[Marie-C.]

Hi Vinhaisr! I just wanted to tell you that
I really understand how you feel. It’s so hard to not let anxiety overwhelm ourselves while having big days/weeks when struggling with insomnia.

You are not alone!

[Marie-C.]

I think that I’ve never believed her when she was saying that she didn’t mind her insomnia because I’ve always known her as being depressed and I was making a connection between depression and her insomnia.

Your answer made me realize that I was basing my opinion on my interpretation from the judgments I made and maybe that’s not really her reality.

Thank you again 🙏

[Marie-C.]

Ok but the question remains… What is a meaningful life for me?? Sometimes I feel like I’ve always only dreamed of sleeping well.

Ok ok, I am being a little bit dramatic about it, but it’s true that for so long I’ve only dreamed of not being so tired all the time that I have only been focused on that.

Even though I am not quite sure about what is a meaningful life for me yet, I’ll start to experiment slowly, patiently, step by step and I am confident that I’ll find answers.

I’ve started to write the 3 good things and I really like the part where we have to write why it happened. I think that’s a really good idea because it helps to understand the part I can play to repeat living good things. It’s different from other gratitude journals.

Thank you!

[Marie-C.]

Hi Larry,
I know that for me mornings are often hard because if I didn’t have a good night of sleep I find myself kind of frustrated and sad so it takes me a while to change my mood and my mindset. Also, when I am really tired I feel like if I was in another dimension than everyone else and my energy clash with the energy of others and it takes a little while to feel in the same zone. Hope you are making the progress that you want.

[Marie-C.]

Also, having had insomnia for most of my life, I’m so used to doing nothing during the day because I feel too tired that I find it difficult to be active during the day. I find it hard to motivate myself, I don’t know what to do with my time and it kind of depresses me.

[Marie-C.]

I think that it depends of the subject. Sometimes, when I really fear something, I tend to freeze and I just do something like watching tv, just to hypnotize myself and to stop thinking about it. I think that in a passive reaction like this it’s a good thing to realize that what I run from controls me. Having that in mind, I would look at the reasons why it scares me that much. After that, I would think about is if there is something that I can control about it.

Like, about pain, I would ask myself If there are some ways that I can prevent the pain on a daily basis (eat well and enough, make myself slow down, take breaks during the day) and other ways that could help me to manage the pain when it’s too painful (doing yoga, taking a bath, Advil, etc.).

If there is nothing that I can control about what I fear, then I would direct my attention on something else.

Thank you for the questions, it helped me to realize things!

[Marie-C.]

Ok I was not aware of that! Thank you!

[Marie-C.]

You are most welcome!

Now, I’d like to come back to the first post I wrote in this conversation because I feel the fear that I feared tonight.

We’ve talked about fears but I’d like to address acceptance of feelings and thoughts that are related to deep suffering.

Because of chronic neck pain I know that even though I’ll survive a day of being really tired, I KNOW that it would feel unbearable if I am really tired, because my body will react differently than when I’ve had a better night of sleep.

So my question is
How can I accept the idea of deep suffering?

Thank you coach! 😊

[Marie-C.]

Great! Do you think that the transcripts would be available in the next 8 week’s? If not,
would they be available for clients whom have already finished the course? 😁

Thank you for your answer. I was thinking about trying the subtitles, I’ll do that!

[Marie-C.]

Thank you Martin, it make sense. Your word’s reflect a lot of wisdom. I really like that you encourage us be the person we want to be.

[Marie-C.]

I am curious of knowing what are your thoughts about journaling in order to acknowledge fear? By that I mean writing our feelings and thoughts.

[Marie-C.]

Thank you very much for your kind words Martin!

I have a question for you, I was wondering if there were written summaries of the videos that explain the main ideas?

Your video’s are great, it’s just that even when the subject is in French I find it much easier to assimilate it if I have a written support in addition than an audio one.

Thank you!

[Marie-C.]

Your explanations give me so much relief. It’s freeing me from guilt that I didn’t know I had. It’s really powerful.

Thank you, thank you, thank you Martin! 😊

[Marie-C.]

Hi sunshine! I just wanted to say that you are not alone! I have chronic insomnia since about 25 years. I too wake up every night and really struggle to fall back asleep. And I too am not perfectly fluent in english (I am a french Canadian, from Quebec ;). Lets go, we got this!!! 🙂

[Marie-C.]

Even though I haven’t got an answer yet I’ll already post my second question because I am anxious to begin.

I really want to subscribe to do the course but as I often get extremely exhausted I’m terrified of the idea of not being able to get some rest during the mornings that I can do so. Will I be able to do it?

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