Forum Replies Created
-
Posts
-
Hi Eric,
Outstanding news, thanks for sharing!
Scott
—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 Jacob!
Welcome to the forum! Can you tell us a bit more details about your current sleep? What time do you go to bed at night, get out of bed in the morning to start your day and how many hours of sleep, on average, do you achieve?
Middle of the night awakenings aren’t unusual, and in fact, most people have them when we transition from one sleep phase to the next. Having a strong sleep drive is also another component of remaining asleep during the night, which can be strengthen by more wakefulness during the daytime, eliminating napping, getting out of bed at the same time every morning, etc.
Scott J
—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 Kristina,
Thanks for sharing your success story and wonderful advice for others! As you mentioned, “KEEP GOING” and trust the process/techniques is important in achieving long term positive results. Glad to hear you’ve seen tremendous progress!
Scott J
—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.
Hey @SleepWorry,
Welcome to the forum! It can be difficult not to associate poor sleep one night with having a bad day the next day. What if I told you that you won the biggest lottery in history the day after achieving not much/any sleep? Do you still think it’d be a terrible day for you? Or, have you ever had a bad day after a good night’s sleep?
Typically, the best way to react to sleep disruption is not to react since our reactions are often unhelpful and can increase our anxiety about our sleep. As hard as it can be some days, I would encourage you to avoid the temptation to modify your days in response (canceling social events, going to bed earlier, daytime naps, etc).
Let’s take a look at your job concern from a mathematical perspective, which I’m hoping will reduce your job related stress:
Compare estimated # of poor nights of sleep with # of days where you actually didn’t do well at work. Let’s say you’ve had insomnia for 1 year, 4x/week = 208 “bad” nights of sleep for that year. The number of days of poor work performance in the past year = 25? So, 25/208 = 12% chance of doing poorly at work the day after a poor night of sleep. Those aren’t terrible odds and, yes, you might feel fatigued but chances are, you’re performing better than you think you are at work.What have you tried to help resolve your insomnia?
Hope that helps,
Scott J—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 @LDitri!
Those are definitely some major life events that occurred within a short period! As you mentioned, those types of life stressors can cause some sleep disruption but, typically, when the trigger that caused poor sleep is gone, the sleep returns to normal. It’s when our thoughts and behaviors towards our sleep change that perpetuates the issue.
@Hbhigg makes a couple of important mentions – if you’re looking for a proven, natural method of tackling your sleep disruption, you might find the CBT-I techniques and information in Martin’s course beneficial. Insomnia hasn’t been shown to cause any long term health deficiencies so if you’re able to manage the root cause of your thoughts, which CBT-I also addresses, I think you’ll find some relief.Hope that helps,
Scott J—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 Israt!
Welcome to the forum! You’re taking positive steps in the right direction by enrolling in Martin’s course and I’m sure you’ll find the information in Martin’s course and videos beneficial in improving your situation. Do you have questions about CBT-I or finding any part of it particularly difficult to implement? As someone who experienced insomnia and implemented CBT-I techniques to resolve my sleep issue, I might be able to provide some guidance.
Scott J
—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.
Hey @threadbare,
Welcome to the forum! I’m glad to hear your sleep has been improving! Sometimes our sleep drive isn’t as strong as it should be when we go to bed which can cause some night time wakefulness. What time do you go to bed and wake in the morning to start your day? It could be a transition from one sleep phase to another that you might be experiencing. Are you anxious or frustrated when you wake and are you able to fall back to sleep after a bit? What are you thinking about when you have middle of the night awakenings?
Scott J
—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.
Excellent advice, @sleepykieran! Thanks for posting about your continued success, it’s great to hear you’re still doing well.
Scott J
—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 Starry Night,
Welcome to the forum!
Your description is a common scenario for those suffering chronic insomnia – one bad night of sleep leads to sleep worry the following day and behavioral changes (daytime naps, going to bed early, etc) to accommodate for poor sleep the previous night. Worrying about sleep usually makes sleep more difficult and this can then lead to more worry! Rinse and repeat every day after that initial night of sleep disruption.
