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Hi Magnus,
Like you, I was a very sensitive person and changes to the repetitive nature that I had built for myself, would not feel right but I have found that I am a tad OCD so that would affect my sleep. I go to bed a certain time and get up at a certain time, little variations to my schedule would throw my sleep off. Once I wake up, I am up. Does not matter what time it is, it’s 2am now, so you make the best of it and get some cleaning done or reply to someone going through something. You are just living your life a little more than a person that sleeps all the time lol. My wife is sleeping and she is not having the fun that I am having. I noticed that you said (These are things I wish I could do. Sometimes I do it anyway, but I quickly regret it because I have to experience sleepless nights again and again as a result. It’s sometimes very painful) You have already done the road work for doubt to feed your Insomnia, if I do this my sleep will be affected, will it or are you planting the seed to make sure it does? You are in your 20’s, you should be enjoying life, not worrying about, if you are going to get enough sleep. DON”T FEED THE BEAST ! with worry live your life !!!Hi Vic,
Glad your wife found this forum. I must have read the same information that you did about the lack of sleep. The sad thing about it, that it also makes sleep worse. I have got to sleep, or I will die. I currently have so many things to do before I go to sleep, that I never did before. I can see a lot of me in what you have posted, 3 days zero sleep will do a number on you. Please read the success stories, it will give you a lot of hope that this is a temporary thing. I can’t speak to if the program works as I am not a client yet.All the best
RobbChee,
Your statement makes so much sense.the most important thing to realize is nothing can help you sleep if you are still afraid of poor sleep. Will be beating that into my head.
Hi TurtleStamp,
Hope you are doing well; I have been trying to befriend wakefulness. as I have had a few rough nights. I took your advice and watch a lot of those YouTube videos of people that are sleeping a lot better, and it does give you hope as I tend to think that mine is the worst case. I think it’s about time I start making some progress and maybe get a little assistance like you suggested, just wanted to say thanks again for reaching out when you really didn’t have to. I have read your replies a few times just to make sure there was nothing a missed.Thank You !!!
Hi Alya11,
Sorry to hear what you’re going through, mine also started almost a year ago as well. I understand what you mean about the anxiety, which also came about because of the chronic insomnia, one kind of feeds the other. Dr put me on sleeping pills, which I sure you understand is not real sleep but also want to get off them, and get some normalcy back into my life. There is some very good information on the forum, also some great people willing to offer information on what helped them.That is fantastic !! I am so happy for you, enjoy the wonderful nights of sleep, I am not sure of the protocol so hopefully so can chime in
Thank you for the insight, I understand about feeling off and finally figured out that it was due to the anxiety. Never had any of the issues before until the anxiety kicked in because of not getting any sleep. It’s kind of funny, that before this I just went to sleep, when and where I wanted and now I have this ritual that I do before I go to bed, I watch the clock thinking that I have to do this or that before it time to go to bed. Thinking about this as I type, I know this adds to my bedtime anxiety so I need to stop and try the things that you have outlined so well!! I really like the part about researching sleep because that is exactly what I am doing, looking for that fix/cure.
Thank you !! I can see myself all over this and the way I currently look at sleep or the lack there of. I could really see myself in step 4 still to this day or night, should I say. I try to build sleep by not going to bed too early but I can feel myself getting worked up as it gets closer and then it seems my night is already planned. I am going to go back over what you posted and see if I can find some of those videos. I really do appreciate you taking time out of your day to help!
Hi Turtlestamp,
Thank you so much for your reply, like you, mine came on as well very quickly. Lost 3 people very dear to me in a very short time frame and sleep went out the window for a few days , this continued to the point that I was just in a daze. I did everything wrong, trying to force my self to sleep, which made it worse. Anxiety kicked in, spending every minute trying to find out what was wrong and how to fix it!As you can tell, has not worked out very well. Everything revolves around how to sleep, don’t go anywhere, because if I can sleep at home, how can I sleep somewhere else? I used to be able to sleep and the drop of a hat but that is not the case currently. I am not familiar with ACT? The CBT, I am still trying to figure out, like stopping the racing mind and being so tired but also wide
awake. I want to be like you again but currently seems so far away.I have read this series about 3 times, trying to pick out what I am doing wrong and it seems like a lot. Had another bad night and it’s been a few in a row, stayed in bed when it looks like I should have gotten up, mind racing getting me all worked up so there was no way , I was going to get any sleep looking back on it. I am trying too hard to find that elusive sleep that came so naturally before but looking at these stories, there is hope that one day, I can be telling my story
Hi Somnus and welcome
Like you, I have also been dealing with mine on my own and also for months. You will find a lot of great information here, along with people that have or are getting better. I am still a work in progress, have good nights and then a few setbacks, I am still trying to learn as all this is very new to me in regards what I am supposed to do during those bad nights.That makes more sense than what I was thinking, I always try block or push those thoughts away, which causes more anxiety, which leads to less sleep. I used to sleep so well but that has been a while, I hope that you are able to get some rest and keep seeing improvements!
Merry Christmas
