Hi coach Daniel. Can you please talk about “if I dont sleep I will lose my mind” fear. That is what causes me the biggest anxiety, fear and sleepless nights 😞
Hi, yes I’d say this is one of the most common concerns… but I’ve never ever heard of this happening anecdotally or in any case report. We can feel like we are losing our minds without this happening at all. And you this concern is so normal and typical that it shows we have a normal and typical mind 😊
I worried about this too. Therefore I took up logic puzzles as a hobby. Over time I found that my ability to solve those did not decline in any way. Those tiny moments of success eventually reassured me enough so that I could begin to reset my sleep. 😅
I literally went into insomnia, induced psychosis, and accidentally caught my house on fire so I fully believe you can lose your mind if you don't sleep. That's why this is such a struggle for me. I want to believe that I can sleep, but I have other medical conditions that say otherwise.
@onedarkfrill hang in there, rooting much for you. And you know, although of course how intense the experience is varies for all of us, we can all recall times in our lives when we thought/felt/acted very differently because some inner turmoil. But what your very lucid and insightful comment here highlights is that the fear on so many people’s mind “if I don’t sleep I will lose my mind forever” isn’t backed up by any evidence that can occur… but yes, very grateful for your input and rooting much for you
Thank you for this video! I never had insomnia until one night i experienced hypnogogic hallucinations which I'd then become aware of and wake immediately after. It went on for 48 hours of very little sleep. I found your channel videos about awareness and it finally allowed me an hour and half real sleep! It then improved but ill have very bad nights here and there. Or experience these bizarre things any night and fall asleep after. It is scary of course. I have experienced those strange hallucinations while drifting to sleep, hypnic jerks, awarness that strange sensation falling asleep and suddenly realizing it then wide awake again, waking every 1-3 hours, vivid dreams constant anytime i sleep even if for 15 min! I have had hyper sleep to and times im not quite sure if i slept or not. This is crazy to me, considering i slept fine up until these began suddenly one night. It caused me sleep anxiety and worry.. even though i can sleep fine many nights(7-8 hours) yet ill experience these issues and occasional bad night they wont let me sleep until 4am. Have you done any videos on hypnogogic hallucination? If so i havent found any. Would love to hear about it as its scary to experience. Another thing.. at times as i drift into sleep ill have nonsense thoughts that make no sense and i suddenly am aware of those thoughts, think "that doesnt make sense" and am awake again! Is this the same thing as hypnic awareness? I seriously have all the bizarre sleep symptoms except that i DO feel sleepy. Least i have that going for me.. but these disturbances cause me such anxiety and confusion. Can having all of these things that start randomly one night be linked to just hyperarousal? The key is really to just ignore them, befriend them and wakefullness? They make me feel crazy and affect my days as well since i dread bedtime.
I need help , not sleeping at all and having brain fog and not filling my leg sometimes , palpitations every day 24/7 deasy, fatigue,ringing in ears ,headache , everything bad , scared
Start watching the natto playlist on this channel! Keep following these teachings and watching these videos. Reading Daniel's book "This is Natto" also really helped me! I was in the same place as you. It's totally possible to go back to a peaceful state and get sleep...it just takes patience and education. 💛
This goes for sleep paralysis as well! The more you think about it during the day the more hyper aware you will be at night and more likely to cause sleep paralysis
So in short - we are to live life as if there is NO sleep issue enjoying life as if we had slept and just go to bed and leave it to well it will resolve maybe I’ll sleep tonight or not no big deal perhaps we don’t even think of that question which would be ideal. I agree this often works. I have had stressful events in which I don’t think about sleep and fall asleep because I wasn’t focused on sleep but the other stressor. It’s such an annoying thing But then there are days I don’t think of sleep and still find my self not sleeping with this “access energy I have” just unable to feel that sleepy heavy feeling. That energy is a lot and it’s like why? Could it be old trauma and issues survival stress that is coming out perhaps one has to befriend that stress and let it come out. Ask the “wolf” which is what I call it - I have given it that name because it’s cool and wants to protect. It’s got energy to fight and flight. So I ask the wolf why are you here? Sometimes I understand other times I just don’t and let it be
Hi Coach Daniel, I just found your channel and bought your book! I love it!! Weird question - I have to urinate frequently when I have a sleepless night, How do I fix this? What is going on? If I sleep well I have no problems.
