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You might want to start with my free insomnia sleep training course and go from there — and, of course, if you have any questions please feel free to post them here!
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Totally natural and normal to feel discouraged — what matters is how you respond to those thoughts and feelings!
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How do you usually respond to that anxiety when it shows up, Michelle?
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If you are feeling better and are doing things that keep you moving toward the kind of life you want to live, that might be more important than trying to figure out a link between sleep and how you feel each day!
Perhaps this simply demonstrates that more goes into how we feel during the day than how much sleep we get at night?
—If you are ready to stop struggling with insomnia you can enroll in the online insomnia coaching course right now! If you would prefer ongoing phone or video coaching calls as part of a powerful three month program that will help you reclaim your life from insomnia, consider applying for the Insomnia Mastery program.
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What does “letting go” mean to you, Chacha?
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I see that Chee did a great job answering your questions (thanks, Chee!) — I don’t really have anything else to add!
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It’s definitely more difficult to do things that matter when we don’t feel good! Is not doing them making things better? If not, perhaps that could be a change worth exploring — no need to go big with a 10 mile run on the treadmill; perhaps you could start with a 5 or 10 minute walk instead?
The human body will always sleep when it has been awake for long enough — but it’s important not to make any changes to prescription medication without taking to your doctor first.
—If you are ready to stop struggling with insomnia you can enroll in the online insomnia coaching course right now! If you would prefer ongoing phone or video coaching calls as part of a powerful three month program that will help you reclaim your life from insomnia, consider applying for the Insomnia Mastery program.
The content of this post is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, disorder, or medical condition. It should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or any other licensed healthcare provider. Insomnia Coach LLC offers coaching services only and does not provide therapy, counseling, medical advice, or medical treatment. All content is provided “as is” and without warranties, either express or implied.
Unfortunately we can’t permanently delete anxiety from the brain — and, for as long as we try, we might be setting ourselves up for an ongoing struggle.
From reading your post, it sounds as though you might find it harder to fall asleep when you’re putting pressure on yourself to sleep — when you’re trying to make sleep happen, when you’re trying to avoid wakefulness. And that might be connected to your attempts to (understandably) not experience difficult thoughts and feelings such as anxiety, headaches, fatigue, and low mood.
Unfortunately, all of that is out of your control. So, perhaps it might be helpful to move away from trying to control what cannot be controlled? To acknowledge wakefulness and all the thoughts and feelings that might come with it, to allow it to come and go as it chooses (since you know from experience that you can’t permanently delete it anyway so why add struggle on top), to be kind to yourself in return, and then continue to do things that help to keep you moving toward the kind of life you want to live and the person you want to be (even in the presence of this difficult stuff)?
—If you are ready to stop struggling with insomnia you can enroll in the online insomnia coaching course right now! If you would prefer ongoing phone or video coaching calls as part of a powerful three month program that will help you reclaim your life from insomnia, consider applying for the Insomnia Mastery program.
The content of this post is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, disorder, or medical condition. It should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or any other licensed healthcare provider. Insomnia Coach LLC offers coaching services only and does not provide therapy, counseling, medical advice, or medical treatment. All content is provided “as is” and without warranties, either express or implied.
It sounds as though you have a lot of understandable concern about missing your alarm in the morning! It also sounds as though you’ve done all you can to reduce the risk of sleeping through your alarm.
So, perhaps the final piece of the puzzle might be to move away from trying to fight or avoid thoughts related to missing your alarm (and perhaps to practice acknowledging and allowing those thoughts instead) and to move away from any pressure you might be putting on yourself to fall asleep.
Other than that, in terms of further reducing the risk of missing your alarm is there anyone who can call on you in the mornings? Either physically or perhaps through a phone call?
—If you are ready to stop struggling with insomnia you can enroll in the online insomnia coaching course right now! If you would prefer ongoing phone or video coaching calls as part of a powerful three month program that will help you reclaim your life from insomnia, consider applying for the Insomnia Mastery program.
The content of this post is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, disorder, or medical condition. It should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or any other licensed healthcare provider. Insomnia Coach LLC offers coaching services only and does not provide therapy, counseling, medical advice, or medical treatment. All content is provided “as is” and without warranties, either express or implied.
Menopause can create some sleep disruption — and yet, when insomnia sticks around it’s virtually guaranteed to be present because of our response; all the (understandable) things we do to try to get rid of it, to make sleep happen, or to otherwise try to fight or avoid all the difficult thoughts and feelings that can come with insomnia.
From reading your post, your experience is quite common and isn’t unique or unusual. In terms of a sleep window, you might want to start by allotting six hours or so for sleep. You could decide on a consistent out of bed time that works for the kind of life you live, count back six hours and get an earliest bedtime.
