brain is weird, the power of venting (spontaneous episode)
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as i listened to you it helped me understand that my venting my anger and frustration about a bad night was normal and not to be controlled
I am here again - getting very angry and frustrated at my brain again for habitually stopping me sleeping for a perceived belief that i am frightened of being awake - how many nights must i watch football watch snooker use youtube for my brain to realize i am ok with being awake but don't want it too last forever - sorry if i am repeating my comment - seeking reassurance i guess
I read the book letting go and I see to let go of everything in the whole aspect in life is the key to get the best life. Live by devotion
Dear Alina, just wanna say that each and every video you have made is sooooo helpful! Thank you sooo much for sharing your experience and thoughts with us. It really helped me a lotttttttttt. Probably i will also share my insomnia story in the future. I just wanna say that without you and Daniel, i would not recovery so soon! you guys really pulled me out of that dark hole. Thank you so much!
Thank you su much for kind feedback, this means a lot to me! I am really glad to be a part of your journey and will be looking forward to hear your story! đ
Thanks for doing this video, very enlighting. We are human and we learn something every day. đđ€đšđŠ
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Do you think our brain can be damaged through recreational drugs and that we never recover?
My anxiety solely stems from this thought and my brain tells me that I wonât ever recover.
Hi Alina.. First of all i want to thank you for all the advices that resonate with my problem.
I want to share my journey and i have few questions to ask. After going through insomnia journey for a while i somehow realised that every night of a week Won't be same for me and somehow i have accepted it nd felt quite better for some days untill i came accross a random news on my fb that says someone committed suicide and wrote a note " i Couldn't bear sleeplessness" and he was insomniac. This triggered me so deeply that even after passing months i couldnât get over these "what ifs" thoughts.. I grew the fear that what if my case gets worse like him, what if i lose my sanity like him.
I know what other does is completely irrelevant but i hope you will understand as you have gone through the path.. But deep inside i feel i am the only insomniac who gets easily triggered by others experience.
Hello Sabikun...first of all can you see the paradox here in this case? The more pressure we put into sleep the more stronger hyperarousal will be. So I think that guy put him so much pressure on himself to sleep & that's why he was not able to sleep at all. That maybe created very strong loop for him to escape. Once we are willing to face & willing to truly accept sleeplessness we find peace. I am too going through the same not at all sleeping for some nights bt I am OK doing what I do everyday. Meeting friends,Driving & working. Once we Normalize the things sleep will Normalize itself on its own pace. Hope that make sense & we all find peace đ
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How is your sleep now?
This comment did trigger me at first. Not going to lie. But then I thought deeper about this. Itâs so sad that this happened, but I think more than lack of sleep driving this person to do what they did, it was his uncomfortableness with it and fear of it that impacted his mood and decision more than anything. I can tell you from personal experience, I have felt so low from this that I could understand how someone would do this. But now, even though Iâm getting less sleep but not fearing the wakefulness, I feel so much better.
hey, can you please answer this: how do you get over beliefs that say âim probably gonna get firedâ when in reality it is actually getting hard to do your tasks? you say insomnia is just a perceived threat, but thereâs actual real life threats that can occur that just spike the anxiety
I've been fired or let go from 2 jobs because of my insomnia. I don't work any longer...I physically cannot. It's not just beliefs any longer, it's reality.
the solution is to be kind to yourself and not try to be so hard to be perfect. Itâs kinda like the illusion of controllability we have with sleep. It probably appears that your colleagues are more âin controlâ when it comes to doing good work but chances are theyâre not thinking about it as much as you are. putting too much pressure on yourself to be perfect usually has the opposite effect. Itâs the paradox that is performance anxiety
What do you think about trying to change our mindset so we will be more peaceful and therefore will have better sleep. I start to think that this is still sleep effort. It is implying we have control over our thoughts when we donât and that certain thoughts are not okay. I think I have been lying to myself about why I am so interested in âletting goâ and âsurrenderingâ . Other self help like being too anxious about grades is half half. Partly not being anxious will probably lead to better sleep BUT even with worse sleep, I still want the right mindset that grades donât define me. What do you think? Thanks Alina. Love, Lada.
I guess the best thing to describe what I want to do now, regardless of sleep, is just to leave thoughts alone! Let it be! Cause Iâve tried so hard to change them and god knows itâs not working :)
She has a video a few back thatâs about hyperarousal I believe she mentioned something in there. Sheâs super helpful!