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Good on you for getting out of bed at the same time, even after difficult nights!
Some questions for you:
Having the fear that you won’t be sleepy is natural and normal. How do you respond to that fear?
How is lounging on the couch after a difficult night working for you?
What does accepting anxious thoughts and feelings mean to you? If you were able to accept them, what would be different?
It’s completely understandable that you have thoughts on pulling back on certain things until things get better. You said that’s the wrong attitude to have — why? Is this something you’ve tried to do before (do less of what matters)? If so, what did you learn from that?
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Thanks for sharing that even when it can feel difficult, you are still able to recall some good things from the day.
We aren’t looking for the absence of difficult stuff or trying to hide or run from the difficult stuff.
All we’re looking to do is expand our focus a little so we might get better at noticing some of the good stuff that can end up being hidden in the shadows of the difficult stuff.
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If you were able to do justice to the AWAKE exercise, what would be different?
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Thanks for sharing, Christianna! Acknowledging a thought is probably more accepting than trying to fight or avoid a thought — good on you for getting in so much practice! If this was working better, what would be different?
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Thanks for sharpen that you are noticing some progress, even at this very early stage of the course, Dejan!
That pattern of difficult nights and a better night can feel so frustrating and it’s completely out of your control since sleep cannot be controlled. Fortunately you can still control your actions so you get to choose how to respond to difficult nights as they are happening and after they happen.
It’s good to hear that you went out late with friends rather than staying at home in an effort to “protect” your sleep. I am sure that your experience with your friends will turn out to be far more life enriching and memorable compared to the experience you would have got from staying home!
It’s easy for the sleep window to become a fresh sleep effort — something we do in an effort to make a certain amount or type of sleep happen. And, as you know from experience, when we try to control sleep we are often more likely to struggle with it.
Really, the sleep window is there to help us move away from chasing after sleep — from going to bed earlier or staying in bed later in an attempt to make a certain amount or type of sleep happen.
Is there anything helpful here?
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First, I appreciate your willingness to explore that question with an open mind! For many of us, our first response to the question, “Why get rid of insomnia?” might be something along the lines of “Well, that’s obvious!” and then we might even start to experience feelings like anger! That response is understandable and it can make it harder to reflect and explore.
And, when we reflect and explore on this question, we have the opportunity to dig deeper. We might notice an opportunity to expand our focus and engage more in the world around us. To do more of what matters, even when insomnia is present.
It sounds as though you are continuing to practice what you are learning and are continuing to gain skill in experiencing sleep disruption and difficult thoughts and feelings with less struggle. It also sounds as though you are drawing on your existing strengths and experiences to help you continue moving forward. Thanks for sharing 🙂
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Thank you so much for sharing, Tim! It sounds as though you are really identifying with the course material and exploring it with an open and curious mind. I wish you all the best as you continue on your journey!
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It sounds as though there are some values in there! Here’s a list of values that might give you a starting point, Packer Fan (taken from the Week 4 content). Does this help?
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If getting out of bed will be difficult, might staying in bed be a possible alternative? What might you be able to do, in bed, that will help you practice and build skill in experiencing being awake with less struggle?
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I love it, Kevin! I am not a tightrope walker, but my guess is that they all experience thoughts related to “what if” — and yet, they get on the rope and keep moving forward, regardless!
If you haven’t seen it yet, the movie “The Walk” about Petit’s tightrope walk between the Twin Towers in the 70s is very good 🙂
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It sounds like your goal might be to eliminate or delete anxiety from your brain, Sriram — do I have that right?
If so, that’s totally understandable — anxiety doesn’t feel good and we can also see it as an obstacle to sleep (although perhaps our ongoing attempts to fight or avoid anxiety might be the bigger obstacle to sleep).
How is trying to permanently eliminate or delete anxiety working for you? Does your experience tell you that’s possible? Was there anything related to this in the course content for Week 2 that you found relevant or useful?
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Thanks for sharing and I appreciate your words of encouragement to others! Other than building sleep pressure, have you been practicing any other skills or made any other changes that you feel have been proving helpful?
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Thanks for updating us to share that your two weeks of commitments went surprisingly well — if you hadn’t have followed through with them, you wouldn’t have gained that evidence of your ability to do what matters, independently of sleep and your thoughts and feelings.
It sure sounds as though you’ve made progress when it comes to being kinder to yourself. You are practicing opening up to the presence of anxiety; you are acknowledging that it’s normal to experience anxiety; you aren’t blaming yourself for it showing up and you aren’t blaming yourself for difficult nights — as you said, sleep cannot be controlled!
I can also tell that you are practicing making space for difficult thoughts and feelings to come and go as they please — and that’s important if you want to move away from the endless and exhausting struggle that comes from trying to fight or avoid them!
Reframing the goal of going to bed as rest rather than sleep can often help, too — it can help you move away from any pressure you might put on yourself to make sleep happen.
Sorry to hear that you fell sick and have been ill. Your concern that sticking to your commitments might make you fall ill is understandable — and I don’t know of any evidence that has found insomnia to cause any such health issues.
I hope you are feeling better and continue to practice all these new skills you are exploring so you can continue to move closer to where you want to be 🙂
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Thanks for sharing. It sounds as though you are practicing experiencing wakefulness and the thoughts and feelings that can come with it with less resistance.
Are things feeling clearer when it comes to using your values to act in ways that matter to you each day?
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Thank you so much for sharing! It sounds as though you are noticing changes and improvements in response to the new skills you are practicing! I love how you related this to your experience of target panic in archery — that sounds very apt!
Your recognition that you can continue to learn and continue to change, even as an adult, is evidence of your growth mindset and will no doubt continue to help you as you continue on your journey!
—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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