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What is it about your insomnia that makes you anxious? What is the though you are having that is creating the anxiety? When you feel anxious, what is going through your mind?
Since you said that you feel fine during the day, it seems as though concern about daytime function isn’t a concern — so let’s see if we can get to the bottom of this and figure out the specific thought you are having that is leading to anxiety.
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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.
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your success story! I am sure it will help many people, especially those who are currently implementing CBT-I techniques but are finding them hard and perhaps not noticing any improvements yet.
Imagine if you had given up after a few weeks — you never would have gotten to the point you’re at now! Your perseverance and commitment are admirable. Without that tenacity, you would probably not be sharing such a wonderful success story!
You’re an inspiration. Thanks again for sharing.
—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, Reva. Your story is quite familiar — and this should be encouraging since others who have been in a similar situation have found cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) techniques very helpful for improving their sleep over the long term. So, there’s no reason to think you won’t find them helpful, too!
When do you currently go to bed at night and when do you get out of bed to start your day in the morning? How many hours of sleep would you say you get on a typical 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.
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 Jackie and welcome to the forum. Have you been struggling with sleep for a long time, or is this more of a recent issue?
—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.
There is no herbal solution for insomnia. The best treatment for chronic insomnia is cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I).
I hope this helps.
—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.
At the current time, when do you go to bed at night, when do you get out of bed to start your day, and how roughly many hours of sleep do you get on a typical night?
Are you checking the clock when you wake during the night? What is going through your mind when you wake during the night and are finding it hard to fall back to sleep? Are you feeling worried, frustrated, or anxious?
—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 Dot! I’m not surprised that none of those things helped with your insomnia — since there’s no evidence to suggest they would!
Have you tried cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I)?
—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.
Some of us are more predisposed to sleep disruption, Muna. However, chronic insomnia is always fueled by the thoughts and behaviors that we have in response to sleep disruption — and that’s why cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) techniques are so helpful. They address the perpetuating factors that make it hard for our sleep to recover.
At the current time, when do you go to bed at night and when do you get out of bed to start your day? How many hours of sleep would you say you get on a typical 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.
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, Linda. First of all, let me reassure you that you CAN fall asleep without meds! If you tried to force yourself to stay awake for five days, I think you would — at some point — find that you would fall asleep without any medication.
Of course, forcing yourself to stay awake for so long in order to fall asleep naturally isn’t constructive — but the theory here is simply to help you recognize that with enough wakefulness (in other words, when sleep drive becomes strong enough), you will fall asleep.
We can use sleep drive to our advantage by making sure we allot a regular and appropriate amount of time for sleep. At the current time, when do you normally go to bed, when do you get out of bed, and roughly how many hours of sleep would you say you get on a typical 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.
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.
When do you currently go to bed at night and when do you get out of bed to start your day? How many hours of sleep would you say you are getting?
—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, janell. Did your CBT-I psychologist help you with core CBT-I techniques such as creating and observing a regular and appropriate sleep window, and getting out of bed when struggling to sleep?
—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, Lima — and I’m sorry to hear about your current struggle with sleep.
First of all, I think it’s important to point out that you almost certainly are getting a bit more than one hour of sleep each day. It would be impossible to remain awake after just one hour of sleep for more than a few days because sleep drive would reach a point where it would be impossible to stay awake.
Of course, this doesn’t mean there’s not a problem with your sleep at the current time — I’m simply saying that you are probably getting a little bit more sleep than you think you are.
When do you currently go to bed at night and when do you get out of bed to start your day in the mornings?
—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! First of all, it’s important to recognize that you CAN sleep naturally! If you deliberately tried to stay awake for five days without sleep, then allowed yourself to sleep do you think you’d still not be able to sleep? If you can recognize that you would probably sleep at that point, you can see that you CAN still sleep naturally!
As you’ve realized, alcohol, tea, and melatonin are not effective treatments for chronic insomnia — but cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is. Have you looked into CBT-I?
At the current time, when do you usually go to bed at the start of the night, when do you get out of bed to start your day, and roughly how many hours of sleep do you get on a typical 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.
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 don’t sleep at all, how are you waking up? Waking up means that you are getting some sleep, even if only a little!
In the short-term, observing a regular and appropriate sleep window might lead to less sleep due to the novelty of the new window but sleep drive ALWAYS wins. If you are awake for long enough, you will sleep — and if you only allow yourself to sleep during a predetermined and appropriate sleep window, that is when you will start to sleep.
Pursuing enjoyable activities is so important. If nothing else, these activities help you recognize that you can still do enjoyable things after a bad night of sleep and they serve as a distraction so you aren’t endlessly thinking and worrying about sleep.
—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.
You said that you start sleep between 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM and wake at 9:00 to 10:00. Are you saying that you wake at 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM? In other words, you are allotting over 14 hours for sleep? Or, are you saying that you wake at 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM and are therefore only allotting around three hours for sleep?
Sleeping on the couch is probably not a good idea unless your long term goal is to only sleep on the couch. Furthermore, if the couch helped you sleep, then you probably wouldn’t be here posting in this forum!
In addition, you mentioned that you are taking three-hour naps during the day. This is another behavior that is making it hard for you to sleep at night.
It doesn’t sound as though you have a sleep/wake disorder to me. It sounds as though you have chronic insomnia and that you are struggling with sleep because of the exact same perpetuating factors that other people with chronic insomnia often implement in a bid to improve their sleep but actually make the problem worse.
You sound like an ideal candidate for cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) and I strongly encourage you to look into it.
—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.
