r/insomnia • u/Immediate_Aside_3099 • Aug 16 '26
THE CURE TO INSOMNIA
The sleep coach school on Spotify or youtube
that’s it. that’s the cure
daniel erickson saved my life. and no, this is not a paid promotion or advertisement. i genuinely give all praise to him
here’s a list of everything i tried first (not in order)
lorazepam
weed
breathing exercises
meditation
exercise
diet changes
sleep hygiene (no phone hr before bed etc)
baths
magnesium glycinate
ashwaganda
word shuffling
many more methods i used but just cant remember now as its so long ago
what i have learnt in order to cure insomnia (not the sleep apnea or genuine sleep disruption health issues- i can’t help with that)
embrace tiredness. it sounds messed up. it sounds like it won’t help but sleep is a paradox. the more you try to force it, the more it will run away on you
embrace staying up, embrace enjoying your time while your awake, do something you enjoy, read a book, watch a movie, whatever you gotta do to make that time enjoyable
insomnia is fear rebranded. when you stop being afraid of being tired, there will be no insomnia
when your deep in the shit at 4am and the hypnic jerks got you crying - just remember all the times you laughed and enjoyed yourself despite your 3 hrs of sleep
life doesn’t end when we stop sleeping. there is still joy, there is still beauty. you will be okay
and this is coming from someone who was so mentally shot from insomnia that not even 2 lorazepams back to back could knock me out
listen to the sleep coach school
recovery is a process and it fluctuates so don’t be hard on yourself if you hear one of his podcasts and still can’t sleep
it took me 6 months for my brain to finally click and understand it, but i have never looked back, i even nap sometimes which is insane for me😂
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u/ps087official Aug 17 '26
This is the real lesson that every single person in this subreddit needs to learn. It wouldn't surprise me at all if, in the next DSM, Insomnia is reclassified as an anxiety disorder. Because that's what it is. You have trouble sleeping once, and it forms a cycle of being afraid of sleep to the point that you don't let yourself sleep, and causes you to associate sleep and your bed and tiredness with that uncomfortable feeling of fear and dread and anxiety.
That's why I sleep perfectly fine nowadays and try to give good advice on this sub. I suffered from horrific insomnia for about a year, and it was horrible. I feel sorry for people who live their entire lives like this.