Naps diminish our sleep drive so it’s no surprise to hear that it took you a long time to fall to sleep that night. Typically, the best way to react to a couple of nights of poor sleep is not to react since our reactions are often not beneficial. I would encourage you to avoid the temptation to change your behaviors in response to a bad night.
Sleep is one of those rare things in life that doesn’t reward hard work. The more effort you put into getting a good night’s sleep, the harder sleep becomes. Since you’ve been reading about insomnia and it sounds like you’re open to exploring solutions, have you considered implementing the techniques of CBT-I? CBT-I techniques can be really helpful because they tackle the thoughts and behaviors that perpetuate sleep disruption, which you describe.
You also might find Martin’s video on sleep restriction, a powerful CBT-I tool, helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyd2x9-jmG0
Hope that helps,
Scott J—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 @Line
Wonderful success story and the tips you shared are splendid! You’re absolutely right though – patience and commitment to the program are keys to success. The other benefit of learning and implementing CBT-I techniques is that you’ll always have them in your back pocket to use if you experience poor sleep again, just as you did! Thanks for sharing your story with the rest of us!
Scott J
—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 @jgoode3,
Welcome to the forum!
It sounds like you’ve made a lot of progress recently by implementing CBT-I techniques and realizing that sleep medication is probably not the long term solution. If you experience another tough night of sleep, don’t beat yourself up. You’re taking a huge step forward toward helping yourself by implementing these techniques. You’re absolutely right – we don’t lose our ability to sleep just as we don’t lose our ability to breathe but it’s easy for us to forget that we used to sleep well when we have chronic insomnia. Since you’re exploring CBT-I now, do you have specific questions that we can assist with?
Scott J
—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 @SNP149,
Welcome to the forum!
Our sleep drive diminishes during the night as morning approaches which could be a reason for your wakefulness and you could also be experiencing a transition from one sleep phase to the next which can result in a brief awakening. How many hours of sleep are you achieving, on average, every night?
What’s the quality of your day following one of these nights?
Scott J
—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 @Hopeandfaith,
Welcome to the forum! I’m glad to hear that you’re continuing to go about your day normally, regardless of how you slept. Some people who experience sleep disruption will begin to change their behaviors in an effort to fix their sleep issue but sleep responds negatively to those efforts.
Everybody has brief awakenings during the night, which usually occur when you’re transitioning to the next sleep phase. For most, they aren’t disruptive but it’s those wake and respond negatively to the wakefulness by having anxious thoughts or becoming frustrated that can perpetuate the issue. Usually, the best way to react to a few difficult nights is not to react since our reactions aren’t helpful. When you wake in the middle of the night, do you find yourself anxious or relaxed?
Is your anxiety during the day and when you return from a night out due to your sleep issue or other life triggers?
Scott J
—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.
Hey Daniel – welcome to the forum! I was just about to respond to your post and realized you were able to find a helpful video from Martin. As Martin says, really there isn’t anything for you to adjust, just remember to continue getting out of bed at the same time each day.
Scott J
—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 @Kjs16,
Welcome to the forum and it’s great to hear you’re taking positive steps in resolving your sleep with CBT-I techniques. Stimulus control is a great technique for breaking the association between your bed and anxious wakefulness. When you wake during the night and aren’t able to fall asleep, do you have anxiety or remain relaxed/calm? If you don’t experience anxiety when you wake in the middle of the night, you can remain in bed as long as you don’t become frustrated or anxious.
The response times of those using CBT-I techniques will vary greatly from person-to-person because it depends on a lot of variables. If you remain committed to the techniques and have patience, as it sounds like you are, you’ll begin to see consistent results from them.
Keep that positive mindset as you continue implementing the techniques – you’re doing great KJS.
Hope that helps,
Scott J—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.
