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Hi Angelic

Firstly like Luke I too have l been sleeping much better than I was when started this thread in 2023 so please don’t stress! It 100% was sleep anxiety induced and like others have said things will get better once it fizzles out. For me the pendulum pattern lasted a few weeks before it got better, and then I started having patches of good sleep broken up by few rough nights. Last year I had a few weeks of sleep anxiety again after almost a year of good sleep, so I freaked out and went back to watching Martin and the sleep coach schools videos on YouTube just to help ease my mind, and eventually went back to sleeping normally again. Like Luke said try to go about your life as normally as you can, and you when show your anxiety that there’s nothing to be worried about because you can function even if you can’t sleep, your sleep will return eventually as your hyperarousal melts away. It won’t happen instantly and you will encounter speed bumps, but the more rough patches you go through the more you’ll realise that sleep will always return and eventually your subconscious mind will realise there’s truly nothing to be afraid of.

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Thanks for your reply Lozelise you have given me some reassurance. I’m so glad that you’re doing well now. I’m sure you’re right but right now I’m in the thick of it and it’s so hard to remain rational. I’m desperate to get even one hour on the days that I don’t sleep as even 30mins is better than ZERO. I think that’s why I haven’t been able to get any sleep at all on those days as I’ve been so desperate. I went on a holiday last week and was able to sleep everyday so I know I can sleep, just something has clicked in my brain.

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I’ve tried sleep restriction for a night where I restrict my l good night’s sleep to 6hours but the next day I felt so anxious the whole day and still wasn’t able to sleep the next night.

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