This definitely resonates with my experience. I see this whole process as a crash course in understanding my mind. It's clear that the moments when I've disregarded that need to control, which you're talking about, and just gone ahead and done the thing in spite of the sleep struggles, it's been very empowering, and a strong signal of safety to the brain. Whereas whenever I act out of a need to overcome the issue, even when I try to pretend that's not what I'm doing, the mind is not fooled and there is no progress. Thanks Ali x
I love this saying, right along the same lines "Sleep is one of the few things in life that the harder you try, the worse you do." Not trying can be so helpful to sleeping better.
Beautiful outlook on sleep recovery. I remember having anxiety about going to sleep, which having anxiety (or more accurately, anxious thoughts) in the first place is what would regularly disturb my sleep in the first place. Being able to surrender to the process and how I thought it was supposed to look was what started to help me recover. Thank you for your perspective as it resonated with my experience as well.
This definitely resonates with my experience. I see this whole process as a crash course in understanding my mind. It's clear that the moments when I've disregarded that need to control, which you're talking about, and just gone ahead and done the thing in spite of the sleep struggles, it's been very empowering, and a strong signal of safety to the brain. Whereas whenever I act out of a need to overcome the issue, even when I try to pretend that's not what I'm doing, the mind is not fooled and there is no progress. Thanks Ali x
Thank you for this valuable comment ❤️ You described this so well!
I love this saying, right along the same lines "Sleep is one of the few things in life that the harder you try, the worse you do." Not trying can be so helpful to sleeping better.
Beautiful outlook on sleep recovery. I remember having anxiety about going to sleep, which having anxiety (or more accurately, anxious thoughts) in the first place is what would regularly disturb my sleep in the first place. Being able to surrender to the process and how I thought it was supposed to look was what started to help me recover. Thank you for your perspective as it resonated with my experience as well.