How Adam released himself from the prison cell he had built to protect him from insomnia (#40)

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Adam’s insomnia began the night before an important work presentation. After a really difficult night, Adam ended up calling in sick - and this planted a seed in his mind that told him that difficult nights would mean he couldn’t go through with important plans.
Safety behaviors such as canceling plans or avoiding activities in order to protect his sleep helped Adam feel a bit better in the short-term but over the long-term they were preventing him from living the kind of life he wanted to live.
In other words, his comfort zone became more like a prison.
In this episode, Adam shares how he learned to let go of his anxiety, his anger, his fear, and his intense desire to avoid nighttime wakefulness. He also talks about the benefits of self-kindness and how he managed to separate how he slept at night from his ability to engage in things that would help him live the kind of life he wanted to live and be the kind of person he wanted to be.
Today, Adam has released himself from that prison cell. He is living his life and sleeping a lot better!
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