5th day of normal sleep in a row Daniel! Yesterday I came home very late and got stressed out for a minute that my sleep will be all messed up, but I really do not want to become a slave to my sleep schedule so I didn't care I stayed outside came home at around 3am and had 6 hours of refreshing sleep. My "didn't care mentality" solved everything. If I look back at times where I was all night laying awake in bed thinking that I'm seriously ill and that my insomnia is very severe... It all is silly to me now. The moment I let go, it all started to become normal again. All being said - thanks for your positivity and your videos, I really really enjoy your laid back explanation about everything that is sleep related rather than other "sleep specialists" telling us how sleep is extremely important and how we are damaging ourselves because we can not sleep. That is NOT a great attitude in my opinion because that only boosts the stress and worsens insomnia in individuals. Anyway, thank you and keep doing what you are doing. Your channel is going to grow for sure.
Daniel, I’m so glad to read this. Thanks so much for the encouragement and you know, I can tell you’ve seen things clearly. I’m sure like all of use you’ll have some nights of little sleep, but you won’t go back to the “silly” days!! Thanks soo much for sharing this, it means so much for the community to hear messages like this 🙏 Be well now and stay in touch!!
I am on my 4th day with little sleep. Have been struggling with insomnia for 8 years now. Have been taking pills for 4 of those years. Except that I have decided to stop taking pills. It's 4 days with no sleep and no pills. Arggg. Daniel, has the subscription gone up to almost 300 a month? Wow.
@@AleRicardezMindfulCities I didn't suffer from insomnia THAT long (even though I was a poor sleeper since 13 my insomnia was severe for only about a month and a half), but from my own personal experience I can say that the whole insomnia problem is mostly in your head and has psychological roots. All started for me with A LOT of stress and almost a mental breakdown after my semester and exams were finished, I've had some more problems which was in my head added up to that and + I have a severe case of health anxiety which became a sleep anxiety as time went by. Most of my day I was only thinking about my lack of sleep.. "Why do I do not sleep, what is wrong with me, sleep is important, I'm gonna damage my body if I don't sleep". These were my thoughts 90% of the day. I watched very scary stories related to sleep and read unnecessary blogs about how lack of sleep can damage your body which only added to my anxiety. I was sleeping only for 4-6 hours most of the day, felt horrendous, then I didn't sleep for 37 hrs and that day I went to my doctor, from that day I have met a neurologist, internist, psychologist, I even changed my previous doctor because I wanted to get some insight about my sleep. I was very scared that something in my brain got messed up and that is the reason for my lack of sleep. Added to that I've started experiencing a little bit of tremor, hypnic jerks, tinnitus and depression because I was crying multiple times throughout the day thinking that this sleeping habit of going for 4 hrs and then not sleeping at all is going to kill me. My doctor prescribed me Xanax which I took for 5 days and then I got off because I didn't want to get used to such medication even though it worked. This was one of my worst time of my life and I seriously thought about how my life is going to be messed up and that I'm not gonna be able to finish my college with this little sleep especially when I have to study a lot and have to travel between cities. But thank god all this happened to me on my summer vacation so I had time to start solving the problem. Then I found Daniel's channel, looked through his videos, commented on some of his videos and I was very surprised how laid back he was and how everything he preached hit right in my heart. I was experiencing almost everything he talked about in his videos. I thought my insomnia is severe and rare (especially when I had 0 sleep in night - I always thought that insomnia do happen but that it doesn't necessarily cause 0 sleep... Ooh I was wrong 😁) I've read throughout the comments here on his channel, on reddit and I found that insomnia is SO COMMON. But nevertheless I found strength again and stopped giving up and started to fight against my insomnia. And when I say fight against it - > it really means just completely letting go! My psychologist/therapist told me: "Sleep is not your mission, sleep is something you should enjoy and not look at it like it is your objective." this helped a lot too. So, I've started to go to bed atleast relaxed, if I don't sleep much? Then I do not sleep much. If I feel tired? Okay then I close my eyes and I atleast relax. Everytime I did this" I'm just gonna relax" I felt asleep. But everytime I laid in my bed saying to myself "Oh my god I need sleep, oh my god I have to sleep." I didn't sleep at all 😅 or just a very little. I even stopped taking sleep as something that should enslave me. At first I was anxious when I was hanging out in the city till morning hours that If I come back home I'm done.. That if I come back home at around 3am I'm gonna sleep for 4 hours (I usually wake up around 7-9 even when I got to sleep very late) and my day is gonna be messed up. In reality, it really wasn't. I went to my bed, was watching a tv series for a little bit. When I started to yawn I turned off my tv and told myself, okay I'm gonna atleast TRY to sleep. And I slept 😊. As Daniel said, even today I have some anxiety back in my head that messes up my thought process and I start to think "Oh boy I hope that this does not happen again, Oh boy I hope my insomnia doesn't come back" and so far it did not. Yesterday I slept for 8 hours and 40 minutes. No xanax, no hypnotics. Only magnesium and a pill of melatonin (just for the sake of my doctors advice even though I do not think that these tablets work wonders for sleep). All I want to say is that your sleep will come back to normal. 