I have only been watching these videos for a few weeks, and I say this without hyperbole, but they have changed my life dramatically. I have had a total shift in perspective from these teachings. The sheer simplicity of this approach (or lack of!) is profound in and of itself. For the first time in over a decade I get it. And what fascinates me the most is that knowledge is rarely enough to change behavior, but every once in a while something just "clicks" and you can change course with very little need to steer. Daniel, you are truly a genius. I am in the process of a career change to become a licensed mental health counselor, and I want to include sleep coaching in my practice. I would love to connect with you to tell my story and also discuss your certification program. Is there a way I can contact you directly?
This is such a wonderful comment to see just now 😊! Super happy this clarity has come through our way and you know, having you as a guest would be amazing + then we can also talk about the certification program. Send an email to Kathyrene, kathyrene@thesleepcoachschool.com and she will connect us. Best!!
Since the two past month i have had trouble to falling asleep! For one week i successfully slept good without any medication. But most days i was getting 0 sleep hours. My anxiety and stress levels was very high; I was relaxed and calmed but when i was about to drift off my heart bits was rising without amy reason. Yesterday i managed to sleep without any medication using one of your great skills "embrace wakefulness". I was so relaxed and calmed to do something i liked, so later sleep came. I slept for 4hours and obviously i was tired but i have a grreat feeling of success. Later in the evening i take an hour nap; this was a great feeling! Next night went to sleep and immediately slept (amazing progression). After 3 hours i woken up because of the heat! Then i tried to sleep again but the fear of fear to not get enough sleep kicked in! I tried to relax but nothing helped! In fact in my brain i was making credible scenarios like "and if i woke up again from the heat?", "what if the dogs outside barks and they woke you up?", "if i open the air-condition i may dissipate the heat but i create enough drying environment that will cause my mouth dry!". All of this scenarios has happened in the past, so these thoughts were credible but they are only thoughts and nithing else. In reality nothing of these happened at that time; so the environment was friendly to go to sleep but my thoughts about how may things go, created this anxiety setting and i failed into this loop! Is there any tip to use in order to get out of this loop and find my sleep again? Is it true that because i was so happy, relaxed and calmed because i found my sleep the other night, to have got so many expectations about the next night? Thank you in advance!
Hi! Look at words like successful, managed, failed - the show we have an idea we can control sleep and that we celebrate sleep/criticize not sleeping, which are reasons we have trouble sleeping. Without effort, celebrating, blaming ourselves - peaceful sleep happens by itself
I catch the moment when I fall asleep and that brings me back to being fully awake - and it can happen so many times during the night. is it abnormal ?
The strangest symptom i got was not being able to complete my yawns lol so frustrating we know how nice a yawn feels. Thinks its something to do with anxiety
How to stop or reduce morning cortisol skyrocketing? I had some insomnia issues, possibly general anxiety (I am a perfectionist, mildly introvert, I think I dont love myself well, always feeling I need to prove something etc). I have never had problems falling asleep, sleeping super well 4-5 , maybe 6 hrs until about 05:00-06:00 or so (my normal time to wake up for work is 07:00). ANd between 06:00 -07:00 I feel my heart thumping, racing thoughts about work, responsibilities, being good etc. Every day. I am generally OK, I understand I dont die, but this just makes waking up so less pleasant. So I "befriended" it, really, but it still is annoying, I am sure it has impact on hormones (less morning wood as cortisol goes against testosterone etc). Would love to wake up fresh and ""sleepy", not anxious. Hope to hear from you some good tips. And thank you for this channel, so many things are clearer now.
Hi gud afternoon couch Daniel...i have chronic insomnia for 16 yrs...and now is more worst..when i close my eyes to sleep somethings happen ...i saw people places like im dreaming..but when i wake up i found my self not sleeping and my eye bags becomes bigger...i dont know what happens to me..
