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Behind every emotion we find a thought. This is very important to know because it highlights how emotions do not randomly happen. Also, we start seeing how by working on your thoughts, you can change your feelings.
Do you have trouble sleeping? Can’t sleep? Have questions about insomnia or sleep? Please leave a comment or send me an email at daniel@insomniainsight.co and I will be happy to share my thoughts as a video or audio reply.
If you want to connect elsewhere I’m on Twitter @ErichsenDaniel, Instagram @Erichsen.Daniel, Facebook as Daniel Erichsen. I have a blog at bedtyme.co.
Here are some playlists that I hope you’ll find helpful.
Core curriculum - a collection of the most important insights, a great place to start.
• Playlist
Success stories - if you need hope and inspiration, this is for you.
• Success stories
Insomnia insight - a list of every single episode.
• Playlist
Talking insomnia - guests with insomnia or experts share their stories / tips.
• Talking insomnia
Hypnic jerks, sudden awareness of falling asleep and other common issues.
• Hypnic jerks and more.
Fatal insomnia - for those concerned about ffi and sfi.
• Familial and sporadic ...
Best!
This content does not constitute medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or other qualified healthcare providers.

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@InsomniaCoach 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! I think it can be really helpful to recognize that thoughts are just thoughts - and that thoughts are not the same as facts!

@thesleepcoachschool8192 4 жыл бұрын

Insomnia Coach Thanks Martin! Exactly, facts are stubborn, but we can work with thoughts 👍👍

@monicathrasher3561 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. So I guess to work on thoughts first be aware of what is a thought. Accepting it. In the middle of anxiety (the emotion) I am asking myself, “ok, what sentence is my brain saying that got me here to feel this anxiety.” Practice practice practice

@thesleepcoachschool8192 3 жыл бұрын

Anytime! And yes, for this model it’s about sitting with the anxiety and identifying the thoughts so you can then work on them. I can tell you’re doing great work Monica 👍

@valerie963 Жыл бұрын

What do you do after you determine the sentence that got you there?

@monicathrasher3561 Жыл бұрын

@@valerie963 I learned to surrender my sleep. I learned His grace is sufficient and He works all things for good.

@rahulpardeshi6646 Жыл бұрын

@@monicathrasher3561 so are you back to sleeping normal?

@monicathrasher3561 Жыл бұрын

@@rahulpardeshi6646 better. Not great every night, but better, ebbs and flows. No meds in almost 2 years. Surrendered and accepted helped with the sleep anxiety

@DeepSleepRelaxingMusicChannel 4 жыл бұрын

Insomnia can be brutal...we know it! One of the main reasons we created our relaxing music channel is to help people with their insomnia issues. We're sure you'll agree that your tips/advice along with our relaxing music, is a ticket to falling asleep. ZZZzzzzz.... Stay safe!

@thesleepcoachschool8192 4 жыл бұрын

Deep Sleep & Relaxing Music Channel Hi there and thanks for commenting! I think relaxing music is awesome! Except when one listens for the purpose of being relaxed or sleep more. It can feel good when you do that, but in the long run you’re teaching your brain that anxiety or insomnia are bad and should be avoided. They then become bigger and bigger problems the more you try to avoid them. That said, if you love relaxing music and listen to it for pleasure, with no intent of trying to avoid a negative emotion, then it’s fantastic!! Thanks again and stay in touch!!

@leightoncarter3556 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic post Daniel. The more knotty and less linear issues with insomnia is thoughts; after all, doing SR & SC is pretty much straightforward, practical & easier (at least for me) but thoughts happen whether you want them to or not, and after years it becomes a habitual way of thinking around the problem and hard to overcome. I've made the mistake of not only believing these thoughts but getting caught up in them where they become harden truth (plus ruminating and 'problem solving' - an unholy crucible). This post has been a bit of an epiphany for me. Just saying, 'it's only sentences' is genius - seemingly simple but just saying that immediately takes the sting out; layering 'anxiety' with thoughts has prevented me from making progress. Shall practice this. Although from experience, waking up at 2am is not an idea time to challenge thoughts and beliefs as arousal is too high. Any thoughts on this?

@thesleepcoachschool8192 4 жыл бұрын

Leighton Carter Thanks to the support Leighton! To give credit where it’s due, I picked up this expression from Brooke Castillo. Now you bring up something important, habitual and recurrent thoughts can create belief systems. We shall talk more about this. As for that 2 am awakening, totally that’s not the time for thought work. I think the key things there are: 1. Consider not knowing the time 2. Don’t argue with reality - you’re awake and you can’t force sleep. When you try produce more sleeplessness 3. Have a gameplan, know exactly what you’ll do when you wake up 4. Let that thing be fun or at least neutral. Not a boring book (which is just trying to trick yourself that you’re not forcing sleep, that’s actually what you’re trying) And then, the next day, you can do the thought work!

@samanthapaclibar5079 Жыл бұрын

I have these extreme health anxiety. This day i thought i had kidney disease, the next day diabetes, the next day cancer. And lead me to worries. And lead me to insomnia. And also lead me to sleep anxiety, because if a person does not sleep well, they might get diseases.

@thesleepcoachschool8192 Жыл бұрын

Hi Samantha, I made an episode on health anxiety a few months ago.. that can maybe help, hang in there

@valerie963 Жыл бұрын

@@thesleepcoachschool8192which one is that? If you could direct!

@elmaderik1778 Жыл бұрын

I’m having vivid daily can I live with type of sleep

@thesleepcoachschool8192 Жыл бұрын

Hang in there Elma, learning more about our experiences here on the channel can help much

@lerlo 3 жыл бұрын

They say depression can cause insomnia. I know anxiety causes my insomnia (for sure). But how does sadness or depression cause insomnia?

@thesleepcoachschool8192 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Lerlo, I would say it’s not that one causes the other, it’s that they all come from the same place - the attempt of trying to escape a perceived threat. The human brain is a survival machine and it always tries to keep us safe. When we are facing a grizzly bear - perfect! That’s what it was designed for. We fight or hide and we survive. But nowadays, there aren’t that many physical threats around, but the brain is the same so, it gets confused. When it identifies being awake at night as a threat, and it tries to fight or hide from sleeplessness - we get insomnia. If an emotion that is part of the human experience is identified as a threat, we get into trouble. Because it’s impossible to escape or defeat a perceived threat. And when it looks like all we do isn’t working, the brain thinks it’s a really big threat and it’s it deploys even more fight and flight! When the emotion anxiety becomes the threat, and we try to escape it, we have more and more anxiety. When too much thoughts is identified as a threat, we get racing thoughts. When sadness is identified as a threat, we become depressed. I know it’s a lot in one comment but I hope it helps and makes sense!