Yeah I did mate find this helpful, thank you and many blessings sick and tired of these z drugs and benzodiazapines many blessings much love ❤❤

Whoah this me 😂😂 wtf

I dont understand sleep drive. After 1 bad night it becomes even harder to sleep.

Hi Martin thank you very much for the free content you post. Your podcast played a big part in shifting how I think about insomnia for the better, which has helped me navigate the ups and downs of sleep. Keep up the great work.

Kirstin how hard was it coming off the meds?

I think the people who are alone in life have more problems with sleep , it can be insomnia or somniphobia . Loneliness is the worst thing.

I'm sorry but I just don't believe this. I have this, but I feel exhausted almost every day. Whenever I sleep a solid 7 hours, even if I wake up, I feel better throughout the day.

Kristen your not alone we all think them same exact thoughts. I can totally resonate with everything you said. People who havent suffered dont have a clue what its like.

This helped me immensely, been battling with insomnia for past 4 years with Z-drugs now Benzos, thinking I’ll never be able to get off them having lots of sleep anxiety daily. This gives me some hope that I can come off these drugs slowly and make peace with my intrusive thoughts about insomnia. Thank you so much Kristin for sharing your story and thank you Insomnia Coach for podcasting and helping people!

Could you please help me? I don’t know if this has anything to do with the video but whenever I try sleep or close my eyes, the feel like they are slowly going to one side and I can’t go to sleep. Please help thank you

Sir i sleep early like 9:20 pm at night and about 40 minutes i already fall asleep but then i always wake up at the night usually at 2:00 to 3:00 and i just sleep again is that normal

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I have adhd and insomnia your videos has helped me over the year my question is adhd and insomnia has a relation is my insomnia occuring due to my adhd

I love coming back to watch your videos when I’m in a bad state. haven’t slept in two days and it’s right back to your channel

Where have you been all this while

I haven't heard anyone talk positively about insomnia. Thank you very much. This helps

Thank you so much, both of you. For taking the time to really dive deep into this. Kreuza you’re so brave! This was so incredibly helpful. Just the validation of hearing someone else with similar experiences handling somniaphobia, the set backs and then the gradual success really gives me hope. I developed somniaphobia during 2020. It just started with one little thought of what if I can’t sleep and I get sick? And it snowballed. I’ve been struggling on and off ever since. Thank you for sharing this, Martin!

I can only seem to achieve 20-30 minute micro sleeps followed by an hour or two of wakefulness throughout a night. Help.

I understand that getting less than seven hours of sleep is a risk factor for dementia.

I started CBT-i two weeks ago. The first week seems good - I got really sleepy before 12:00am and can sleep all the way to 5:30. However, the second week things got worse --- I don't get sleep around 12:00 at all. I know that I can't force myself to sleep, so I did some reading/journaling trying to be calm. But at the same time, I feel frustrated. I finally feel exhausted around 4am and slept for about 2.5 hours. The next day I started to feel anxious, frustration and depressed. As I expected, the 2nd and 3rd night was horrible as well. But on the 3rd night I intentionally told myself not to be frustrated. Instead I tried 4-7-8 breathe practice and deep breath (it was around 3:45am). Then I fall asleep and work up at 7am. Today is the 4th day, I was scared, frustrated and confused about the outcome of the CBT-I. Now I see your video, I realized I was doing the wrong thing --- I always give myself a lot of pressure if I can't sleep. I really really like your approach -- give myself an reward if I had a bad night to make myself happy and stay positive. This video is relieving. Thank you Martin!

This is the key to ridding all anxiety!! Thanks martib

Yeah but what's the maximum amount of times it can happen in a night like one night it happened to me like 10 times, and can it keep you awake forever? And what should i do when that happens to me when I'm at bed to make it go away?

T^his viideo was a waste of the time. I wanted to know about to correect it not how remarkable abilities.

Thank u so much 😊 🙏🏻❤️

What you’ve described with going for months with great sleep and one night that knocks you back to square one is a perfect description for myself, my first response is panic but I then practice CBT and just try and enjoy the small highlights in my day.

Your way of talking is very interesting..Such a precious information.Thanks a lot to share this knowledge❤

Your way of talking is very interesting..Such a precious information.Thanks a lot to share this knowledge❤

OK so we no it's not dangerous, we let them be but the issue is it's still preventing us from sleep. So what happens after 2 or 3 days of no sleep ?

Seems like very useful insights. I often wake up early morning and I make the anxiety worse by worrying about the impact of the lack of sleep on my fertility (I'm in my early 40s and been trying to get pregnant for almost 3 years). I probably should just let that go. In the other video it was a great reassurance that deep sleep is the first half of the night. Yet, I just feel so much better, physically and mentally, if I slept 7 or 8 hours compared to 5 hours. Those nights when I sleep 7 or 8 hours I am much less likely to experience anxiety during the day.