Sir I want to know this one thing. I'm sleeping 4-5 hours in the afternoon and 1-2 hours at night, because I cannot sleep at night for 6-7 hours straight, is it okay to sleep like that for recovery process? Because my doctors are against it but this is the only natural way in which I can sleep.
Your never going to fix your sleep sticking to a crazy routine like that. Just stop being afraid of not sleeping doing a window and stick to it regardless of the night u had. Worked for me. Good luck youl get through this
Hi Coach Daniel, What do we do if we keep encountering the Houdini effect or adrenaline rushes over and over all night? Do we just stop trying to sleep at all and read or watch shows all night? Or is there ever a time to just lay our heads down? Thanks so much for your help!
Hi Zelle, It’s all about intent, anything we do that is intended to control it or make it stop signals that something off is going on and we become more jumpy! Anything we do that signals that is okay that these rushes and Houdini effect happens makes us less jumpy. Rooting for you!
@@thesleepcoachschool8192 my adrenaline rushes are nothing to do with my thoughts. I get myclonic jerks with my neck, shoulders, hands, feet, legs and also sudden rush of adrenaline in my abdomen and heart area.. I do not even think about anything and it just happens. Is there anyway I can have a 1-1 with you as I'm going through something really rough with regards to my insomnia
Hi coach Daniel. Can you please talk about “if I dont sleep I will lose my mind” fear. That is what causes me the biggest anxiety, fear and sleepless nights 😞
Hi, yes I’d say this is one of the most common concerns… but I’ve never ever heard of this happening anecdotally or in any case report. We can feel like we are losing our minds without this happening at all. And you this concern is so normal and typical that it shows we have a normal and typical mind 😊
I worried about this too. Therefore I took up logic puzzles as a hobby. Over time I found that my ability to solve those did not decline in any way. Those tiny moments of success eventually reassured me enough so that I could begin to reset my sleep. 😅
I literally went into insomnia, induced psychosis, and accidentally caught my house on fire so I fully believe you can lose your mind if you don't sleep. That's why this is such a struggle for me. I want to believe that I can sleep, but I have other medical conditions that say otherwise.
@onedarkfrill hang in there, rooting much for you. And you know, although of course how intense the experience is varies for all of us, we can all recall times in our lives when we thought/felt/acted very differently because some inner turmoil. But what your very lucid and insightful comment here highlights is that the fear on so many people’s mind “if I don’t sleep I will lose my mind forever” isn’t backed up by any evidence that can occur… but yes, very grateful for your input and rooting much for you
@@thesleepcoachschool8192 thank you. i'm trying to bounce back. it's just a lot of fear like you said
Thanks for another insightful video! Could this video possibly be added to hypnic jerks list as well?
Thank you for this video! I never had insomnia until one night i experienced hypnogogic hallucinations which I'd then become aware of and wake immediately after. It went on for 48 hours of very little sleep. I found your channel videos about awareness and it finally allowed me an hour and half real sleep! It then improved but ill have very bad nights here and there. Or experience these bizarre things any night and fall asleep after. It is scary of course. I have experienced those strange hallucinations while drifting to sleep, hypnic jerks, awarness that strange sensation falling asleep and suddenly realizing it then wide awake again, waking every 1-3 hours, vivid dreams constant anytime i sleep even if for 15 min! I have had hyper sleep to and times im not quite sure if i slept or not.
This is crazy to me, considering i slept fine up until these began suddenly one night. It caused me sleep anxiety and worry.. even though i can sleep fine many nights(7-8 hours) yet ill experience these issues and occasional bad night they wont let me sleep until 4am.
Have you done any videos on hypnogogic hallucination? If so i havent found any. Would love to hear about it as its scary to experience. Another thing.. at times as i drift into sleep ill have nonsense thoughts that make no sense and i suddenly am aware of those thoughts, think "that doesnt make sense" and am awake again! Is this the same thing as hypnic awareness?
