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Naps might work for you and might not. If I get really sleepy I take me an afternoon nap, especially a 30 minute power nap or even an hour some times. I think everyone is different and you will have to give it a try. I am sure it is best to not take naps but I get so sleepy sometimes I have to and it has not bothered me at all. I go to bed same time and wake up same time. My hours are 12 until 6 and I rest until 7 am before I get up.
Thanks Martin Reed, you have given me things to think about. Finding other sources of peace. I guess you mean being grateful for sleep I am getting and other blessings in my life.
Thanks Bronte, yes I am glad my sleep is so much better and glad it was never as bad as some people have it on here. You had insomnia for 40 years, I had it for 2. There are people on here who cant sleep for days. One time but only one time I went for 3 days without sleep but then got on meds and/or benadryl to get me thru until I found Martin. I didnt work as hard as you thru the years, I mostly worked part time and I had 2 kids. I did work early hours and loved sleeping late on the weekends, yes it was kind of like a reward.
I woke up this morning with a good mindset, saying I am not complaining any more about waking up early, acceptance here. Also grateful I slept my 12 until 6 and not tossing and turning like I use to do. If I have to be a morning lark now it is what it is.
Thank you for replying. I can control the part about staying up late but cant control what time I get up. So I am beginning to accept this. I think I will have peace if I realize I cant control w hen I get up and am grateful I can sleep my 6 or 7 hours thanks to you Martin Reed!
I think a lot of it might be genetics. I enjoy the night time and this is getting complicated because I enjoy sleeping late in the mornings. I certainly get peace from other things, having a good marriage, retiring and having a home paid for and traveling some and love my gym and friends. I guess I need to look at what I have and not what I dont.
I guess I need you to make it simple for me. I guess if I cant wake up early there is nothing I can do about it so find peace in other things, is that what you mean?
Martin, I just feel so much peace sleeping in and love staying up late, I guess it is just I am a night owl and love being one. My husb loves getting up early and going to bed early. He would be miserable staying up late like I do.
I just know I am a night owl and love staying up late and sleeping late in the mornings. A lady in my neighborhood gets out and walks in the morning. That is not for me but I love to walk in the evenings. I guess it is just the way I am wired, my body clock.
Bronte, thanks so much for replying. I have read your other post these past 6 months and learned a lot from you. My goodness, 40 years of insomnia. I have only had it 2 years and it was terrible, before that I slept great. My husb could talk to me in the middle of the night and I could go right back to sleep. I slept really late in the mornings if I wanted to.
As far as medication I kept having to up the trazadone to work, I went on benadryl and it worked great at first then did not help me at all. It was easy to give it up because it was doing nothing for me. I did not want to keep taking more and more.
You know how I feel, retirement would be nice to sleep in but I am thankful I dont toss and turn all night and go back and forth from bed to the couch. Geez that was miserable. Maybe getting older is why we cant sleep the way we want but I sure could do it before getting insomnia 2 years ago. Oh well if I have to accept it, it is what it is. Martin Reed has helped me a lot. those doctors just want to put on you pills. I know I am not alone in this which helps with people who understand so thanks again.
Yes, I try to remember the successful nights. I remember pod cast #61 Bryan helped me with that. Insomnia is a miserable thing to deal with, it made me feel so awful as everyone knows!
I remember him saying that night sucked, next night be more likely to be a better one. No big deal, if it doesnt happen I will sleep again. Sleep will take a back seat to things that do matter. Living my life. Sleep always happens in the end. I go to bed and say goodnight, I will sleep 12 until 6. (still working on this) Now saying I will sleep 1 until 7. If I can not sleep, I will sleep eventually.
I use to be so scared I would never sleep again, afraid of a stroke or heart attack. I definitely catastrophized. Martin Reed encourages me at every podcast, you will sleep again. I have slept since April, which is 7 months, very seldom have a bad night thank goodness. The doctors just wanted me on meds like trazadone. I went on benadryl for a while, then it did not work any more so it was easy to give up. I have been known to take an ibuprofen but very seldom.
Thanks Robb, yes, you know how I feel. I have got back on track the last week thank goodness, but I am sure at times things happen and will upset me. I just have to remember everyone has bad times. Now if I could get my sleep schedule straightened out.
I am retired and would love to sleep late. I get up at 5am or 6am and would love for it to be 7am or 8am. I am trying to stay up a little later each night and see if that helps. I am seeing a small difference already. I sure am better than 2 years ago, Martin Reed is the only one who helped me.
Thank you so much for getting back to me. As you know this is a very scary thing. I also slept until 8 am this morning. I dont know why but I do know I have quit giving so much attention to my sleeping. Like you said sleep will come. Relaxing and letting sleep come and it will come if I just get a life and live it. I know now my response is what was making things bad. I would get so worked up over not sleeping and now I say sleep will come back and it always does. Thanks so much to Martin Reed and his replies that help so much as well as others on here. Sleep is coming back with my patience and almost as good as those benadryl. But with the pills I had to take more and more and then they didnt work at all.
the more we worry about sleep, the more difficult sleep becomes, and the more difficult sleep becomes, the more we worry. This is what Martin Reed says and it has sure been true in my case. I use to worry I would never sleep or I would have a heart attack or stroke if I did not sleep and this kept me from sleeping. Now I know I will sleep eventually which gives me much peace.
I have been sleeping since April and it amazes me. But what worked for me was not fearing that I would not sleep. I say this at night, I will live life and if I cant go to sleep I will sleep later. I use to be afraid I would have a stroke or heart attack if I didnt sleep after going 3 nights without sleep one time. Obsessing on this kept me from sleeping. I now say I have had enough sleep or this may be a icky night that sucks but sleep will come back and it always does.
I went two years worrying about sleep and now I took my power back. If I have a bad night of sleep I have one but the next night or the next day I make up for it. Martin Reed said you will have bad days and bad nights, this is life. So far I have not had many bad nights. If something was bothering me I woke up a few times. I now know all that worrying about sleep is what was keeping me up. I know now I will sleep eventually. It is like breathing, something you just do naturally. But you cant control it. I just know it will come back and I will sleep. I watch the videos also which have helped.
I am still amazed myself I have been sleeping. Doing nothing is what worked. I say if I dont sleep I will eventually. I sleep from 12 until 6 or 7 so I am happy with that. It is hard to believe worrying and trying to fix sleep made me not sleep. I listen to Martin’s videos which helped also. I felt so alone with this problem but now I see I am not. Yes, it was quick and I am so happy about that. Once I found I could sleep then I would sleep. It almost seems so simple. I am very thankful for Martin Reed. Once in a while I wont sleep as well but this rarely happens and I say oh well you will make up for it tomorrow and I do.
yes believer there are ups and downs just like life does to us, you understand. Martin telling me to do what matters. Well I did, I have been on vacation and had a wonderful time. I was worried about sleeping but it was not a problem. I did enjoy myself and did a lot of activities and when I went to bed I was exhausted. I went swimming and hiking and got into the hot tub at night and later went to bed and slept so so good. I guess I did not have time to worry I was having so much fun! I slept 6 hours a couple of nights and one night I slept 9 hours so I know sleep is possible.
I usually fall asleep on the couch which is probably not recommended but I am sleeping good. I wake up and go straight to bed or the bathroom and then to bed. I usually dont even know what time it is I am so sleepy so yes I guess that is called deep sleep. I sleep sound until the next morning, My sleep time is 12 until 6. But like I said I usually fall asleep on the couch earlier, about half hour to hour earlier. Anyway it seems like a miracle. I cant believe myself I am sleeping that good after 2 weeks of emails with Martin.
