Peter is less anxious during the day but experiences the Houdini effect. Selena is happy she stumbled across the channel but is anxious during the day. Bed has tremors that are concerning and Sreyan is worried something is wrong like sporadic creutzfeld-Jakob disease.

Michelle from Talking insomnia #34 returns for Open class to share the insights that helped her move past insomnia, including introducing the community to Mr. Knotinstomach and Mr. Heart.

Questions today: Daniel has a speed bump after feeling he was past insomnia. Filip wonders why things are still so tricky despite all he knows and his brain is sending him bizarre scenarios to worry about.

Jim from Talking insomnia #21 is back sharing some of his journey and answers questions from the community. Bad sleeper is seeing some improvement but only manages to “rest”. Jacky is on a bumpy stretch and is looking for hope.

Matt still has periods of little sleep, but thanks to education he no longer goes towards the rabbit hole, but away from it. He has also noticed how the fear he sometimes has is changing. I used to be one of being afraid about his health, now it is about experiencing unpleasant emotions like jealousy. Important insights here from the inside perspective.

Diane went 4 nights with no sleep as the lockdown started in the Philippines in September of 2020. After trying supplements and CBTi, she was prescribed Clonazepam. Not wanting the side effects she decided to go a different route, and now she is very glad she did.

In this episode, Diane shares what helped her the most: understanding that there was nothing wrong with her.

 Dylan is going to bed early but doesn’t sleep longer. Don did really well but now has a hard time not worrying about insomnia coming back. Firdaus is trying to be active but is struggling after taking medication for tonsillitis. Ashley’s struggle started after taking illicit drugs once and having accupuncture the following day.

Matt suggests that we discuss sleep deprivation vs insomnia as confusing the two often causes unnecessary anxiety. We take him up on this excellent idea! In this episode we will see that they are very different. With sleep deprivation sleep happens easily and without any struggle, while insomnia is very different. We also see that neither has been shown to cause any health problems.

The definition of awake is literally "not aleep", but the definition of alert is different! Why is understanding the difference so important for good sleep? Tune in and check out why!

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In this episode we talk about how the fight and flight reaction, when out of context, can be very scary. Much less so when you understand that is the lack of an obvious threat that makes your experiences seem odd!

Benjamin had a sleepless night after a late shift as a line cook. He now struggles with sleep and has a feeling this is all anxiety. Diane would like to talk to Coach Daniel, how can that be set up? Lara is worried about SFi and Ashley would like to share her story privately, how can questions be submitted anonymously?