I seriously have all the bizarre sleep symptoms except that i DO feel sleepy. Least i have that going for me.. but these disturbances cause me such anxiety and confusion. Can having all of these things that start randomly one night be linked to just hyperarousal? The key is really to just ignore them, befriend them and wakefullness? They make me feel crazy and affect my days as well since i dread bedtime.
Anytime! And yes, all kinds of experiences can show up at once when we are frazzled, rooting for you!?
I need help , not sleeping at all and having brain fog and not filling my leg sometimes , palpitations every day 24/7 deasy, fatigue,ringing in ears ,headache , everything bad , scared
Start watching the natto playlist on this channel! Keep following these teachings and watching these videos. Reading Daniel's book "This is Natto" also really helped me! I was in the same place as you. It's totally possible to go back to a peaceful state and get sleep...it just takes patience and education. 💛
This goes for sleep paralysis as well! The more you think about it during the day the more hyper aware you will be at night and more likely to cause sleep paralysis
Yes!
So in short - we are to live life as if there is NO sleep issue enjoying life as if we had slept and just go to bed and leave it to well it will resolve maybe I’ll sleep tonight or not no big deal perhaps we don’t even think of that question which would be ideal. I agree this often works. I have had stressful events in which I don’t think about sleep and fall asleep because I wasn’t focused on sleep but the other stressor. It’s such an annoying thing
But then there are days I don’t think of sleep and still find my self not sleeping with this “access energy I have” just unable to feel that sleepy heavy feeling. That energy is a lot and it’s like why? Could it be old trauma and issues survival stress that is coming out perhaps one has to befriend that stress and let it come out. Ask the “wolf” which is what I call it - I have given it that name because it’s cool and wants to protect. It’s got energy to fight and flight. So I ask the wolf why are you here? Sometimes I understand other times I just don’t and let it be
Hi Coach Daniel, I just found your channel and bought your book! I love it!! Weird question - I have to urinate frequently when I have a sleepless night, How do I fix this? What is going on? If I sleep well I have no problems.
So glad you’re here 😊! Check insomnia insight 416 - that I think has the answers
I have only been watching these videos for a few weeks, and I say this without hyperbole, but they have changed my life dramatically. I have had a total shift in perspective from these teachings. The sheer simplicity of this approach (or lack of!) is profound in and of itself. For the first time in over a decade I get it. And what fascinates me the most is that knowledge is rarely enough to change behavior, but every once in a while something just "clicks" and you can change course with very little need to steer. Daniel, you are truly a genius. I am in the process of a career change to become a licensed mental health counselor, and I want to include sleep coaching in my practice. I would love to connect with you to tell my story and also discuss your certification program. Is there a way I can contact you directly?
This is such a wonderful comment to see just now 😊! Super happy this clarity has come through our way and you know, having you as a guest would be amazing + then we can also talk about the certification program. Send an email to Kathyrene, kathyrene@thesleepcoachschool.com and she will connect us. Best!!
@@thesleepcoachschool8192 I will do that, thank you so much! I look forward to i! 🙂
Since the two past month i have had trouble to falling asleep! For one week i successfully slept good without any medication. But most days i was getting 0 sleep hours. My anxiety and stress levels was very high; I was relaxed and calmed but when i was about to drift off my heart bits was rising without amy reason.
Yesterday i managed to sleep without any medication using one of your great skills "embrace wakefulness". I was so relaxed and calmed to do something i liked, so later sleep came. I slept for 4hours and obviously i was tired but i have a grreat feeling of success. Later in the evening i take an hour nap; this was a great feeling! Next night went to sleep and immediately slept (amazing progression). After 3 hours i woken up because of the heat! Then i tried to sleep again but the fear of fear to not get enough sleep kicked in! I tried to relax but nothing helped! In fact in my brain i was making credible scenarios like "and if i woke up again from the heat?", "what if the dogs outside barks and they woke you up?", "if i open the air-condition i may dissipate the heat but i create enough drying environment that will cause my mouth dry!". All of this scenarios has happened in the past, so these thoughts were credible but they are only thoughts and nithing else.
