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Thanks again for your insight. I will check out that book. I actually can’t afford therapy, my business only brings in a low income despite me working 55hrs a week. I struggle to pay the bills and rent each month and the only money left over after all my outgoings is money for food. If I could afford therapy I would do it without question believe me, I want nothing more than to overcome my demons.
Thanks anyway for all you advice and help, all the best
I will check on your progress deb, I hope it goes well!
Martin – yes I was aware you were ‘challenging’ what I said! It was over a year ago that I last did it so I can’t remember exact details, but I was going to bed later (at the same time every night) and setting my alarm for the same time every morning. I would go to bed and if I didn’t fall asleep in 20 minutes I would get up for a bit and repeat. The problem I struggled with was that I never felt ‘sleepy’. The more tired I got the more hyper aware my brain became. I would eventually get to the point of such exhaustion I would basically pass out and get one good nights sleep but the next day I would go back to not feeling sleepy/not sleeping again. So yes, I would go to bed, get up 20 mins later, read for a bit, go back to bed, get up etc and that went on for most of the night every night until I would sometimes get a couple of hours of bad quality sleep in the morning.
Just to add I live a healthy lifestyle, I don’t have caffeine or sugary things, I always switch screens off and read my book at least an hour before bed and basically do all the things I am supposed to.
I actually don’t have the same sleep problems now that I had then, back then I couldn’t get to sleep, now I can get to sleep but no matter what I do I wake up after 6 hours (but sometimes less), I know that doesn’t sound bad but I need much more than that and I am so exhausted it is making me ill. maybe i’m getting less than I think.
I watched a programme about a sleep clinic a couple of years back and one girl on it suffered trauma when she was younger which they believed was the cause of her insomnia, the sleep restriction didn’t work for her and the professionals told her she needed to see a therapist about the trauma because her sleep won’t improve until that is dealt with. I wonder if it maybe the same for me. I do still get nightmares so I know it still affects me subconsciously, but I can’t afford therapy so there is nothing I can do if that is the case!!
Thank you. I don’t think it’s possible to not sleep for 2 weeks is it?! I of course slept for a couple of hours here and there, mostly in the mornings. but it wasn’t improving and I could barely function, my business was suffering and it was impossible for me to continue. If I had seen some improvement I would have persevered but there wasn’t.
eugh how awful. when I did sleep restriction I couldn’t sleep at all, I ended up spending practically the whole night on the sofa awake, after 2 weeks I was such a mess from sleep deprivation I had to stop. Hopefully you will have a better experience with it, I hear it can work well for some. good luck!