I really needed this hope. Thank you

Thats comforting U made me happy

I have no problems faaling asleep but i have vivid dreams before i wake up at 3 am and cant go back to sleep

I'm not sleeping for 4 days but I'm taking rest for 6 to 7 hours at night. Is it enough to stay healthy in long term ? I don't want to take any medication. Is sleeplessness will effect my brain ? Please reply

I haven't gone to bed for 55 hours and have had hypjerks for two nights in a row. Have never had this happened. It's frustrating

my real problem in life is i am afraid not to sleep.to die or something like that.but i would like to face my fear.i thought i am alone in life that dont sleep.i spent 2 days without sleeping.and i think if i try just to face the problem i will be able to sleep without pills

What if it’s only in the feet or only one foot over and over?

How many times a night is it normal to wake up? Ive been waking up 4 to 5 times every night. Should I consult my doctor or something for a sleep study?

My relapse into insomnia now return in the last months with the my second son. He wakes up frequently at night, and it takes a while for him to fall back asleep. My fear is more about him waking me up and losing the crucial hours of sleep I need. Interestingly, in the past few days, he has been sleeping well, but I haven’t. I find myself waking up with jerks around 2 AM and struggling to get back to sleep. To cope, I’ve been increasing my exercise, including more runs and various other activities. I also write down my thoughts, take some Xanax, and wait for this phase to pass, knowing that my normal sleep pattern will eventually return as it always does. However, another issue complicates things: my older child sleeps with us and tends to stick close to me. I'm considering getting an additional bed for the house to address this. I want to share some thoughts on chronic insomnia induced by stress and anxiety. The first time I experienced it, it was severe. I relied heavily on medication, was consumed by worry, and dealt with various distressing symptoms. It took me about four months to seek help from a psychologist, who reassured me by saying, “Listen, man, insomnia is easy to fix. I treat girls with eating disorders; this is not a big deal. You will sleep eventually.” In addition to professional help, engaging in sports, talking about my issues, and reading at night have all been beneficial. I want to address the misinformation spread by some so-called experts who claim that sleep deprivation will cause illnesses. This is nonsense. Your body will make up for the sleep it needs once you return to a regular sleep pattern. By focusing on healthy habits and maintaining a positive outlook, you can overcome insomnia and restore your natural sleep cycle.

I sleep between 9:30-10:00pm at night and wake up between 1-2am every night. When i am sleeping with somebody i see them and again fall asleep but when i sleep alone i am scared as hell and get sweaty generally shivers and never get to sleep again 😶

Any advice or suggestions for someone who has insomnia because of Hypnic Jerks?

It’s been a while since I’ve had bad insomnia where I couldn’t initialize sleep. Sadly a heavy load of school work came in recently, and now my insomnia came back.

Ugh go to bed at 8 as I get up at 4am…really don’t want to wake up that early on weekends 😔

Hello, i struggle with insomnia for a year now. I use CBT-I techniques with mixed results for 6 months. Sometimes i have string of 4 nights 7-8hours, sometimes i watch youtube and netflix (stimulation control) till 4:30 AM because i dont feel sleepy and i cant fall asleep. It is true that CBT-I helps to the some degree but i dont get cognitive side of CBT-I. As you said in the video, respond to bully is the key to success but it sounds almost like we shouldnt care how we sleep. If bully hit the crap out of you, break your bones etc, isnt it natural reaction to be worried? Whenever i get a bad night or string of bad nights i do everything normally but lack of sleep influance my mood and emotions (i have narcistic disorder so emotion is hard for me even after good sleep). So whenever i sleep poorly i go to the gym, try my best at work, try to focus on conversations and try to live life normally but it doenst give me any positive emotions, i force myself to do this things, even activities i like arent fun in this mood, because I feel terrible after 2-3 hours of sleep. To be honest i dont blame myself to worry because it crushes my life into pieces. I know worrying is the reason why insomnia exist in the first place but the problem is real. I feel like it there is what to worry about. Sometimes I feel like my thoughts Rush through my head and magicaly i sleep 8hours. The other day i feel so sleepy that i dont even think about insomnia i just want to go to sleep and cant sleep. It wouldnt Bother me that much if bad night happens every 2-3 weeks, and bad night = falling a sleep 1 hour later than normally. Right now bad night is 0 to 3 hours of sleep. And it happens more often than once per 2-3 weeks. What i dont like about CBT-i is that thoughts are automatically and responds to them are also hard to control. Often my body react before worrying comes in. In this case hearing "just stop ruminating, stop respond poorly" isnt enough. We as a People can control behaviour which i do and it is often not enough.

Hello Martin can I please have your opinion on this? I already wrote this on another video of yours but I’m rewriting it here in case it didn’t reach you. I subscribed to your program a while back and it helped. It seemed to focus on making your bed the primary place to tie the idea of sleep. I haven’t travelled since quarantine and seem to have developed agoraphobia I might travel next month and worried about sleep. I really think my insomnia in the past that happened in lockdown made me fear flying to another unpredictable place. I would like some help

Very concerned that I can't breathe, this is me. The issue is combined with heavy congestion from allergies. Not able to breathe through the nose at all. I'm currently on 6 hours sleep for the last 2 nights combined. Tonight will be Intesting.

Isn't watching this video a sleep effort?

What about computer ?

So interesting that all the so called “experts” list 30 health issues that can develop from insomnia. So good to know none of that is true.

While you struggle to sleep in bed if you keep your eyes closed (rather than doing other things i.e. reading, watching TV etc) does that help make melatonin naturally? Please advise.