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i really found your comments and observations super helpful. Thanks so much and best wishes. I have also downloaded “the happiness trap” to my kindle. so thanks again
no worries. My sleep issues are perhaps not as challenging as yours but, at week 5 of the course, i still have nights of no or little sleep. I had nearly all of June pretty good but have had a few ” flareups” again. I suppose this isn’t surprising as things dont seem to progress in a straightforward , linear way. My issue is more falling asleep at the beginning of the night, rather, in your case, having troubles with falling back to sleep if waking up in the middle of the night.
Not sure if you work but im sure you know , work on low/no sleep can be challenging and lead to , as you say, catastrophising, at night, about the angst of facing a day ahead of work.
However, unlike yourself, i do find a fair bit of joy in my days, which i think is very important so as not to make the day focused on the battles of sleep.
I hope you can find that joy as it could be what will help you with your insomnia.
Sorry for the ramblings…i haven’t worked with insomnia directly with my counsellor/ psychologist but we’ve looked at similar themes that Martin has presented around acceptance theory and values so it’s been a useful add on to the work here
i don’t have any particular advice but i can certainly empathise. That must be so difficult. Are you getting support outside of this course? I am finding regular counselling very helpful
yes . that was poor advice from your GP , Jules. i spent 2 years tapering and still had insomnia issues for a few months after stopping . This is a fantastic course and will help loads but you will also likely need to give it some time to see discernible changes
i wonder if it could be an opportunity to (re) frame this as having empathy towards others and their suffering?
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/three-good-things-a-happiness-journal/id1242079576
there you go, Martin^ Theres a few of them but this one is free
thanks for your reply, Bobbi. Good to hear that you feel that this is resolving for you.
Ive/i’d spent so much time in a seperate space that i feel its been a form or neurosis and a cause of anxiety to consider returning to sharing a bed again.
I’ve returned for 4 nights now and night 2, with only a small amount of time passing in bed awake, i shifted rooms- my path of least resistance.
Last night, night 4, id just learnt the AWAKE protocol and rather than shifting rooms, i practiced the exercise with the plan to watch some netflix but was surprised to find, next morning, id fallen asleep quite soon after doing the exercise.
This is a major progress for me!! Not just in being able to do further work with wakefullness but also being able to remain where i was, in the master bedroom!!
I feel some confidence to set up now and not feel i have to shift rooms when things get tough…i use a free ” 3 good things” app to do mine. It sends me a reminder alarm to do it too which is a bonus
i spent 2 years taking 30mg of Mirtazapine for sleep anxiety and insomnia and then spent 2 years doing a hyperbolic taper from 30mg to 0.4mg, finishing in November 2025.
I came to Martin’s free course in January as i developed severe insomnia, 6 weeks after stopping. It definitely helped.
6 months later, I’ve recently enrolled in this course after still having periods of insomnia. I think after you’ve stopped meds for sleep, they can still having lingering withdrawal symptoms. particularly with Mirtazapine.
