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I know when things happen or I am getting anxious when things happen and things are going to happen to upset us like doctor appointments, a flat tire, etc. I say well I probably wont sleep tonight but that is ok because my sleep will come back the next night and it does. I just dont expect to sleep good if something is going on. That is the way it was back when I slept good, I would still get anxious and not sleep as well on that night.
When I got insomnia and started to worry I would never sleep again that is when I had a rough time. All that worrying about never sleeping again was the problem. I cant expect to go thru life and never have any hard times. I use to think I would have a stroke or heart attack or something else bad if I didnt get my sleep. Since I dont have this attitude any more my sleep is so good. Who cares if I dont sleep good one night, I will get my sleep back, go on and enjoy life until my sleep gets really good again. I dont stop living any more.yes definitely do the 2 week free course. I use to feel like you, like I would have some kind of break down, stroke or heart attack. One time I went 3 days without sleep. I am not afraid of it now. You will sleep eventually. All that panic is what makes us not sleep. I finally got to the point of who cares and go on with life. I set my hours from 12 until 7 and go to bed. If I have a crappy night which rarely happens now I say that sucks but I probably will sleep tonight and I do. We might have a bad night just like we have a bad day sometimes.
It definitely was my response to my sleep problem that kept me all worked up. I listened to a lot of the podcast on here and that really helped. So many of us had the problem. It is so upsetting to think you may not sleep again but you will. Martin Reed told me this and it is so true.
well live and learn. I was scared to try something different and for good reason. I was awake all night, well most of it anyway. I have decided what I have been doing for the past year is just fine with me! I hate waking up early at 5 or 6am but it is sure better than last night. I took that nap in the afternoon, probably too long and then last night came and I was glad to not be tired at 9 oclock pm but then I could not get to sleep at all. It was one of those toss and turn nights, probably went to sleep around 4 or 5 this morning. It was miserable. I just could not get to sleep at all. But at least I did not take benadryl like I use to.
Anyway looks like 5 or 6 hours of sleep is the best I can do. I got a touch of the insomnia I had a couple years ago and dont want that again. I plan on getting back on track tonight, hopefully. When something works stay with it and it basically did. I just need to work on that attitude with getting up early and yes I think age has a lot to do with it. I have a busy day today and will power thru, that is what it is all about living not sleeping.
I am a high energy person which I guess is a good thing but maybe not so much in the sleep department. I have been thinking maybe this is all the sleep I need especially since I dont work any more and am not as tired. Getting older they say you wake up earlier and go to bed earlier. I have tried different hours but still wake up early. At least I can sleep now, 5 or 6 hours so that makes me happy. I also take a short nap which I enjoy and it seems to not affect my sleep if it is short. Yes this may be an age thing that I need to accept. I will have to work on my attitude about getting up early. Those morning larks seem to enjoy something about morning hours.
yes my body would love to do a 9 to 4. 4 oclock is like middle of the night to me. I have a friend who sleeps from 9 until 3. This makes me miserable. Yes I am a night owl, I love staying up watching Jimmy Fallon and late shows. I get so sleepy around 9 oclock so I take a nap. This way I can watch the late shows and stay up late which I enjoy.
This may be as good as it gets. I dont like waking up at 5am, sometimes I make it until 6am. Yes I hate going to bed early and I hate getting up early. I guess I want to be a teenager, stay up late and sleep late. Yes I am older now, 72 years old but I could sleep like this up until I got insomnia 2 years ago from some medicine I was taking.
The only thing I know to do is possibly take a shorter nap if I can to build up some sleep drive, maybe an alarm. At one time I could not even go to sleep, wired tired as they say but I can sleep now without tossing and turning. I may have to accept the 12 until 5. I know a lot of people have it worse. I sure had it worse 2 years ago with no sleep for 3 days at one time, that was horrible. Martin Reed really helped me.
That is me, I took the 2 week course and have been sleeping well ever since. I took it last April, yes a year and a month ago. Martin Reed got me past my fear of not sleeping and listening to his other pod casts and utube made such a difference and someone I could relate to like #61 Bryan. I had insomnia for 2 years before I came on here and now I am off benadryl. I kept having to take more and more of that stuff. It feels good to be off of it and know I will sleep.
I know I use to worry about not sleeping and then I could not go to sleep. Now I say well got to get to sleep, I will eventually and got to get up tomorrow and go to the gym, my volunteer work or whatever I have planned. I think a positive attitude helps, planning what I am going to do and assuming I will get to sleep so I can do these things. Sometimes I just say time to go to sleep and I do, shut my eyes and rest and go with whatever happens. It seems simple but when I started ruminating and worry that is when the sleep problem got worse. I need to do nothing and that is what works. Quit trying to fix it. You will sleep when you get tired and eat when you get hungry. Basically it is the same thing.
