Matt wonders if a 7 hour sleep window will work if you sleep 5-5.5 hours? D.I. can’t accept not sleeping the night before an important event which then keeps him sleepless. Naja is wondering if all she’s experiencing really could be anxiety? Matthew asks how one can think more positively after a night if no sleep.

Pantherpsrung wonders if insomnia can become a self-distraction method. Thea has little trouble falling asleep but wakes up very early. Snehitha has gotten stuck with CBTi and wonders where to you next.

Jacinto feels lucky because so far, the medications he is taking are effective. What could someone in his spot do to internalize sleep confidence? Jeff has tried doing everything he has learned on this channel but is worried that anxiety and grief may be making better sleep impossible at the moment? Fei has done well for several months but is hitting a rough stretch again.

Alice has done CBTi for 3 months and has hit a plateau, how can she move past it? Two anonymous viewers ask what program may be good for them and what these offerings include. Jeff wonders how to deal with dysfunctional thoughts that happen in that twilight state between wakefulness and sleep. Kevin describes a state of panic and identifies two threats. Nemi wonders how to best deal with fatigue and lightheadedness after a sleepless night.

Some 3 years ago, pushing himself to the limit started creating problems sleeping which escalated to an all consuming state of insomnia. After years searching for the way out, including taking a CBTi course that only helped until the moment he graduated, he found a way of blending ACT, behavioral modifications and his own insights into an approached that changed everything.

Alex used to be very bothered by becoming aware of falling asleep. He was a guest on the channel in Talking insomnia #16 and has since spend months pondering how to share the best way of not having this experience. In this episode, we look at Alex's distilled thoughts that not only apply to hypnic awareness, but really all of what we call mental wellness.

Roshna was at the top of her class, now her grades are slipping and her family does not believe there’s such a thing as insomnia. Fiona doesn’t know what to do with her brain when she closes her eyes. Gabriele wonders how someone can not sleep well after 5 months of CBTi. Jeff want to Forget it. Michael is thinking of staying up for a whole night to get really sleepy. BFT wonders how one can win over hyperarousal.

For Oscar, insomnia started with a COVID related scare leading to trying several medications that didn’t help. Magnesium seemed to work sometimes but he still wonders why he has to do so much more to sleep now than in up until 7 months ago? Thea can’t control her thoughts! Canal angler wonders if it’s ok to play video games at night? Vince has been doing well after shifting attention away from sleep and unsubscribing from the channel. But he forgot some of the teaching and needs a booster!

Kasper shares what he saw his mother go through having had what turned out to be sporadic fatal insomnia. It was obvious to everyone around her that something was wrong. She herself seemed to never realize she was ill. And she never struggled with sleep, rather she seemed to sleep 16-20 hours per day.