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Here’s the positive information that taking naps gives you. You are able to sleep when it comes to a nap! Sometimes you try so hard to not fall asleep early, and you can’t help it and you do. The message is clear. When the pressure is gone, yours and my body easily fall asleep. Especially when they are not supposed to. But… at night when we have an agenda and pressure is present, we may come to the wrongful conclusion that our body is messed up and something is wrong with our ability to sleep. We can all rest assured that is not true. Thinking that it is true, dials up the pressure even more. But the proof is in the early nap or nodding off early. It makes it easier to not believe in that lingering lack of confidence in our ability to sleep.
This is so excellently written. I printed it. It can be my reminder and so soothing and relaxing, should I fall off the “sleep wagon”. It may be just the boost I need to hop back on if needed. Th most salient words for me were, that sleep is an involuntary process like digestion and breathing. I never thought I could control those 2 or even my heart beat. Now that I’ve put sleep in the same category, it feels like freedom!!! It’s taken a big weight off my mind. I’m grateful to the insomnia experience for showing me how to let go of control. In so doing it here, I hope it will transcend to other areas of my life.
I agree. And I utilize martins teaching that when the thought does come up, I let is pass thru and thank my brain for helping. Then keep going on whatever I was doing. Finally I know I CANT control sleep. It’s really a relief to give it up
This was very comforting. I will repeat your words, “I felt great about not having to get out of bed. Being awake at night is normal, and I can do whatever feels comfortable”. When I used to practice the CBT rules I was popping up and down out of bed. I’m able to stay relaxed even tho awake. Probably because I’ve practiced for so long. But staying in bed was a new thought. You put it beautifully. Thanks for sharing!!
I could write DITTO to your entire comment. That’s exactly how it went for me. I kept asking myself, now that I’m not struggling, why is the sleeplessness returning. I guess we hope that it will be over with entirely if we quit struggling. It would help me to know there’s an answer to why it returns after you feel you’ve turned a corner in your mind?? I was right there with you when I returned to my favorite spot out of bed. I listened to sleep music for hours. I failed to use and see the value of the awake exercise. Going to use it this week. Nice to know we are in this together reacting very similarly. Hopefully our minds will resolve the issue of sleeplessness returning in a peaceful way in time.
“For change to happen, change has to happen”
My interpretation: for sleep to happen, your perspective has to happen or change. Lack of sleeping, insomnia, is not the cause of suffering. It’s caused by my mind’s perspective. Scary and hard to do cuz you have to give up the old habits that you like and are used too. Like going to bed at 12 vs 9:30. And giving up Unisom even though it’s not working, but I used it over and over just in case it worked this one night. It was a psychological crutch. I’m very grateful for this education.
