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Thank you Daniel, I recently bought set it and forget it and feel like I'm getting my life back. In the last 12 days, I've slept naturally 10 of them, from a 2 month period of no sleep without heavy medication. I still have the bad night here and there, but understand my sleep drive will take over and I've learned to do things on those days that I enjoy. I went golfing the next day after a bad night with friends and no one noticed I didn't sleep. So simple but I found the line that insomnia is created in my thoughts and habits in thag book really helpful. I'm almost finished the book and think my journey is nearly over thanks to it.

My favorite mantras: - This too shall pass - Just keep swimming (Dory the fish!) - If you are going through hell, keep going - (to anxious thoughts, fear) "You can be here"

When I first got the education a month ago I was relieved and hopeful but now my anxious brain feels too focused on ‘sleep will come.’ I just watch all night for it to come. My head hurts from being so vigilant even when I try to watch tv. I haven’t been sleeping at all

Daniel, you’re doing amazing job. Thanks from Toronto

I really like this podcast. It helps a lot. I saw on another on of your podcasts or the book Set it and Forget it. I can't remember. But writing down my worries for 5 or 10 minutes a day is working for me. I add the things I am upset or mad about also. Most days I am writing the same stuff as the day before but it does make me not spend my days thinking about this stuff so I am sleeping.

Decided to join bedtyme today, hope I can find my peaceful self again.

Daniel I really like what you said at the end -it's the knowledge of the education and the wisdom of letting go. I've been struggling with the brain-zap hypnic jerks again since Christmas after 7 months clear... I got v triggered, then nasty flu, then bad virtigo. Its funny as I managed to clear the virtigo one day -I just found myself saying 'I've had enough of that -no more' as it started up. I just calmly let it go and it never bothered me again. I would love to be able to do this with the jerks but I have been honestly, deeply terrified of them. Its almost as if my brain now starts checking the content of the dreams as they start up and alerting me about the 'incorrect' content or it just jolts me awake. I have become really caught up on having the right mindset & lost feeling of being able to aquire that naturally. Its such a fine balance of trust but not obsessing, sometimes I feel I need a long free period without work to be able to really let go control and put this into practice (& I only work part time anyway)

Do you think that listening to guided meditation while being awake in bed can help?

Thank you so much for all your videos Coach Daniel, they are really very helpful, I just wish I had come across them at the start of my insomnia journey 5 years ago. Just a quick question or thought I had recently. I love how you say it’s OK to stay in bed and not to stress about leaving the bed when you can’t sleep. The stress of doing that was too much for me and didn’t work. It made things worse and I was like a jack in the box the whole evening.However if we stay in bed are we not reinforcing the awake bed connection even more?

I'm happy I found your channel and I'm trying to open my mind to your approach. My initial obstacle is that there is a lot of research showing that lack of sleep does damage your health. I'm kind of stuck on that. What to do about that?

Daniel i think i was doing this a bit wrong. I was trying to positive think my way to get sleep. So when i lie in bed when anxious thoughts about sleep come i force to think positively because i believed that it was up to my positive thoughts that would cause me to sleep and that if i couldnt think positive or if one negative thought came then i couldnt sleep. This caused me to get super hyper aroused Friday night to the point that little to no sleep came and i couldnt keep anything down in my stomach.

Ouch! I was doing the delegation thing wrong then... Using it with intent. When it should be just a reminder!

Thank you coach Daniel🙏 Lately my brain is doubting that being awake is safe. Because recently, I stumbled upon a comment from a community member that confirmed that insomnia has caused a cognitive decline. Once I have read the comment, my brain sent me alarms (thoughts, fears,..). Is there an evidence that I can rely on that can disprove this comment ? N.B: I am sleeping well ..but I am still sensitive to any information that I find about the health consequences of insomnia.

You need to feel content to sleep,if you are not content with your true inner self its a struggle.

Sadly with my new sleep paralysis , I am terrified to sleep! The visuals are scary and hearing peoples experiences make it worse. My bed used to be my sanctuary, now I am scared to sleep. It’s hard to be awake because I’m still in the fear stage. My fear is not being able to sleep, it is falling into sleep.Any suggestions?

Hi! What should we do about headache, nausea and loss of interest in things that accompanies insomnia the next day. 🥺

Hey can you speak more about paradoxical, insomnia i have it due to a withdrawal symptoms of a medication is it possible to leave it behind?

