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Edlung, I admire your courage!
For me, I feel like if I continue to show love and kindness to that part of me that works too hard to protect me and thank that part of me for all its hard work and give that part of me permission to take a break, then eventually I will struggle less and have more self love which seems to me will make everything work better. I am starting to believe that a lack of self love and gratitude is a big part of insomnia. It seems like “struggling” is just a way of fighting with myself and instead of fighting myself, I need to love myself. Funny I never realized I didn’t love myself, but with this course, I am discovering that I really never have.I am a retired nurse so if you don’t mind me saying, I would strongly suggest seeing your primary care physician to rule out any type of health issues. For example, cardiac issues which can cause swelling in the lower extremities. As these symptoms coincide with your insomnia, perhaps insomnia could be a result of a medical issue instead of the other way around? Anyway, best to check with your doc. Take care
After completing week 1 and learning about the problem solving part of the brain and the wise part of the brain and how they can affect our thoughts and feelings, I applied this knowledge which seemed to help. So, lying there thinking all these negative thoughts and then realizing that was my problem solving brain hard at work. I thanked it for all its hard work, but told it that it needed to take a well deserved break and let my wise brain step up and take some of the load. I told the problem solver to just relax and rest for a while and the wise brain will do the work while it takes a break. This seemed to help. I also can be very hard on myself and found this was a way to show kindness to myself by thanking that part of my brain and allowing it to relax and rest sometimes.
