Living with chronic insomnia is hard. However, when we change our lives to accommodate our insomnia, we can actually end up feeding our insomnia and make it more difficult to get rid of.
Just as Cookie Monster immediately demands more cookies as soon as he is given a single cookie, insomnia demands more and more of our attention and more and more accommodation whenever we make changes to our lives in response to poor sleep.
So, if at all possible, try to give your insomnia as little attention as possible. Avoid compensatory behaviors that only serve to feed your insomnia - don't spend more time in bed, don't cancel plans with friends, don't call in sick to work, don't become less active, don't spend too much time researching insomnia and sleep.
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Every time you react to insomnia's demands, you give it the attention it craves and its demands for attention become louder and more persistent. Try to live your life as though insomnia is not part of your life. Doing this will starve your insomnia and give it far less power.
When insomnia becomes less of a focus, sleep tends to become a lot easier.
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