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Thanks for replying California Dreaming. It’s so easy to stretch the truth with SR in order to gain the much coveted extra 15mins of sleep at the end of the week – and harder still to reduce the sleep window and not see it as a setback. But I totally see the relationship between this and the regression I’ve been experiencing. I think it takes a while for it to sink in that this kind of training actually works and that your body can be that sensitive to it. Martin also suggested this which reaffirms your advice somewhat:

“Make sure you are still to allotting an appropriate amount of time for sleep and that you aren’t implementing any compensatory behaviors that might be sabotaging your efforts! These include things like going to bed before the start of your sleep window, staying in bed after your sleep window ends, modifying your day, napping, canceling plans, trying to conserve energy during the day, etc.

You might also find it helpful to incorporate additional techniques such as stimulus control so you aren’t spending a lot of time in bed during the night tossing and turning, fighting with sleep.”

I’m also trying not to fixate on the insomnia and focusing on trying to relax rather than trying to sleep (stimulus control?). I’m definitely seeing some gradual results and must remember to ‘take every win’ even when there’s a setback.

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