I was an insomniac from the ages of 6 through 30. I would often find myself up until the crack of dawn, even if I was desperate for rest. The usual cycle of try

I was an insomniac from the ages of 6 through 30. I would often find myself up until the crack of dawn, even if I was desperate for rest. The usual cycle of trying to fall asleep, being unable to, stressing about being unable to, with the stress now making it harder to fall asleep, seemed impossible to break out of. One day, I realized that the issue, for me, was one of perspective. What is the purpose of going to bed at night? In the end, if I just felt more rested than when I got into it, that at least would be an improvement over a sleepless night spent trying to go to bed. I began doing breath awareness meditation at night. I figured that in the worst case, if I was truly unable to fall asleep the whole night, that 6-8 hours of meditation would certainly leave me feeling far better rested than when I got into bed. In reality, what happened instead after a few nights is that I would drift off to sleep within 30 minutes, and have not been an insomniac since.