This was an interesting and useful video thanks Daniel I am looking into your apprach as it makes sense to me. I struggle to accept and not worry about insomnia when it gets to the second or third night because I become obsessed that I won't be able to function or preform well at my volnteer job. Its also holding be back from applying for jobs. Im trying to move on after an injury. In the past I have had to take some sick days from a previous job due to not sleeping and feeling unsafe to drive or my able to do my job . And got bullied from my manager. Then I had a head injury and when I didn't get enough sleep i had a mental breakdown so that has added to my anxiety of not being able to sleep. And how to manage it . Would be interested in your thoughts if you see this or have the time.

Have to take my trazadone and serequel to sleep

Dr should we let the fear come when we cloee our eyes?

It is right that i decide to let my brain when i close my eyes to think what it wants to think ??? Before sleeping problems this was the way that i was sleeping,i was thiking many things but i wasnt having a problem.

Hey Daniel i really appreciate these videos I find them to really help, I’m currently experiencing a faze insomnia induced by the fear of not sleeping and the fear that not sleeping will kill me I was just curious does insomnia eventually lead to death or can you live a normal life with it ?

Have musical hallucinations also

Thank you Daniel. This is helpful. Did you do a video/podcast on insomnia and covid? After an entire year of sleeping well, insomnia was ignited by having covid- the worry, the physical symptoms, etc. Feeling like if I didn’t get sleep, I couldn’t heal from covid. I feel like I’m starting all over again 😩

im a heavy pepsi drinker. since i was 15 i drank 8 cans of pepsi a day all my life and im 34. i use to be able to fall a sleep when i drink caffine easy. now march 18th something changed in me. it started with sleep start. were i would drift off to sleep and just when im about to fall a sleep i get wide awake out of no weres. and had a sleepless night only sleeping 2 hours a night. and for the 2 weeks i was always very tired in the day and still had a hard time sleeping and staying a sleep for 2 hours. then afther 2 weeks my sleepyness went away now. even if i sleep 2 hours i won.t feel sleepy. then i notice when i wake up middle of the night i don.t feel super sleepy only a little bit but its enough for me to fall back to sleep. i wake up 3 times. and then in april i was geting 3 hours of sleep. then in my may i get 5 hours of sleep. i tryed to do something like a test. i was thinking if i go past staying up 12 hours and don.t go bed tell i get tired mabay i,ll sleep 8 hours. so i was up 24 hours and still noting. i was not tired. i was tired tho but not exterme tired. i was thinking ok i,ll try staying up more. then i got to 36 hours and still not geting tired. then when it was 42 hours i started to worry and was like i gotta try to go sleep i don.t think my body is gonna get tired if i keep this up so i went to bed and tryed sleep and was worryed because i don.t wanna get to 3 days because thats were you see hear things and see things. still was hard for me to sleep but i fell a sleep and got 2 hours of sleep and wake up and feeled fine no tired still the same. i tryed something els. i sleeped a hour and stayed up all day and when i went to bed i sleeped 8 hours. but it only happend onces the next day it was back to 2 hours. it seems i can only sleep 8 hours if sleep only a hour. today i get 5 hours. its been 3 mounths now. and if i drink caffine i,ll be awake for 2 days. then i drink caffine in the morining and when its my bed time i can still go sleep. just can.t drink no caffine in the eveining. i drink caffine 11:30am and my bed time is 12am. yeah i neve got exterme tired in 3 mounths now. its like its gone. i just hope it will come back to me. after staying up 12 hours i get tired but not exterme tired. its enough for me to sleep. and ppl said they cured there imsoina by doing no rule of staying up 12 hours. keep doing what ur doing tell you get tired but if i tryed that im worryed i won.t get tired and might end up being up 3 days. im very scared to be up 3 days i don.t wanna see things. i never been up 3 days in my life yet and i don.t wanna know. befor i had insomina most i been awake was 30 hours and i would be exterme tired to were i would pass out in few secs and only sleep few hours then the next day i would be back to 8 hours again every day. and my dr give me meds but i don.t wanna take em. i don.t wanna depend on them. even tho i only get few hours of sleep i still fine my mood is good and i can get by the day no porplem.

Great comment that "insomnia is a form of fear" false evidence appearing real