I think we can tell ourself stuff and actually believe it. I know when I got insomnia I told myself if I could not sleep I was going to have a stroke, heart attack, die. I worried about sleeping and then I didnt sleep. When Martin Reed said I will sleep eventually. My sleep drive would catch up and I would sleep. I think when we just go on with life and quit all that worrying we do fine. I know I have slept good for the past year thank goodness. I thought I would never sleep again after a 2 year struggle, taking benadryl. I dont take it now. I just got myself into a tizzy worrying when there was no need. I picked my hours to sleep 12-7 and that is about it.
Do what is best for you. I know some people have had insomnia for years, some of them says 20 years. I had two years of insomnia before I found the 2 week free course but what a difference it made. I learned to quit worrying about sleep and know now it wont kill me, just go on with life and sleep will come eventually. I also know I will have bad nights from time to time. Martin says we have bad days and we have bad nights. Thankfully I have not had many bad nights now for the past year. At one point I thought I would never sleep again but Martin let me know I am not alone and that yes I would sleep. If I dont sleep good one night, I dont get all crazy about it now, I know my sleep drive will catch up with me and I will sleep.
Dont you hate it when you have a bad night of sleep. It is like having a bad day, every thing going wrong. I guess we just have to not care. It does not do any good to care or worry about it. I know now sleep will come eventually and will come when ever it wants. I know this
sucks.I also know I have had just a few nights over the past year that were not good. But when I quit worrying about it I get back on track quickly. Like so much in life there is nothing we can do about it. We just go enjoy our life and if we sleep we sleep and if we dont, it will come back eventually. When we dont let sleep control us we get better. I am going to have a good life and just sleep when I can. I think it is still a miracle I have slept so well this past year after 2 years of hell tossing and turning.
johnb, yes if I cant change these early mornings wakeup, might as well find something positive about it. I can get a lot done in the mornings. But for the morning walk, that is not me. Evenings suit me just fine. I am sleeping all night and have been doing so for a good year now. I just dont worry about sleep now or not very often, maybe if I get aggravated or something. I just say I will sleep eventually. Thankful for sleep even though I cant sleep late.
forgo the 8 or 9 oclock nap, easier said than done. I get so so sleepy. The only way would be if I was active. But what to do at that time of night? Clean out closets or walk around I guess but no one wants to do that. I think it is just ACCEPTANCE. I know I cant get up and go to the couch and then back to bed, that does not work for me at all. But all is fine, if I get to sleep later that is good, if not I am happy to be sleeping the night, so many cant do that!
Jesseco, I think relaxing is good. That helps me a lot, I just say relax, I cant force myself to sleep and I usually relax from 5am until 6 or 7. I am not a teenager any more so I think those late mornings are a thing of the past.
I just have no control over if I am sleepy or not. I can relax but if I am not sleepy I cant sleep. I dont take a nap in the early evening, wish I could but not sleepy. I am just accepting I am waking up earlier than I want but it is what it is. I know a lot of people would be glad to sleep like I do now basically 12 until 7 am. That sure beats staying up all night and tossing and turning. Glad I dont do that now. I also feel good the next day so I know I have had enough sleep. Sometimes on the weekends I sleep until 8. I hate when I wake up at 5am but try to relax until 6 or 7.
I am thinking this is something I have to accept. I know I am a night owl but I get so sleepy about 8 or 9 pm and take a half hour nap. Then I can stay up and watch my favorite shows on tv and go to bed about 12 or 12:30. I do sleep very good now. I have been sleeping good for a year. I went 2 years with insomnia tossing and turning until I found Martin Reed.
I wake up at 5 or 6am, sometimes I can sleep until 7 or 8 but not very often. I am 72, retired and would love to sleep until 8 or 9 but am accepting my hours are 12 until 7, usually waking at 5 or 6 am. If any one has any suggestions on how to sleep late I would love to hear it. I have went to bed at 12 oclock, 1 oclock, even 2 oclock but it seems 6 am is about when I wake and there is nothing I can do about it!
I found that going to Martin Reeds videos and watching them really helped me a lot. Especially when he talks about being positive. Thinking about the nights that I did sleep good and knowing sleep drive always wins. I know I sleep so much better now but occasionally will have a bad night. This sucks but it is ok, I dont have to let sleep control me and make me have a bad day. Then when I go on with my life my sleep drive will let me sleep again, it always does.
I know I went back and listed to the daylight savings time video because I was thinking this will mess me up but No, he explains it is just an hour, it will work itself out. I think a positive mindset really helps. It is weird how the mind works.