4 years is hell of a long time, but maybe you just need to understand that you are a little bit worse sleeper than others in your surroundings and start enjoying life anyway. Stop worrying about sleep in general. And I also highly recommend tapering off your medicine. Not going cold turkey because If you took sleep pills for 4 years you can experience a rebound phenomenon which means that you stopping those pills are exactly what worsened your sleep.
Hi Ale, sorry to hear about this struggle but glad you’re in touch. I want to share some thoughts on rebound insomnia that I hope can help. Yes BedTyme is $249.99 now, but the Insomnia immunity program is $139 and you know, all the content here is free + try to share as much as possible here and answer questions so that you don’t have to pay anything! Speaking of which, hope this below can help! - When you’re not taking medication then you are of course aware of that. And when you are aware of this, then you often wonder if you’re going to sleep or not. You wonder if you should maybe take half of it. You wonder if maybe you’re not gonna sleep at all for a long period of time. It is really this worrying and this preoccupation that makes you have trouble sleeping when you stop taking a certain medication! Sure, the absence of a chemical in the system can cause some excitement in the nervous system that it formerly was sedating, but that isn’t the main resoun for rebound insomnia - the main reason rebound insomnia happens is the worry and preoccupation that comes from knowing that you’re not taking the medication! Being aware of this can really help. And when you haven’t taken the medication for a while, and sleep comes back (which it always does!) you see that it was your body producing sleep all along! - Hang in there an let us know how things go!
Hi coach, I just want to say I have been watching and binging your channel all day everyday . It has helped me with my anxiety and learning so much about insomnia alone is helpful.. I’m still struggling with my sleep but there has been improvements,, the hardest thing for me is to stop checking the time… I will get about 5-6 hours a night but I am waking up every 2 hours or 3 hours and then I’m increments so my sleep is in fragments. It feels like I’m in a different level of insomnia which is crazy to think of it this way,, it’s like a game and once you are done with the first level, you move on to the next, and then finish that level , well it’s clear to me that this may be the healing process of insomnia.. the first is always the “trigger night” then it’s the “sleep anxiety/hyper arousal” which keeps you up at all times of the night and sometimes all night. Then comes the “ knowledge “ which allows the arousal part to come down just enough for you to get a few or a couple hours of sleep and then you slowly fall asleep faster but enter the level of “not staying asleep” (this is the level I’m in) while in this level I do find myself less anxious an able to enjoy my day a little more then before and not let sleep completely consume my every thought. I know this is a lot of information but I did want to ask, any advice on how to gently stop looking at the time at night ? I tell myself I shouldn’t so o basically know this, but at night my brain automatically does it lol… I’m currently 3 months into my journey
Hi Jennifer, I’m so glad you found the channel and that it has been helpful. Coach Alina actually often talks how it’s like a game, like a computer game where there is a boss that we have to get past once we have completed a certain level, but then there’s just the next level. And in someway, we have to start by playing the game, we have to start learning before we see that there’s nothing to learn. Then when we no longer play the game, when we abandon it, that’s when we find peace. Speaking of which, we can actually turn checking the time in to self exploration. This is how we turn knowing the time into something that can actually help: Instead of the automatic reaction which is to calculate and do sleep math and become engaged in this, we can simply take note of your thoughts and observe them. “Aha, when I saw the time I started calculating, this means my brain is still trying to have some control”. “Aha, when I saw the time felt palpitations, this means there’s still some fear of being awake.” “Aha, when I saw what time it is I didn’t really respond to this, there wasn’t any anxiety or calculating, this means the brain is starting to understand that there’s nothing to be afraid of.” So we can turn learning the time into learning about ourselves in this way. And whatever leads us to be observers rather than participants in a struggle, it automatically leads to more peace.
