How to Overcome Sleep Anxiety | Devin Burke - Sleep Coach

[@DevinBurke]

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[@annaswiatowska1800]

That's really helpful, thank you. I overcome my sleep anxiety a few years ago but it's rearing its head again. New anxious thoughts are popping up and I'm trying to welcome them and invite them in.. and then the other part of me gets impatient and annoyed ' I want to sleep again! 'This time I know better and try to be more compassionate. It's like my body remembers previous episode of insomnia. But I know it also remembers hundreds of blissful nights of unconscious slumber.

[@dflosounds]

Thank you for this. I come to this video after my 5th night in a row with less than 3 hours of sleep. These bursts of insomnia have been happening every few weeks for the last few years. What you say makes complete sense to me. I don't drink coffee. I don't drink alcohol. I try to limit my screen time before bed. I meditate every day. I journal. I keep my room at a good temperature. I drink chamomile tea in the evening. I get regular exercise and I have a healthy diet. I read before bed. When it's time to fall asleep, I try breathing techniques, counting techniques, listening to relaxing stories, and listening to relaxing music. I try sleeping on a bed, a couch, and even the floor. I try to leave my bed if I don't fall asleep within 20 minutes. I keep my bedtime and wake-up time consistent regardless of how much sleep I get. I've tried melatonin, THC gummies, and Trazodone. Yet as this list keeps getting longer, I only get more anxious when I inevitably cannot fall asleep. It's 100% clear to me now that my problem is not my sleep hygiene, it's my sleep anxiety. I'm going to try to make this video of yours the last video I ever watch about sleep. My pledge now is to accept the fact that in my current stage of life, I'm having trouble sleeping. Instead of fixating on habits for the sake of improving my sleep, I'll try to maintain habits that genuinely make me feel better _in the moment_ and improve my overall sense of well-being. I accept that I cannot force myself to sleep, and that sleep will eventually come naturally as I practice focusing on the present during the day.

[@GRIMREAPER-sf9pr]

how are you now ?

[@dflosounds]

@@GRIMREAPER-sf9pr Overall I'd say I'm better. I still have bouts of insomnia here and there, but I'm better about not getting too worked up about it, which I believe has made it happen less often.

[@GRIMREAPER-sf9pr]

@@dflosounds hope you get better, i still have some sleep anxiety too

[@dflosounds]

@@GRIMREAPER-sf9pr thanks. Honestly what I think has helped me the most is doing my best to not cancel any plans or change my day too much if I didn't sleep the night before. I've learned that I'm more capable of living my life even on very little sleep that I assume I am, which makes the fear of not getting enough sleep less intense, leading to less insomnia.

[@Adventures-withGrumpyBabe]

Experiencing sleep anxiety now and came across this video. Helpful! Thank you 🙏🏻

[@OfficialGaming11_]

Issue I have is I don’t get sleep and I worry about it all day saying to myself , will I get sleep ? Will I fall asleep ? Will I ever go sleep again ? These thoughts run in my mind all day and at night I try to dose of to sleep but get the sleep jerk then heart is pounding. This is anxiety but I don’t know how to turn it off

[@OfficialGaming11_]

@tafriovie844hi Yh same as me but you know what it is. There’s nothing wrong it’s just like anxiety and worry because it’s stuck back of our minds.

[@NazninNazir]

Heyyy… same here. How can one get out of it?? It’s really scary

[@OfficialGaming11_]

@@NazninNazirhey do you worry when it comes night time like during the day do you worry that if you will sleep again ? Or if you will fall asleep tonight ?

[@zaybandz1795]

Literally me 😢

[@FontChels]

Me too. I feel like I have no other choice but to fight and do the work and get through this!

[@nonanimeprofilepic]

I'm on short term disability right now and have been stressed out because I need surgery on my right eye which im getting next week. Trying to get money for the surgery and calling in work and wondering if i can pay bills next month has been really stressing me out and i cant sleep and end up sleeping around 4 am aand waking up at 9 am

[@luvinsingin07]

Ok at this point I know I'm supposed to accept it, but HOWWWEW

[@superoli5308]

I am consistently thinking about having somniphobia which keeps me awake in the night. Do I have it? Or I am just exaggerating?

[@necipfortniteksakurek4725]

Same

[@asmaaslam-6362]

Are you ok now?