This is an incredible insight! I was actually meaning to mention to this to you awhile back when going through my worst. That the solutions you presented for insomnia: re-directing attention and focus away from sleep, and practicing that acceptance and not reacting to symptoms applies I think to most mental health problems such as anxiety, and depression! We have to firstly roadblock a pathway in our brain that cycle we are stuck in, and then re-direct our focus to something healthy! For me playing learning guitar, finding a new girlfriend, and being more mindful in everyday life has helped me tremendously! We must not focus on symptoms, they are just our limbic system brain sending us false messages. Recognizing and acknowledging that is first, then again focusing on the happiness in your life and finding JOY again. :) Thank you Daniel so much.

Thanks! Daniel, you are doing what you intended to do, helping many people

Thanks for putting Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged on book shelf! Love it! :)

Your videos have very much helped me! Not perfect and some setbacks but the journey is doing better.

This was so helpful, thank you 😊

Think you

I think you are a profound thinker, and I’m thankful that you care. I’m just coming out of CBTI, which for me, was darkness. Did not work. Because all of the reasons I’m learning from you. I think you’ll be the front runner in a completely different way to approach insomnia. Thank you!🙏

This sounds just like the cognitive model and this is why CBT-I is so helpful - it helps challenge those automatic thoughts and helps change the way we react to them. Very slick video, Daniel!

I think this is exactly the model I need for my anxiety, insomnia! What, where are the other videos that go with this model?

Hi Daniel this is Malena first of all I want to say thank you for all you’re videos. Thank you for helping others it’s a blessing to have people like you. My insomnia started a couple months ago when it was hard for me to sleep i started taking melatonin, then I started taking Benedryl, then magnesium and everything stoped working, you’re right that stuff does not work. Sleep hygiene does not work for chronic insomnia. I went 3 days without sleeping . I kept crying to my husband about how I couldn’t sleep. I went to the doctor she prescribed 10 days of Ambien . I goggled Ambien and it freak my out to think that one day it will stop working as well. I did not want to become dependent on a medication. So I did the whole sleep hygiene again and it really didn’t work .Then I started taking herbal teas and that help for a while . Then I had another bad round of insomnia. I didn’t sleep for 2 days but for like 3 hours each day. It’s weird I have a racing mind. I think about random things at night for no reason. My head was pounding my eyes hurted just to move them. I suddenly just crashed . I was jealous to see my husband sleeping. Every time I woke up and seen my family they’ll ask how did you sleep and I will say not good. They kept saying well that’s not surprising. Insomnia is taking my joy I am a emotional wreck . My sister said to me one day hey Malena stop drinking tea if you don’t enjoy it. It’s not cutting it for you’re insomnia. And I thought for a second she’s right. Why am I drinking this tea thinking it’s going to put me to sleep... I watched so many of you’re videos and I thought to myself. My insomnia can’t kill me. I need to not put so much focus on it how you said don’t feed you’re insomnia. So I did just that. And I slept good for 2 days without any kind of supplements but that’s was after 2 days of only 3 hours of sleep. If you have any other extra tips I’ll be so grateful. One specific question. In you’re videos you recommend getting out of bed if not tired . But when I get up and it’s dark and everything sleeping. I focus so much on the fact that I’m the only one uo and can’t sleep. Any suggestions for this?? Thank you so much..

Hi Daniel. I have just started to view your videos day before. Thanks for your passionate sharings. Do you mean that what insomniacs should do is just to ignore sleeplessness?

I'm a certified coach with the Life Coach School and found you researching ways to help with my insomnia aside from medication which I currently take. You've inspired me to get coaching and coach myself on my sleep issues. If you would lile to discuss the model in greater detail I'm happy to do so. Some things you were staying as circumstance were thoughts. But you have a good understanding. It takes practice to really nail down the model. Do you have any resources for sleep issues and ADHD?

Very interesting, for me especially the first part of your video was interesting because you talked about how focussing on the outcome is the actual reason for not reaching the outcome! This could be true for anxiety too. Since my journey with ffi anxiety began, all my energy went into combatting the anxiety, getting rid of it, so I extremely focussed on the outcome and was not very successfull. What if this was my problem - if i should not focus on my actual goal, losing the anxiety, but more on accepting the anxiety and HANDLING it with different strategies and training those strategies? I fully agree with you that fighting an emotion makes the emotion even worse. Maybe the biggest and most difficult step is accepting the problem and the resulting anxiety as real, as something we can't get rid of but we can learn living with - and maybe this is our task: to accept the problem, invite it and look how we handle it in the best way and giving up the thought of losing the problem - you understand what I try to say? :-D

I am so inspired by your commitment and honesty and desire to heal people from insomnia. After 8 months of insomnia after multiple surgeries in a year and 1/2 and exploring CBT-I, EMDR, and researching, researching, researching, medication, medication, medication, and then earnest prayer I came upon you. Sounds crazy but I do believe you are the angel sent who has healing powers I should be listening to. I resonate with everything you are saying. You have taught me that I need to take a HUGE chill pill and allow the flow to happen. Thank you for your amazing work, insights, and commitment to helping people out of their suffering. "WHEN THE STUDENT IS READY THE TEACHER APPEARS"