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Hi Chee2308, you’re absolutely right. A good mindset is so key but so hard to carry out consistently in the long stretches of the day when lack of sleep ever hovers. Thank you for your reminder!
Thank you Chee2308 for helping the community so much. It is really generous of you. I’ll keep in mind your advice!
I also noticed I feel not like myself, sadder and more anxious/fearful in general and withdrawing from family and friends, with little interest in things that used to make me happy. Are these feelings typical during recovery?
Hi Chee2308 and Bronte, thank you so very much for your thoughtful and very helpful advice. It’s really very kind of you both.
Thanks Bronte, I found it suoer encouraging that your sleep has gotten so much better after decades of struggle. Could you tell me more about your progress? Was it gradual and then sudden? Though it would be so wonderful to be free of the struggle regardless of sleep. Thanks!
Hi Bronte, thank you so much for taking time to respond to me and for your super kind, thoughtful and helpful advice. Not sure why I can stay mostly calm in bed at night despite often being wide awake. Rather it’s during the day the anxiety and hard thoughts come full force. I can’t completely convince myself that I will recover or that things are sorted. I wish I could have your certainty . This feeling that I’ll be stuck feeling like this for the rest of my life always comes on when I feel tired which is often. Whatever I do, walking, talking to a friend, there would be this whisper in my head that I should be thinking about my insomnia and that I shouldn’t be enjoying this. But I will think about your advice and will try to implement it going forward. Thank you again so much.