I don’t think it’s essential to get out of bed at night just because you’re awake. What we’re really looking to do is to move away from struggling with nighttime wakefulness. So, it can be helpful to allow wakefulness to exist and if it starts to feel really uncomfortable and unpleasant you might give yourself the opportunity to do something more pleasant instead. And, that more pleasant activity might be something you do in bed or out of bed.
When it comes to the anxiety, quite often the more we try to control it the more we struggle with it. Acceptance isn’t about controlling anxiety or getting rid of it — it’s about accepting that it can’t be controlled and moving away from trying to fight it (even though it can be really unpleasant). That way, you aren’t adding struggle on top of all this difficult stuff.
You are NOT stupid — you are a human being experiencing a lot of difficulty. You are not alone, and there is a way through this!
—If you are ready to stop struggling with insomnia you can enroll in the online insomnia coaching course right now! If you would prefer ongoing phone or video coaching calls as part of a powerful three month program that will help you reclaim your life from insomnia, consider applying for the Insomnia Mastery program.
The content of this post is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, disorder, or medical condition. It should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or any other licensed healthcare provider. Insomnia Coach LLC offers coaching services only and does not provide therapy, counseling, medical advice, or medical treatment. All content is provided “as is” and without warranties, either express or implied.
Congratulations on the little one! I don’t think many people sleep well when there’s a baby in the house! Your worries and concerns are completely valid and understandable — that’s your brain doing its job and looking out for you!
When you’re awake during the night and finding it hard to fall asleep, how do you currently respond to that wakefulness?
—If you are ready to stop struggling with insomnia you can enroll in the online insomnia coaching course right now! If you would prefer ongoing phone or video coaching calls as part of a powerful three month program that will help you reclaim your life from insomnia, consider applying for the Insomnia Mastery program.
The content of this post is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, disorder, or medical condition. It should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or any other licensed healthcare provider. Insomnia Coach LLC offers coaching services only and does not provide therapy, counseling, medical advice, or medical treatment. All content is provided “as is” and without warranties, either express or implied.
If you feel you’re falling asleep and staying asleep and getting a good amount of sleep but that sleep feels really unrestorative, it might be worth getting an overnight sleep study just to see if sleep apnea might be an explanation.
—If you are ready to stop struggling with insomnia you can enroll in the online insomnia coaching course right now! If you would prefer ongoing phone or video coaching calls as part of a powerful three month program that will help you reclaim your life from insomnia, consider applying for the Insomnia Mastery program.
The content of this post is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, disorder, or medical condition. It should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or any other licensed healthcare provider. Insomnia Coach LLC offers coaching services only and does not provide therapy, counseling, medical advice, or medical treatment. All content is provided “as is” and without warranties, either express or implied.
Hello Ruby and Kmm — as you both realize already, neither of you are alone! Have you tried implementing any of the techniques discussed on this website to help move you away from struggling with wakefulness and all the difficult thoughts and feelings that often come with insomnia?
—If you are ready to stop struggling with insomnia you can enroll in the online insomnia coaching course right now! If you would prefer ongoing phone or video coaching calls as part of a powerful three month program that will help you reclaim your life from insomnia, consider applying for the Insomnia Mastery program.
The content of this post is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, disorder, or medical condition. It should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or any other licensed healthcare provider. Insomnia Coach LLC offers coaching services only and does not provide therapy, counseling, medical advice, or medical treatment. All content is provided “as is” and without warranties, either express or implied.
Hello and welcome to the forum! What kind of things is your mind telling you when you wake at night and how are you responding to those messages?
—If you are ready to stop struggling with insomnia you can enroll in the online insomnia coaching course right now! If you would prefer ongoing phone or video coaching calls as part of a powerful three month program that will help you reclaim your life from insomnia, consider applying for the Insomnia Mastery program.
The content of this post is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, disorder, or medical condition. It should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or any other licensed healthcare provider. Insomnia Coach LLC offers coaching services only and does not provide therapy, counseling, medical advice, or medical treatment. All content is provided “as is” and without warranties, either express or implied.
Welcome to the forum, and thanks for sharing your story Mimma! If you have any questions, please feel free to post them here!
—If you are ready to stop struggling with insomnia you can enroll in the online insomnia coaching course right now! If you would prefer ongoing phone or video coaching calls as part of a powerful three month program that will help you reclaim your life from insomnia, consider applying for the Insomnia Mastery program.
The content of this post is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, disorder, or medical condition. It should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or any other licensed healthcare provider. Insomnia Coach LLC offers coaching services only and does not provide therapy, counseling, medical advice, or medical treatment. All content is provided “as is” and without warranties, either express or implied.
