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Semi related note: reading the book "The Sleep Book" which details an insomnia solution that basically involves a method to stop needing to pursue/chase/long fo
by arikr 8y ago
Semi related note: reading the book "The Sleep Book" which details an insomnia solution that basically involves a method to stop needing to pursue/chase/long for sleep, was the thing that cured my insomnia.
- mercer 8y agoCould you tell us more about that solution?
- zmix 8y agoRead the book! ;-)
- ajkjk 8y agoI haven't read the book, but have heard of such solutions. Basically: given that anxiety about sleeping prevents sleeping, the solution is necessarily to remove anxiety about sleeping. How? By realizing that peaceful rest, while awake, is also restful, and will suffice. So spend the time in bed peacefully resting and if that happens all night, it'll do. Anecdotally, I have had extreme insomnia, not sleeping for days in a row, at the times in my life when I had the most extreme anxiety, and when the anxiety was removed it went away instantly.