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I went on a tangent from one of the free course days. It recommended mindfulness and I have been finding it’s starting to help.
I know from my reading awakenings are completely normal. Most people wake up a couple times ab hour they just don’t remember them. As insomniacs we are just more aware of them and stress about them. As for figuring out the exact amount of sleep you get I think that is counter productive. I went down that path too. Maybe just set your sleep window to something like 7 hours. Most normal sleepers overstate how much they sleep and get around this much. I wish you luck on solving this in the new year.
Not great advice here but just doing the best you can is good enough. My therapist told me if others can’t tell you are not performing at 100% it doesn’t matter. Anyway hope this helps.
I’m still working on this myself but I think a consistent wake time is more important. To set your wake up time use the time you usually actually sleep through a night but not less than 5.5 hours. Use the time you go to bed plus this time and you have your wake time. This should build sleep drive overtime. I’m still struggling with this myself ive been laying in bed past my wake up time. Good luck.
I struggle most days. The email course has helped a bit. What has helped most are the insomnia success stories podcast he has. Those seem to lower my anxiety.
Hey welcome im new around here too. I have used sleep with me too with some success. A few times now I’ve listened to Martin’s podcast (basically success stories of others) and this has put me to sleep too. Good luck on giving up the fight. I find this mindset has been helping me too.
