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Welcome to the forum, Leanne. Congratulations on getting off the sleeping medication. How long ago did you quit the sleeping pills? What do you think is the main reason why you are struggling with sleep?
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It sounds as though you’ve found a good form of meditation that works well for you. Where did you find the extreme laziness session? I’m sure there are other members who might like to give it a try.
Since everyone finds value in different emails that I send, I would suggest reading through all of them and focussing on the ones that you feel will work best for you.
Good luck, and keep in touch!
—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.
From what you’ve written, it sounds as though your mind has associated the bed with wakefulness and sleep-related worry, Donna — and that’s probably why you find that you are able to sleep on the chair or couch, but struggle as soon as you get into bed. Are you able to sleep for long periods of time when you sleep in a place other than your bed/bedroom?
—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.
Although insomnia does become more common as we get older, we can’t say for sure that simply getting older is the cause of insomnia. Most cases of long-term insomnia are caused by the way we think about sleep and the behaviors we engage in that influence sleep.
Tell me more about your sleep. Describe a typical night for me. Why do you think you struggle with sleep (other than your age)?
—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, Debbe. Now you’ve found us you don’t need to suffer alone (or in silence). We’ve all got your back, OK?
Why do you think you struggle to fall asleep 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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Your experience is very common. Most cases of insomnia are triggered by a one-off event or a period of heightened stress. At this point, sleep becomes disrupted — and this is quite normal! However, what can then happen is that once the triggering event has passed we begin to pay a lot more attention to our sleep and even start to worry about it.
As soon as we pay too much attention to sleep and worry about it, we make it harder to sleep — and this makes us worry about sleep even more, making sleep even worse! Before you know it, you become consumed by a vicious circle of worry, stress, and anxiety about sleep and ever-worsening sleep.
The good news is these issues are usually addressed effectively using cognitive (thought-based) and behavioral (behavior-based) techniques, such as those used in courses based on CBT-I (such as my insomnia coaching course).
Have you looked into (or tried) CBT-I by any chance?
—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.
Hi Sara and congratulations on making the choice to improve your sleep! As you know, Insomnia Coach is the new version of what was once known as my advanced sleep training course. I can’t share details of others who are enrolling/have enrolled at the same time as you unless they choose to contribute to this topic — but I can share this older discussion post that has a couple of comments from past clients:
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It would be good if you could keep others updated with your progress (if you feel comfortable doing so)!
—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.
I hear you! Now you have found the insomnia forum, I hope you realize that you do not have to go through this alone. Do you know what triggered your insomnia? What is a typical night like for you?
—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.
Reading is a good option — just be sure to read a real book! Tablets, smartphones, and backlit e-readers might actually disrupt sleep.
Meditation is also a good option and it is quite normal for the mind to drift back to the fact you are awake and should be sleeping. When this happens, just recognize that it has happened and refocus on the body visualization or whatever technique you are practicing. These mental wanderings will become less frequent with practice.
What people tend not to realize is that relaxation is actually a skill — and, like with any other skill, mastery takes a good amount of practice!
—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 are lots of ways to improve sleep problems caused by worry any anxiety. Typically, you would start with cognitive and behavioral techniques which are specifically designed to address the thoughts and behaviors related to sleep that are often incorrect and/or inappropriate. When these thoughts and behaviors are corrected, anxiety falls and sleep improves. Have you looked into CBT-I? My insomnia coaching course used CBT-I techniques and clients (particularly those with high levels of anxiety related to sleep) get great results.
—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 your arousal system (think of this as the ‘fight or flight’ response) is getting activated at the time when you should be relaxing and ready for sleep. This is quite common among those with insomnia — and is often best addressed using cognitive and behavioral techniques like those used in my insomnia coaching program. Have you looked into CBT-I by any chance?
—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 Rob. Do you know what triggered your sleep issues? Can you describe 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.
How long have you been having these sleep issues, Donna? When you wake during the night, what do you think is stopping you from falling back 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.
I don’t normally recommend people restrict their sleep time to below around 5.5 hours. A limit of 4 hours is very aggressive so I am not surprised you struggled with that!
Do you typically feel sleepy and ready to sleep when you go to bed atound 10 or 10.30? When you wake during the night (which is completely normal, by the way), why do you think you find it hard to fall back 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.
Here’s another way of thinking about this. When you used to go to bed earlier in the night, did you fall asleep earlier in the night? I suspect you usually didn’t and that’s why you are trying to improve your sleep.
Delaying bedtime builds sleep pressure, which is a biological process. If you stick with it, you will get to the point where sleep pressure is so high, you will NOT be able to prevent sleep. In other words, your biological sleep drive will overpower your arousal system (which is likely the reason why you are struggling with sleep at present).
—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.