I have a terrible fear of not being able to sleep if I get sick. I’m scared that my hyper arousal will just keep me awake and then I will die from whatever sickness it is that I have, since I never slept… This fear has been completely debilitating me… can you tell me something reassuring to remind myself when i worry about this? Thank you!
Sorry to hear this but, glad you found our little ecosystem. It can often help to know that even though fear makes us feel very very uncomfortable and unsafe, it’s perfectly safe to feel scared… this way we no longer try to become unscared, which teaches us that hyperarousal/fear/wakefulness are nothing that requires a fear response… hang in there and let us know how things go.
Can I get over an illness like the flu or covid if I’m dealing with insomnia? I am really scared whenever I get sick that I’m not going to be able to heal from the illness because I can’t sleep. So then I put more pressure on myself to sleep so I can get better and then haven’t even harder time sleeping.. sorry I just have so much anxiety and really need reassurance
@Idyllicacrylix you know, I’ve heard so many times from people in our community that they slept easier when they were sick, sometimes just because of distraction, sometimes because now the pressure to sleep to not get sick was gone… oh and imagine, there are so so many people all over the world with insomnia, if they couldn’t recover from a cold, we would know. Hang in there
I love how you are up beat but I’m just beat…worked all night and it is almost four pm still no sleep. I just want to have this over…I’m am trying to be NATTO but I am tired and my brain won’t give in.
Hang in there C&C… you know how the brain fights back when we push it… it’s tricky but if we give it space and freedom, it feels safe, it no longer feels like warning us and things get more peaceful. Let us know how things go…
Hey there! Thanks for sharing your experience. Just a quick heads-up: we're hosting live Q&A sessions most weeks and we'd love for you to join us! It's a great chance to ask questions, share insights, and connect with others in the community.
Hi Daniel, I hope you are really really well!...................Yesterday I decided to tune in again on your channel, because I didn't watch your videos for about 2 months I think, not because I don't like them, haha, no, but only because I tried to forget it, after I set it....................So in a nutshell, I slept better for a while, not perfect, but you know, it was better with less hyperarausel...........................Now during about 2 weeks I have kind of a relapse and I don't know the reason, maybe it is because I bought a puppy dog, and I don't want to wake him up when I get out of bed in the middle of the night...............It is like I have the feeling I suddenly forget everything of your lessons, so I began to watch again......Is this normal?...................The raging thoughts are back, the thoughts that are so difficult to explain,..........;It is like short instant thoughts attacking like piranhas and not stopping........I am awake, the instant moment I close my eyes, they start attacking,(even still awake),...I open my eyes and they stop, close my eyes and there they are again.............I try to talk and ease my mind and try to listen to it by saying,:" I am safe, this is not useful now, it is ok, it will stop eventually"......but my brain simply doesn't get it.......I try just to observe my thoughts, like with meditation, but they are too strong!.......What do I wong and what do I need to do.?... Is this pure hyperarausel ?( I hope it is, because then I know the cause), and do I need to do a reset then by getting up for instance, or is my brain damaged, or do I have a menthal illness?.......I ask you this a bit with a smile, but still I am serious.......All the best Daniel, and again, thanks so much!!! Filip(Belgium) ......Maybe I can send this to open class too, for me it is the same how you answer-))
Hi Filip! Nice hearing from you although of course sorry to hear about this speed bump. You know what, tune in to the open class from yesterday and listen to Jenn, she had a speed bump after getting a puppy! I saw you sent this to Open class so will reply at length soon. Oh and there’s also a playlist on speed bumps in the description. Best!
