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How Kreuza dealt with insomnia and somniphobia by practicing more acceptance and less resistance (#56)

How Kreuza dealt with insomnia and somniphobia by practicing more acceptance and less resistance (#56)

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 In this episode, Kreuza shares her journey through the challenging landscape of insomnia and somniphobia — a fear of sleep. Initially, she found Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) techniques helpful. However, when sleep problems returned as somniphobia, the same techniques faltered. Feeling isolated in her struggle, Kreuza realized that implementing rules around sleep were not helping her. A turning point came when she embraced a more flexible, compassionate approach to sleep. She began to practice accepting her thoughts and feelings without resistance. She practiced being kind to herself when things felt really difficult. And she engaged in activities that mattered to her, even after difficult nights. Kreuza’s story is a testament to the possibility and power of patient and kind practice of acceptance as a way to deal with deep-seated fears. It also highlights that moving past sleep struggles is often a journey of ongoing action and practice — and setbacks — rather than quick fixes. Click here for a full transcript of this episode. Transcript Martin: Welcome to the Insomnia Coach Podcast. My name is Martin Reed. I believe that by changing how we respond to insomnia and all the difficult thoughts and feelings that come with it, we can move away from struggling with insomnia and toward living the life we want to live. Martin: The content of this podcast is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, disorder, or medical condition. It should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or any other licensed healthcare provider. Insomnia Coach LLC offers coaching services only and does not provide therapy, counseling, medical advice, or medical treatment. The statements and opinions expressed by guests are their own and are not necessarily endorsed by Insomnia Coach LLC. All content is provided “as is” and without warranties, either express or implied. Martin: Okay, Kreuza, thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to come onto the podcast. Kreuza: Sure, I’m happy to. Thank you for having me. Martin: Let’s start right at the beginning. Um, when did your sleep problems begin? And what do you think first caused those issues with sleep? Kreuza: So my first, uh, issue with sleep was actually in 2013, um, which I did CBT. Kreuza: It was very mechanical. There was, um, it was just go to bed at this time, wake up at this time. And so, um, there was really not much else to it. And so I overcame that in a few months. And, um, but the, the, um, last year I also had insomnia. But with Somniphobia on top of that. So that’s so that was way more challenging than just the insomnia itself that that required more than just, um, the mechanical CBT get up at this time, go to bed at this time Martin: When you were first struggling with sleeping, you kind of practice these CBT-I techniques. Martin: Um, you found them helpful at the time, and then it was kind of a little bit further down the road. Some sleep disruption showed up again. Did you? Yeah. Did you try re implementing those techniques? Um, and if so, what do you feel like the difference was that time around the second time around when you tried implementing those? Kreuza: I sure did. So, so I, so I was familiar. So, because since I did struggle with insomnia 10 years ago, um, I, I always, it always kind of stuck with me ever since then that, Oh, I’m just a person who has trouble sleeping. Like I just, That kind of stuck with me, but it wasn’t really a problem for about a decade. Kreuza: I mean, I would have, it was a nuisance at times. I would have periods that my sleep would be, you know, not so great. And then it would kind of fix itself. So it wasn’t a big issue for, for that period of time for that decade. Um, until, um, until last year when. I mean, it really just, as it tends to start, it really just started with a couple of nights not sleeping well, and then it spiraled. Kreuza: And I, and I said, well, I’ve been through this before, I know what to do, and I know the protocol, I’ve done it before, and I know that it works. So, I started to implement it on my own. And I gave myself a certain amount of time in bed, I would, I would follow it pretty religiously. I stuck to my, to my, um, my schedule, but I noticed that it wasn’t getting better. Kreuza: And so, and in fact, it was actually getting worse. And so that’s when it really started to spiral out of control. Martin: Why do you feel that these CBT-I techniques were perhaps really helpful first time around, but then that, then later on when you tried to implement them again. The kind of results weren’t aligning with what you got the first time around. Kreuza: Right. I actually think that’s because I was trying to do it on my own. The first time I had a therapist and I think that knowing that I have this support from ...
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