Fear of not sleeping ever again?

For those who fear they might never sleep again ❤️‍🩹

*Links on studies about misperception of sleep*

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- [00:00] 🛌 **Everyone Will Sleep Eventually**
- Everyone, regardless of their anxiety or insomnia, will sleep at some point.
- The inevitability of sleep is a fact, not an affirmation or belief.
- Fears about prolonged wakefulness are often exaggerated and not based on how sleep actually works.

- [02:04] 🧠 **Misconceptions About Sleep Duration**
- People often misjudge the amount of sleep they get, especially those with insomnia.
- Instances of perceived prolonged wakefulness are often due to sleep state misperception.
- Personal experiences of thinking one is awake all night are common but usually inaccurate.

- [04:23] 💤 **Hyperarousal and Sleep Perception**
- Hyperarousal can make people feel like they are awake even when they are asleep.
- Studies show that people with insomnia often underestimate their sleep time.
- The body goes through sleep patterns even when the mind is vigilant and anxious.

- [06:15] 🕒 **Differentiating Actual Sleep Deprivation from Insomnia**
- The feeling of sleep deprivation due to insomnia differs from actual sleep deprivation.
- Experiences in situations like staying up all night feel distinctly different from insomnia-induced wakefulness.
- Insomnia-related wakefulness includes moments of sleep that are often not remembered.

- [08:19] 🧐 **Attention and Memory in Insomnia**
- During insomnia, the mind may focus more on awake periods and disregard moments of sleep.
- This selective attention is similar to how people focus on specific tasks and ignore other details.
- The mind's tendency to focus on wakefulness over sleep can distort perception of sleep duration.

- [10:52]🌙 **Physiology of Sleep and Insomnia**
- Human physiology ensures that sleep occurs regardless of conscious worries or insomnia.
- The specific timing and manner of falling asleep cannot be predicted or controlled.
- The body will naturally obtain the sleep it needs, independent of conscious effort.

- [13:01] 🔄 **Embracing the Natural Sleep Process**
- Interfering with or trying to control the sleep process can lead to more struggle.
- Accepting and trusting the body's natural sleep process leads to a smoother experience.
- Sleep will occur naturally, and the approach to it can influence the comfort level during the process.

[anonposts]

I cant tell you how much just listening to these videos have helped me. It is like a therapy session on its own, so reassuring to hear logic smash through my sleep anxiety. I feel like I have not slept for days on end, I get into bed sleepy but stay awake for hours... it has crushed my spirit. I crash and sleep for 12+ hours after three days of this. But hearing these videos helps me avoid hyper focusing on my insomnia which is currently crippling my mental health because I cant focus at work. Thank you so much! Hoping all insomniacs around the world will be healed from the chaos <3

[stefanguerzoni]

4 years of sleep anxiety and praying for some mystical set of words to make me feel better and now I’ve finally heard it. Thank you so so much! The evidence of the last 4 years is that I’ve coped with every “bad night” but the fear of not being able to cope has always been the fuel for the anxiety. This video has so helped me to realise that I’m getting more sleep than I realise, even during heavy anxiety nights. Bless you!

[AyeshaKhan-qs]

JUST A THOUGHT.
There’s this guy who claims he hasn’t slept for 55 years. When you think about no sleep, you think organs not working and the body giving up. However, despite being awake as per him, studies conducted showed he had no health issues whatsoever. So now the question that comes up is, how exactly did he not develop any health issues if he wasn’t sleeping. The answer is very simple. He was sleeping but it was either paradoxical insomnia or micro-dosing on sleep

[guylainelamoureux]

I do fall asleep and I don’t remember when and how it actually happened. That is so true and freeing. Thank you Alina.

[IanBartleson]

It's very calming listening to you.

[rubyjadecallenresse]

i lost hope in everything because my sleep anxiety. it cost my job, my social life and my life in general. i will watching every videos in this channes and hopes to get some new insight..

[positive.juice.apartment]

thank you so much. this video just got me out of a mental breakdown

[GreaserJohnny]

Thank you for this. It's been hard for me. I've already got over with this 2 years ago but now when I became unemployed for 5 months it started to go back with me and I'm very frustrated. I've been dealing with this literally like I'm scared of feeling that I won't be able to sleep again ever especially when I put my self to bed my heart starts pounding thinking what if I can't sleep thats why Im always up and can't get to sleep because of negative thoughts.. I realized you just need to be okay with it and accept it and let it be, I hope my body will get over with it eventually, But thank you for this it calmed me down.

