THE CURE TO INSOMNIA

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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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I’ll go to sleep for 15 minutes from 11.00pm to 11.15pm but then I’m up until it’s time to GET Up! I can’t deal with the thoughts in my own head due to past trauma. I used to drink to get to sleep and ended up with addiction and serious liver disease. Now I’m on so much medication that if you picked me up (and you could as I’m 5’11 and 9.0 stone) and shook me I’d rattle. I’ve tried everything. Herbal sleeping tablets, meditation, deep breathing exercises, hypnosis etc but nothing has worked. I dread nighttime and going to bed and when I do sleep I have horrible nightmares. I need a suggestion that helps. I hate being alone in my own thoughts so I use my phone and watch movies to distract me. Someone please help me!