Hi Flip!! This is my EXACT experience right now. I was sleeping great and now am experiencing a setback and felt like I had forgotten so much because I hadn’t needed it. Lol question: I’m having the same issue with closing my eyes for sleep and the thoughts are just So strong and constant! Just as you described do well. May I ask, what worked for you? I
Hi Daniel I have a question about checking the time as well . I’ve been struggling for about a month now with waking up in the middle of the night with hyper arousal. I’m trying to make being awake my friend and simply just turning on a tv show I like but my boyfriend simply can not sleep with the tv so this means I have to go to my phone to turn on the show I like which obviously leads me to seeing the time do you suggest I go into another room and just watch tv in there? Seems like a funny question I even considered covering my time with tape but to me that seems like an effort.
Hi! Sometimes it can be helpful to use the time for self exploration. When you know you’ll see the time, just taking note of the thoughts and emotions that come and going “aha, that made me scared”, “aha, not much reaction I’m not so scared anymore”. Being outside the struggle helps much
Dunno if this helps but I heard one interview subject on this channel say she places a bit of tape over the time display on her device. Would that work for you…? I myself am thinking of giving electrical tape a try. Or duct tape, whatever… 🤔
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5th day of normal sleep in a row Daniel! Yesterday I came home very late and got stressed out for a minute that my sleep will be all messed up, but I really do not want to become a slave to my sleep schedule so I didn't care I stayed outside came home at around 3am and had 6 hours of refreshing sleep. My "didn't care mentality" solved everything. If I look back at times where I was all night laying awake in bed thinking that I'm seriously ill and that my insomnia is very severe... It all is silly to me now. The moment I let go, it all started to become normal again. All being said - thanks for your positivity and your videos, I really really enjoy your laid back explanation about everything that is sleep related rather than other "sleep specialists" telling us how sleep is extremely important and how we are damaging ourselves because we can not sleep. That is NOT a great attitude in my opinion because that only boosts the stress and worsens insomnia in individuals. Anyway, thank you and keep doing what you are doing. Your channel is going to grow for sure.
I agree to that!
Daniel, I’m so glad to read this. Thanks so much for the encouragement and you know, I can tell you’ve seen things clearly. I’m sure like all of use you’ll have some nights of little sleep, but you won’t go back to the “silly” days!!
Thanks soo much for sharing this, it means so much for the community to hear messages like this 🙏
Be well now and stay in touch!!
I am on my 4th day with little sleep. Have been struggling with insomnia for 8 years now. Have been taking pills for 4 of those years. Except that I have decided to stop taking pills. It's 4 days with no sleep and no pills. Arggg. Daniel, has the subscription gone up to almost 300 a month? Wow.
@@AleRicardezMindfulCities I didn't suffer from insomnia THAT long (even though I was a poor sleeper since 13 my insomnia was severe for only about a month and a half), but from my own personal experience I can say that the whole insomnia problem is mostly in your head and has psychological roots. All started for me with A LOT of stress and almost a mental breakdown after my semester and exams were finished, I've had some more problems which was in my head added up to that and + I have a severe case of health anxiety which became a sleep anxiety as time went by. Most of my day I was only thinking about my lack of sleep.. "Why do I do not sleep, what is wrong with me, sleep is important, I'm gonna damage my body if I don't sleep". These were my thoughts 90% of the day. I watched very scary stories related to sleep and read unnecessary blogs about how lack of sleep can damage your body which only added to my anxiety. I was sleeping only for 4-6 hours most of the day, felt horrendous, then I didn't sleep for 37 hrs and that day I went to my doctor, from that day I have met a neurologist, internist, psychologist, I even changed my previous doctor because I wanted to get some insight about my sleep. I was very scared that something in my brain got messed up and that is the reason for my lack of sleep. Added to that I've started experiencing a little bit of tremor, hypnic jerks, tinnitus and depression because I was crying multiple times throughout the day thinking that this sleeping habit of going for 4 hrs and then not sleeping at all is going to kill me. My doctor prescribed me Xanax which I took for 5 days and then I got off because I didn't want to get used to such medication even though it worked. This was one of my worst time of my life and I seriously thought about how my life is going to be messed up and that I'm not gonna be able to finish my college with this little sleep especially when I have to study a lot and have to travel between cities. But thank god all this happened to me on my summer vacation so I had time to start solving the problem.
