The Early Days of our Way (Talking Insomnia

[@ianquigley5070]

Having watched many videos from the Sleep Coach School and also Alinas channel, Im still struck by the genuine interest and excitement from Alina, talking about the approach and asking Daniel how he developed his approach. Truly infectious and puts a smile on my face. Thanks guys

[@ianquigley5070]

I think Alinas observation is so true, when she describes Daniels approach to the topic as being so helpful, ie positive, delivered in a light way, with non attachment. There are many positive facets to the Sleep Coach School, ie education, podcasts, success stories, however Daniel has a really calm, supportive, engaging manner which sets the foundation for everything that follows

[@guylainelamoureux]

Thank you Daniel and Alina. Still doing very good. Thanks to you guys. 👍🇨🇦

[@jasminesujata7032]

Je ne saurais trop faire l’éloge de cette chaîne. Vous êtes un tel cadeau pour le monde. J’ai finalement trouvé la pièce manquante du puzzle et mon insomnie a été résolue après 12 ans de lutte. J’ai pensé que quelque chose n’allait pas physiquement et j’ai essayé tous les remèdes possibles. Tout a commencé après la naissance de mon fils, avec un problème d’alimentation. Je devais tirer mon lait toutes les 3 heures, et j’avais une fenêtre de deux heures pendant laquelle je « devrais » dormir selon le médecin, jusqu’à ce que je doive tirer mon lait à nouveau. Je n’ai pas pu dormir pendant les 7 jours à l’hôpital, à cause de cette pression. Ensuite, tout le cauchemar a continué, une expérience traumatisante a suivi qui a aggravé le problème de sommeil et j’ai fait tout mon possible pour réparer mon sommeil. J’ai eu des secousses de sommeil, des acouphènes, j’ai pensé que j’allais devenir fou. J’ai perdu confiance en moi : professeur de yoga et psychologue, mais incapable de dormir ! Cela s’est amélioré au fil des ans, mais je pensais continuellement que quelque chose n’allait pas après la naissance, ce qui affectait mes neurones du sommeil... J’ai finalement trouvé votre chaîne après avoir eu un dos d’âne et j’ai écouté tellement d’épisodes. Comme c’est merveilleux d’avoir toutes ces histoires de guérison. Mon problème de sommeil s’est résolu très rapidement lorsque j’ai réalisé que j’avais encore des efforts de sommeil en cours et j’ai arrêté de les faire. Mais ce qui m’a tant aidé, c’est de réaliser que je n’ai rien de mal physiquement ; c’est un tel soulagement et je suis tellement heureux que cette chaîne existe ! Tant de gens comme moi font volte-face pendant des années, essayant de faire des choses et la plupart des praticiens de la santé donnent des conseils qui n’aident pas du tout car ils ne comprennent pas le sommeil. Je suis allé voir 3 spécialistes du sommeil qui se sont trompés .....

[@thesleepcoachschool8192]

So very very glad you found our way 😊!!

[@faiipiccioni3897]

I am 53 and I have never ever recalled sleeping through the night, I have always awaken after each sleep cycle, it can take me 30 min to a few hours to drift off back to sleep, but what I have noticed through my years is that I have this high awareness of memory recall compare to others that sleep soundly how could this be?

[@haroldpersad3760]

You are really great from Trinidad 20 years of sleep lessees I am recovering from sleeping tablets you are saving lives

[@thesleepcoachschool8192]

😊🙏

[@jacksonhill1278]

Hey Daniel! On paper I have been sleeping close to how I slept before insomnia. But my thoughts still are in this weird fearful buffer zone it feels like. Like even know I’m going on trips and doing my life I still have this fear in the back of my mind. Even know I’m sleeping mostly good and I understand insomnia. I know you and Alina have talked about this I’m sure but just wanted to hear from you. Thank you for your content, you and Alina have truly helped me greatly.

[@bradyfaught]

Me too exactly!! I've been sleeping well for months, and I still have this fear trigger about sleep, travel etc.. I assume it'll fade slowly eventually? I'm still working on acceptance and willingness to have a bad night.

