle with sleeping.
Would like to ask for a piece of advice, on these selective nights, what else I can do to stop my mind from racing? Because sometimes, even if I implement these techniques, my mind doesn’t stop racing endless thoughts. Thus, making it harder for me to fall asleep. This makes me unconsciously worry about it, especially if it happens often.