In reality nothing of these happened at that time; so the environment was friendly to go to sleep but my thoughts about how may things go, created this anxiety setting and i failed into this loop! Is there any tip to use in order to get out of this loop and find my sleep again? Is it true that because i was so happy, relaxed and calmed because i found my sleep the other night, to have got so many expectations about the next night?
Thank you in advance!
Hi! Look at words like successful, managed, failed - the show we have an idea we can control sleep and that we celebrate sleep/criticize not sleeping, which are reasons we have trouble sleeping. Without effort, celebrating, blaming ourselves - peaceful sleep happens by itself
I catch the moment when I fall asleep and that brings me back to being fully awake - and it can happen so many times during the night. is it abnormal ?
This is so very common, check our playlist on Hypnic jerks and there’s much to learn there
@@thesleepcoachschool8192 I subscribed you your school - hopefully it will help
The strangest symptom i got was not being able to complete my yawns lol so frustrating we know how nice a yawn feels. Thinks its something to do with anxiety
How to stop or reduce morning cortisol skyrocketing? I had some insomnia issues, possibly general anxiety (I am a perfectionist, mildly introvert, I think I dont love myself well, always feeling I need to prove something etc). I have never had problems falling asleep, sleeping super well 4-5 , maybe 6 hrs until about 05:00-06:00 or so (my normal time to wake up for work is 07:00). ANd between 06:00 -07:00 I feel my heart thumping, racing thoughts about work, responsibilities, being good etc. Every day. I am generally OK, I understand I dont die, but this just makes waking up so less pleasant. So I "befriended" it, really, but it still is annoying, I am sure it has impact on hormones (less morning wood as cortisol goes against testosterone etc). Would love to wake up fresh and ""sleepy", not anxious. Hope to hear from you some good tips. And thank you for this channel, so many things are clearer now.
Hi gud afternoon couch Daniel...i have chronic insomnia for 16 yrs...and now is more worst..when i close my eyes to sleep somethings happen ...i saw people places like im dreaming..but when i wake up i found my self not sleeping and my eye bags becomes bigger...i dont know what happens to me..
Sir I want to know this one thing.
I'm sleeping 4-5 hours in the afternoon and 1-2 hours at night, because I cannot sleep at night for 6-7 hours straight, is it okay to sleep like that for recovery process? Because my doctors are against it but this is the only natural way in which I can sleep.
Your never going to fix your sleep sticking to a crazy routine like that. Just stop being afraid of not sleeping doing a window and stick to it regardless of the night u had. Worked for me. Good luck youl get through this
@@danh2310 thank you for your reply.
But what is a window could you please explain?
@@Sashasprings22 mine was 12pm -7am followed strict regardless of how bad the night was. No napping. Bed restriction basically.
@@danh2310 okay, thanks you saved a lot of my time. I'll make a sleep window today 🙂↕️
Hi Coach Daniel,
What do we do if we keep encountering the Houdini effect or adrenaline rushes over and over all night? Do we just stop trying to sleep at all and read or watch shows all night? Or is there ever a time to just lay our heads down? Thanks so much for your help!
Hi Zelle,
It’s all about intent, anything we do that is intended to control it or make it stop signals that something off is going on and we become more jumpy! Anything we do that signals that is okay that these rushes and Houdini effect happens makes us less jumpy. Rooting for you!
@@thesleepcoachschool8192 my adrenaline rushes are nothing to do with my thoughts. I get myclonic jerks with my neck, shoulders, hands, feet, legs and also sudden rush of adrenaline in my abdomen and heart area.. I do not even think about anything and it just happens.
Is there anyway I can have a 1-1 with you as I'm going through something really rough with regards to my insomnia
Can you givee some advice...and how can i buy books from you..
They are on Amazon!
Hi coach! Are there gonna be opportunities to send in questions where you guys answer them in a video, and or a live q&a of some sort?
Not in advance, but if you turn on notifications you’ll be pinged when we do a live qanda episode!
Another great video, Daniel. Iv experienced it all. I felt better hearing there were names for some of the things I was experiencing.