[@KimsCS124]

Hi my name is Daniel. I'm from Norway and I have sleep maintenance insomnia. I've had this for about a year now, and it started with awakenings after about 5 hours all of a sudden. I didnt think much of it but when it continued it became a problem for me. Quickly summarized, it has been very difficult. The last year ive more or less never been fully refreshed and Ive been concerned if theres something physiologically wrong, and not psychological. Mainly RLS because of restlessness in my body after waking up, or hormonal imbalances like cortisol spikes. Ive done a blood test and all hormones looked normal. However i have not checked during sleep, though im not sure how that gets done but.. I guess my fear is that it will continue like this forever and theres no way to solve it. I've followed your program closely and ive had days where I sleep better because I calm down, since I over time develop a fear of insomnia. However in those periods I usually still never feel refreshed and sleep about 7 hours and wake up really tired and sort of "energized" in my body, or legs. Only rarely have I had 9 to 8 hours sleep and I feel refreshed but I slowly slip into waking up earlier than I want and start getting frustrated and very tired all the time. Then I wake up earlier then before. I also have trouble naping, where Im really tired but dont fall asleep when I try to nap. I know youre supposed to not feed the brain with more intangible threats like "this restlessness could be something serious", since it even worsens those symptoms. But its just sort of hard not REALLY knowing if its mental or physical u know.

[@Skxm]

Daniel I tried letting go of sleep onset insomnia and stopped caring but now I'm suffering from sleep maintainence insomnia

[@suzettelisuk8850]

I keep waking up between 1am and 3am since around Christmas, 5 months of averaging 4 hours of sleep. I'm beginning to get physically run down and mentally exhausted. Should I go to the ER, my doctors have prescribed Remeron, garbage, creates a voracious appetite and Trazadone...helped me fall asleep but I still wake up after about 3-4 hours. Sleep is such a restorative, integral part of overall well being that I fear this insomnia will damage my brain and body. Help.

[@kimjane7172]

Hi Daniel, I have been following your channel for a while now and I'm so happy and impressed with your content as you cover so much about sleep which I believe has improved my insomnia. Thank you for educating people as you are a life saver in helping people with insomnia. Please can I ask for some advice in regards to my chronic insomnia. I've been suffering with severe chronic insomnia since I came of the sleeping pills that I I had been taking for years. My sleep has been Improving little by little over the last few months. The problem is I don't feel sleepy unless I lay on my bed and when j fall asleep my sleep is very superficial to the point I feel I've not slept but I know have. Once I wake up I then eventually fall back into a very dream like sleep and its a bit better than the superficial sleep before hand. I can't understand why this is happening and why I can't get a full night restful sleep? Also I don't understand why I only feel a bit sleepy once lay on my bed. I never feel sleepy sitting in my chair I have to lay on my bed to get that sleepy feeling. I'm at a loss with this as it so so frustrating. Please can you help me understand this and to advise me on what I could be doing wrong. Thank you.

[@victorcontreras6681]

I can fall asleep but i keep waking up every to 2. Some nights between 2-6. Is this multiple hyper arousals. I wake up aware and thats all sometimes i fall back asleep. Sometimes i cant fall back asleep. Havent really seen to much of this outthere

[@me2also]

Hi Daniel, I am in a good place primarily because of your books and your videos. I have to admit I still come running back to you when my sleep anxiety creep backs in. I wanted to share words of another person who have come to terms with your way of teaching! I spent a few years chasing sleep doctors, taking pills (Xanax and Lunesta), using a CPAP. Nothing helped with my sleep. Then about 12 years ago, I had two weeks off, and I decided to stop with the pills to see what would happen. There was no immediate improvement. But neither was I any worse. I realized that the pills were a psychological crutch, and I never went back to them. I decided to stop caring about sleep. Strauss touched upon this. My approach is to accept that the worst night I can have is not to sleep at all. So what? I will be super sleepy the next day, but I will survive. This has taken away the sleep anxiety, and made it possible to achieve what sleep I am capable of. And for when I do lie there awake, now I am okay with that. It is my normal.

[@thesleepcoachschool8192]

This is wonderful to hear 😊! And thanks for sharing this persons story, made me really glad to see!

[@khushali202]

Hey Daniel, I have been experiencing paradoxical insomnia and sleep anixety for 22 days...plz suggest should i go for sleeping tabs or try some other techniques for insomnia

[@everydayhomelife8697]

I dont ever really hear anything about sudden insomnia, ill drift off to sleep have a hypnogogic hallucination and I'm zapped awake. Now I'm not having hallucations as much but still same thing i drift into sleep and im pulled right back out of it!! Maybe an adrenaline rush. Over and over all night. Maybe 1-2 hrs broken light sleep. It started suddenly a few days after high anxiety and panic attack though i did calm down from that and anxiety left me. I cannot sleep without Ambien. Melatonin doesnt work. Its been almost a week.. im up right now 2:30am. I dont understand whats wrong with me. Most seem to just not able to fall asleep.. i can my body will drift into sleep but fails to carry on to the next phase. Its so horribly frustrating all night. I dont understand whats happening