This resonates so deeply and is written beautifully!! So agree that once we stop caring about sleep, it becomes much easier to sleep. I used to feel so frustrated and anxious when I kept waking up in the middle of the night, and that frustration / anxiety would ironically keep me up for the rest of the night. But once I found out that nighttime wakings are actually normal and don’t necessarily signify poor sleep - I was able to relax and go back to sleep much more easily!
I realised that what I felt at sleep time was a cumulative effect of how I thought my day went. I’m started a slightly altered journaling routine where I wrote down how certain things went. And if it wasn’t satisfactory what I’d do tomorrow to remedy. Helped managed anxiety.
Aside from that tried ASMR and this helped a LOT.
Lately been looking into magnet supplements but have not started any yet.
This resonates so deeply and is written beautifully!! So agree that once we stop caring about sleep, it becomes much easier to sleep. I used to feel so frustrated and anxious when I kept waking up in the middle of the night, and that frustration / anxiety would ironically keep me up for the rest of the night. But once I found out that nighttime wakings are actually normal and don’t necessarily signify poor sleep - I was able to relax and go back to sleep much more easily!
Man, this reaonates on so, so many levels !
Thank you for sharing your experience
Thank you so much for sharing this Ameer! Hope you're keeping well :)
I'm curious, is there any particular approach that worked for you?
I’m good thank you.
I realised that what I felt at sleep time was a cumulative effect of how I thought my day went. I’m started a slightly altered journaling routine where I wrote down how certain things went. And if it wasn’t satisfactory what I’d do tomorrow to remedy. Helped managed anxiety.
Aside from that tried ASMR and this helped a LOT.
Lately been looking into magnet supplements but have not started any yet.