[mazzy1]

Laura, what you wrote is remarkably similar to what I’ve been experiencing. While I’ve had some issues with sleep on and off for years, this summer I went on a three week trip that set off a wave of insomnia that affected my entire summer. I’m in graduate school, and the weeks leading up to the start of the new academic year were putting extra pressure on me, especially because I’d been assigned to teach a class at 8am, and I have to wake up at 5:30am to commute, which I’ve never had to do before. Over the summer I started to dabble in these more CBT/ACT approaches to dealing with insomnia, but I only recently found Martin’s website when I was panicking about having to wake up so early and was considering telling my university that I could not take on the class — this would have been a shame because it’s a particularly rewarding class to teach, and I would be giving up on very valuable professional experience out of fear. So, reading your post gives me a lot of hope that I can come through this with a new mindset. Last night I slept about 3 hours before having to wake up and drive to school, but I was surprised by how mostly normal I actually felt, even after the “worst thing” happened. So, I’m hopeful.

Thanks for sharing!

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