[jessicaalonzo]

Thank you alina! There are nights when i just close my eyes and i feel like i did not sleep at all but after what you said I'm more calm now.

[johnwolcot]

I've watched a lot of not being able to sleep related videos but this one is by far the best ever. So many thanks for giving such good, clear and logical advice which has really helped me.

[LeiaMichelle]

Love this. I remember learning about paradoxical insomnia a few years ago when insomnia first popped up, forgot about it over time as my sleep improved. Recently had a bout of bad insomnia pop up, trying to relearn the ways I got through it before. This was very helpful! There's a few times recently where I feel I was experiencing this. I would feel very calm physically and mentally, and have absolutely no thoughts going through my head, time would pass and all of a sudden I would be like, wait, was I asleep? I would tell myself I wasn't but still feel very confused feeling almost like I was, and I do think I was.

[dodgdurango]

The body will always sleep. That’s not reassurance, that’s a fact.
Even manic people who stay up for weeks eventually crash and sleep for days on end.

[jacobrowley]

Hi Alina, this is a good video. I was in your class for coaching under coach Daniel. Anyways i am med free but relapsed 2 weeks ago all under this core fear. Up and down at night completing OCD rituals all night to exhaustion which has led me to take a stand and I am ready to face this fear of no sleeping and just rest and relax in bed!❤

[rubyjadecallenresse]

i have sleep anxiety since i was a middle schooler and now I'm 24 and hearing this makes things so much better for me and i started to think differently about my overthinking over sleep

[heidislayton]

This video is so amazing! I’m so glad to hear this. Thank you 🙏.

[randomlyme]

You are the best sleep coach I have ever came across!! I believe you were the missing Link to what I needed to hear and understand thank you so much. You are great at what you do and are helping us. Love your subtlety and depths of explaining things. I wish you well in your insomnia career. Thank you.🙏🙏♥️
PS. I totally agree with you my sleep deprivation when I was breastfeeding was much different than my so-called insomnia sleep deprivation wow...

[synaruscz]

If i was making statement i would say i havent slept for 4 monts with excepton of like 2 knowing sleeps. No torturing or anyhting hapend to me (big shock to the body hapend to me but thats about it). So either transition from sleeping to waking up is so unnoticeble hence I think i havent slept or i havent slept. Basicly I lost Sleep inertia :D. Now sometimes what hapens is my body goes breething as if i was asleep - kidna calm relaxed way, my head is resting regenerating as if i was asleep, my right eye is shutdown as if i was asleep my muscles get relaxed and at the same time i am awake. Am feeling the energy and calmnes of the situation - awaken while relaxing feeling slowly beyign regenerated while i can move all my limbs and everyhting, not having dreams, still able to think completely clearly yet regenerating so well. Then I get out of bed when i feel the procces is geting over and sudenly my thinking proceses gets back to the level as of some person that got good night of sleep. Thought? Anyone experienced somehtign like that?
The closest feeling how to describe it is to what normal person with normal sleeping paterns feels when he wokenup but still lies in bed for bit longer, to get the good feeling in brain and he wont getup till he feels fully regenerated even tho hes already woken and does this proces while woken. So is there such thing as "sleeping" while concieous/awake for month in a row? Because right now I think what some insomnia people feel is corect - they dont sleep, theyir brain just rests by laying down yet beyign aware of surounding and havign ability to move. Just the closing eyes makes them feel rested at the end. Somethink like people do with their 15m close eyes rests(still awake tho) to be able to work for 1hour more.

[rideremii]

It absolutely does happen the longest I went without a wink of sleep was a full 5 nights due to severe post partum depression and anxiety, having entire nights, night after night of panic attacks completely not being able to function the next day, my body shutting down and feeling the most ill I’ve ever been

[maggihorvy]

Alina you are wonderful! Everything you say is so comforting 😊
Could you make another video on the topic of “fear of appointments/driving due to insomnia”? or is there already a video on this topic?