Then I found Daniel's channel, looked through his videos, commented on some of his videos and I was very surprised how laid back he was and how everything he preached hit right in my heart. I was experiencing almost everything he talked about in his videos. I thought my insomnia is severe and rare (especially when I had 0 sleep in night - I always thought that insomnia do happen but that it doesn't necessarily cause 0 sleep... Ooh I was wrong 😁) I've read throughout the comments here on his channel, on reddit and I found that insomnia is SO COMMON. But nevertheless I found strength again and stopped giving up and started to fight against my insomnia. And when I say fight against it - > it really means just completely letting go! My psychologist/therapist told me: "Sleep is not your mission, sleep is something you should enjoy and not look at it like it is your objective." this helped a lot too. So, I've started to go to bed atleast relaxed, if I don't sleep much? Then I do not sleep much. If I feel tired? Okay then I close my eyes and I atleast relax. Everytime I did this" I'm just gonna relax" I felt asleep. But everytime I laid in my bed saying to myself "Oh my god I need sleep, oh my god I have to sleep." I didn't sleep at all 😅 or just a very little. I even stopped taking sleep as something that should enslave me. At first I was anxious when I was hanging out in the city till morning hours that If I come back home I'm done.. That if I come back home at around 3am I'm gonna sleep for 4 hours (I usually wake up around 7-9 even when I got to sleep very late) and my day is gonna be messed up. In reality, it really wasn't. I went to my bed, was watching a tv series for a little bit. When I started to yawn I turned off my tv and told myself, okay I'm gonna atleast TRY to sleep. And I slept 😊. As Daniel said, even today I have some anxiety back in my head that messes up my thought process and I start to think "Oh boy I hope that this does not happen again, Oh boy I hope my insomnia doesn't come back" and so far it did not. Yesterday I slept for 8 hours and 40 minutes. No xanax, no hypnotics. Only magnesium and a pill of melatonin (just for the sake of my doctors advice even though I do not think that these tablets work wonders for sleep).
All I want to say is that your sleep will come back to normal. 4 years is hell of a long time, but maybe you just need to understand that you are a little bit worse sleeper than others in your surroundings and start enjoying life anyway. Stop worrying about sleep in general. And I also highly recommend tapering off your medicine. Not going cold turkey because If you took sleep pills for 4 years you can experience a rebound phenomenon which means that you stopping those pills are exactly what worsened your sleep.
Hi Ale, sorry to hear about this struggle but glad you’re in touch. I want to share some thoughts on rebound insomnia that I hope can help.
Yes BedTyme is $249.99 now, but the Insomnia immunity program is $139 and you know, all the content here is free + try to share as much as possible here and answer questions so that you don’t have to pay anything!
Speaking of which, hope this below can help!
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When you’re not taking medication then you are of course aware of that. And when you are aware of this, then you often wonder if you’re going to sleep or not. You wonder if you should maybe take half of it. You wonder if maybe you’re not gonna sleep at all for a long period of time.
It is really this worrying and this preoccupation that makes you have trouble sleeping when you stop taking a certain medication!
Sure, the absence of a chemical in the system can cause some excitement in the nervous system that it formerly was sedating, but that isn’t the main resoun for rebound insomnia - the main reason rebound insomnia happens is the worry and preoccupation that comes from knowing that you’re not taking the medication!
Being aware of this can really help. And when you haven’t taken the medication for a while, and sleep comes back (which it always does!) you see that it was your body producing sleep all along!
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Hang in there an let us know how things go!
I think so much of what you say can be applied to many areas of life!!! These teachings have helped me in more areas than just my insomnia!!
