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A couple of questions that might help:
If you feel comfortable in bed, why would you get out of bed?
When you feel a certain type of feeling, what are you trying to achieve by getting out of bed to practice the AWAKE exercise vs staying in bed and practicing the AWAKE exercise?
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Thank you for sharing what you’ve been finding helpful! You are taking what you’ve been exploring in the course and putting it into action in a way that feels right for you. You are committing to action and you are learning from what you are doing.
For as long as you are doing that, you are going to be moving closer to where you want to be!
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Naps can reduce sleep drive — whether or not that’s a problem for you can only be answered by you! You might feel it’s worth taking a nap during the day even if it might lead to less sleep “need” and less sleep at night. Other people might not feel that way!
There are often pros and cons to activities we choose to engage in! For you, what are the advantages and benefits of napping and what are the disadvantages (if any) of napping?
Finally, I’d invite you to reflect on this question: What do you have to say “no” to when you choose to nap — and does that pull you away from the life you want to live or does that keep you moving toward the life you want to live?
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Great question — and I suspect there will be different answers for everyone.
No activity is going to make sleep happen or make thoughts and feelings permanently disappear. Your only goal — as you mentioned — is to do something other than battle away trying to control, fight, or avoid what your experience tells you cannot be controlled, fought, or avoided.
So, you might not always feel good doing that alternative activity and you might not always feel relaxed doing that alternative activity — but if it’s something better (even if only 1% better) than battling away, then it’s probably a good activity!
For me, I like to read and watch TV 😉
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Sometimes we can feel groggy when we wake — especially for the first 30 minutes to two hours. That’s something referred to as sleep inertia and isn’t always a reflection of how we slept.
If you are experiencing persistent headaches, that might be worth taking to your doctor about.
I’ll also echo @Whiskers25 — you are committing to action. That takes dedication!
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This is a bit like those “how long is a piece of string” questions!
Typically, insomnia lasts for as long as we continue to struggle with it. And, for as long as we continue to try to make a certain amount or type of sleep happen we might be setting ourselves up for an ongoing struggle.
Every person has the ability within them to sleep well and every person has the power to move away from the struggle through committed action.
That doesn’t mean it’s easy. Just that it’s always possible and the power for change is already within you.
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Thank you so much for sharing!
My 3 Goods Things from yesterday were:
1. Noticing the beauty of the trees alongside the highway because I consciously switched off my brain’s “autopilot” mode!
2. Feeling overwhelming love and joy for my son because I took time out of my day to play with him.
3. Eating a healthy and nutritious meal because I had prepared in advance and had easy-to-access “leftovers” in the fridge!
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Welcome!
Do you typically find yourself falling asleep without warning during the day? Such excessive daytime sleepiness is not usually associated with chronic insomnia so it might be worth discussing that with your doctor to see if any other issues might be present alongside insomnia.
In terms of staying awake, any form of movement can often be helpful — especially for fatigue. What guidance does your experience have to offer?
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If the sleep window worked, what would be different?
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You are the expert on you! What I can tell you is that there’s no evidence insomnia causes any health problem and there’s no evidence insomnia increases mortality risk.
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If medication generated sleep, how could insomnia exist?
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You might not be able to stop that feeling — but you always get to choose how you respond to that feeling (or any other).
Sleep can happen if you have a sleep window and it can happen if you don’t have a sleep window. Sleep can happen if your sleep window is 1-6 and sleep can happen if your sleep window is 12-6.
Nothing you do can guarantee sleep will happen as you want it to, because — as your experience tells you — sleep is out of your control!
The sleep window is nothing more than a tool that is intended to help you move away from the action of chasing after sleep 🙂
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A consistent out of bed time can help strengthen the body clock and ensure enough time for sleep drive to build during the day to help set the stage for sleep at night.
Perhaps the most helpful part of a sleep window, however, is as a tool to help us move away from chasing after sleep. Quite often, the more we chase after sleep (by going to bed earlier or staying in bed later, for example) the more elusive it becomes.
And, the more we chase after sleep, the more time we might spend in bed — and that means less time out of bed, living life.
We do less and sleep becomes a bigger part of our lives.
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You’re definitely not alone, Kira — as you’ve discovered thanks to the wonderfully supportive @Bronte (and those podcast episodes)!
Your experience seems to be telling you that the more you try to control sleep, the more difficult it becomes.
Based on what you’ve learned (from your experience, from Bronte, from the podcast, from elsewhere), what do you feel is the best way for you to move forward?
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Welcome to the forum!
It makes complete sense that your mind would generate all those thoughts and feelings — it’s doing its job of looking out for you. Your experience three years ago was tough. Your brain is trying to protect you from that.
If we see those (often difficult) thoughts and feelings as the enemy or an obstacle to sleep, we might be more likely to try fighting them. Then, before we know it, we are engaged in a battle with our mind. And, how likely is sleep to happen when we are engaged in a battle?
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