This is so so wonderful to hear 🙂 and I believe it. It’s really the same truths we find in many teachings, the universal truths!
Glad I have finally found you. Hoping to learn from you. Xxx
So glad you found our little ecosystem 😊 and rooting for you!
Overall the most helpful video yet! Absolutely love this one!!!!
Sooo glad you found it 😊!!!!
Hi coach, I just want to say I have been watching and binging your channel all day everyday . It has helped me with my anxiety and learning so much about insomnia alone is helpful.. I’m still struggling with my sleep but there has been improvements,, the hardest thing for me is to stop checking the time… I will get about 5-6 hours a night but I am waking up every 2 hours or 3 hours and then I’m increments so my sleep is in fragments. It feels like I’m in a different level of insomnia which is crazy to think of it this way,, it’s like a game and once you are done with the first level, you move on to the next, and then finish that level , well it’s clear to me that this may be the healing process of insomnia.. the first is always the “trigger night” then it’s the “sleep anxiety/hyper arousal” which keeps you up at all times of the night and sometimes all night. Then comes the “ knowledge “ which allows the arousal part to come down just enough for you to get a few or a couple hours of sleep and then you slowly fall asleep faster but enter the level of “not staying asleep” (this is the level I’m in) while in this level I do find myself less anxious an able to enjoy my day a little more then before and not let sleep completely consume my every thought. I know this is a lot of information but I did want to ask, any advice on how to gently stop looking at the time at night ? I tell myself I shouldn’t so o basically know this, but at night my brain automatically does it lol… I’m currently 3 months into my journey
Hi Jennifer,
I’m so glad you found the channel and that it has been helpful. Coach Alina actually often talks how it’s like a game, like a computer game where there is a boss that we have to get past once we have completed a certain level, but then there’s just the next level.
And in someway, we have to start by playing the game, we have to start learning before we see that there’s nothing to learn. Then when we no longer play the game, when we abandon it, that’s when we find peace.
Speaking of which, we can actually turn checking the time in to self exploration.
This is how we turn knowing the time into something that can actually help: Instead of the automatic reaction which is to calculate and do sleep math and become engaged in this, we can simply take note of your thoughts and observe them.
“Aha, when I saw the time I started calculating, this means my brain is still trying to have some control”.
“Aha, when I saw the time felt palpitations, this means there’s still some fear of being awake.”
“Aha, when I saw what time it is I didn’t really respond to this, there wasn’t any anxiety or calculating, this means the brain is starting to understand that there’s nothing to be afraid of.”
So we can turn learning the time into learning about ourselves in this way. And whatever leads us to be observers rather than participants in a struggle, it automatically leads to more peace.
@@thesleepcoachschool8192 thanks so much .
Anytime 🙂
You’re the best Daniel
🤗
Well said
😊🙏
I have a terrible fear of not being able to sleep if I get sick. I’m scared that my hyper arousal will just keep me awake and then I will die from whatever sickness it is that I have, since I never slept… This fear has been completely debilitating me… can you tell me something reassuring to remind myself when i worry about this? Thank you!
Sorry to hear this but, glad you found our little ecosystem. It can often help to know that even though fear makes us feel very very uncomfortable and unsafe, it’s perfectly safe to feel scared… this way we no longer try to become unscared, which teaches us that hyperarousal/fear/wakefulness are nothing that requires a fear response… hang in there and let us know how things go.
Can I get over an illness like the flu or covid if I’m dealing with insomnia? I am really scared whenever I get sick that I’m not going to be able to heal from the illness because I can’t sleep. So then I put more pressure on myself to sleep so I can get better and then haven’t even harder time sleeping.. sorry I just have so much anxiety and really need reassurance
@Idyllicacrylix you know, I’ve heard so many times from people in our community that they slept easier when they were sick, sometimes just because of distraction, sometimes because now the pressure to sleep to not get sick was gone… oh and imagine, there are so so many people all over the world with insomnia, if they couldn’t recover from a cold, we would know. Hang in there
@@thesleepcoachschool8192 thank you so much for taking the time to reply! That really helps to hear.
I dunno if this helps but I tell myself I have bigger fish to fry. 🐠
I love how you are up beat but I’m just beat…worked all night and it is almost four pm still no sleep. I just want to have this over…I’m am trying to be NATTO but I am tired and my brain won’t give in.
Hang in there C&C… you know how the brain fights back when we push it… it’s tricky but if we give it space and freedom, it feels safe, it no longer feels like warning us and things get more peaceful. Let us know how things go…
You are not alone! I too am still obstinately “ATTO”. Is “ATTO even an acronym…? 🤔
Whenever i am on the bed my thoughts pop up Infront of me sudden and i am not able to control it what to do ? Please give me suggestions
Hey there! Thanks for sharing your experience. Just a quick heads-up: we're hosting live Q&A sessions most weeks and we'd love for you to join us! It's a great chance to ask questions, share insights, and connect with others in the community.
Eliza’s experience of every-other-night of some sleep sounds all too familiar. I hope she has found relief by now.😢
Hi Daniel, I hope you are really really well!...................Yesterday I decided to tune in again on your channel, because I didn't watch your videos for about 2 months I think, not because I don't like them, haha, no, but only because I tried to forget it, after I set it....................So in a nutshell, I slept better for a while, not perfect, but you know, it was better with less hyperarausel...........................Now during about 2 weeks I have kind of a relapse and I don't know the reason, maybe it is because I bought a puppy dog, and I don't want to wake him up when I get out of bed in the middle of the night...............It is like I have the feeling I suddenly forget everything of your lessons, so I began to watch again......Is this normal?...................The raging thoughts are back, the thoughts that are so difficult to explain,..........;It is like short instant thoughts attacking like piranhas and not stopping........I am awake, the instant moment I close my eyes, they start attacking,(even still awake),...I open my eyes and they stop, close my eyes and there they are again.............I try to talk and ease my mind and try to listen to it by saying,:" I am safe, this is not useful now, it is ok, it will stop eventually"......but my brain simply doesn't get it.......I try just to observe my thoughts, like with meditation, but they are too strong!.......What do I wong and what do I need to do.?... Is this pure hyperarausel ?( I hope it is, because then I know the cause), and do I need to do a reset then by getting up for instance, or is my brain damaged, or do I have a menthal illness?.......I ask you this a bit with a smile, but still I am serious.......All the best Daniel, and again, thanks so much!!! Filip(Belgium) ......Maybe I can send this to open class too, for me it is the same how you answer-))
Hi Filip! Nice hearing from you although of course sorry to hear about this speed bump. You know what, tune in to the open class from yesterday and listen to Jenn, she had a speed bump after getting a puppy!
I saw you sent this to Open class so will reply at length soon. Oh and there’s also a playlist on speed bumps in the description.
Best!
thanks so much Daniel!!
You got it!
Hi Flip!! This is my EXACT experience right now. I was sleeping great and now am experiencing a setback and felt like I had forgotten so much because I hadn’t needed it. Lol question: I’m having the same issue with closing my eyes for sleep and the thoughts are just So strong and constant! Just as you described do well. May I ask, what worked for you? I
Hi Daniel I have a question about checking the time as well . I’ve been struggling for about a month now with waking up in the middle of the night with hyper arousal. I’m trying to make being awake my friend and simply just turning on a tv show I like but my boyfriend simply can not sleep with the tv so this means I have to go to my phone to turn on the show I like which obviously leads me to seeing the time do you suggest I go into another room and just watch tv in there? Seems like a funny question I even considered covering my time with tape but to me that seems like an effort.
Hi! Sometimes it can be helpful to use the time for self exploration. When you know you’ll see the time, just taking note of the thoughts and emotions that come and going “aha, that made me scared”, “aha, not much reaction I’m not so scared anymore”. Being outside the struggle helps much
Dunno if this helps but I heard one interview subject on this channel say she places a bit of tape over the time display on her device. Would that work for you…? I myself am thinking of giving electrical tape a try. Or duct tape, whatever… 🤔
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