Fernando is sleeping well but - what to do about the lingering cognitive impairment? Salima started sleeping well as quarantine relived her or obligations. But then she started taking a long time to sleep and she still takes medications. What to do? Yuchen has seen much improvement but is stuck at the 5 hour mark, well short of the 7 hours or so desired. How take the final step? Ricardo is moving to England and anxiety flares up. Tracy feels good but has been told that she is an enigma because she sleeps no more than 2 hours. Has she hit the wonder wall?

Matthew wonders why sleepiness disappears and why he’s not sleepy despite a very active day. Karan is not worried, but wonders when to expect feeling sleepy at midnight and no longer having sleep state misperception. Young sleeps very little after starting to have migraines about a year ago. What to do?

In this episode Luke guests the podcast and shares his story. It always took him a long time to fall asleep but, this was never a problem until a night where he was up until 4 am. He now understands what happened, what insomnia is and he is ready to take the step of leaving trouble sleeping behind. Yet he always seems to get pulled back.

Insomnia is often described as something similar to PTSD. Something happened in the past that triggered ongoing trouble sleeping and although you sleep better, this fear and the insomnia that came with it, can be triggered again.

In this episode we look at an email from Natalie and talk about how the way to not have Post Tramuatic Insomnia is to accept that the trigger and the trouble sleeping that followed can happen again. Because when you stop resisting that potential trigger, you avoid the reaction that lead to ongoing insomnia.

Insomnia happens when we fight the perceived opponent of sleeplessness. This narrative is reinforced if you look at sleeping well on any given night as a victory. This is why you should be happy and celebrate when you sleep well, without being victorious or becoming attached to the outcome.

At what point should I go back to sleeping in my bed? This is a very common question from a viewer or client who’s been sleeping on the couch or spare bed since insomnia started.

The answer - the sooner the better!

Because when you do, you no longer feel that you’re being punished for having trouble sleeping, you no longer have that looming inevitable future trigger of having to go back to bed and most importantly - you will start building true sleep confidence.

Jordan wonders if he has insomnia or is overreacting. Jay goes straight into dream sleep, why is that? Colleen wonders if dehydration can cause insomnia. Vince has become tolerant to sleep medications and is considering a drug holiday. Tracy does on on 3 hours of sleep, but on less it’s hard. Ricardo is 3 weeks into CBTi. He slept until 11 am by mistake one day, has he set himself way back? Amy hardly sleeps after having had a COVID infection, what’s going on?

Tracy is sleeping 0-2 hours per night and is getting physically sick with nausea, vomiting, migraines aches and dizziness. What could one do in this situation? Nida wishes she didn’t start paying attention to the process of falling asleep. She now has hypnic awareness, becoming aware of falling asleep which then wakes her up. What to do? D.I. has a strong desire to sleep nights before an important day. How can one completely rid oneself of the desire to sleep so that one can sleep well always? Arun wonders if a sleep coaching app will work if you have delayed sleep phase syndrome and N24. Jose started having trouble sleeping 6 months ago after watching horror movies. Now he’s been through a number of supplements and is sleeping no better. He is looking for a sense of direction.

Do you have trouble sleeping? Can’t sleep? Have questions about insomnia or sleep? Please leave a comment or send an email:

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I will be happy to share my thoughts as a video ...

Colleen has noted that whenever she has a stretch of sleeping better, she invariably goes back to sleeping little again.

In this episode we talk about Success Regress - when the doubt of whether sustained good sleep is too good to be true becomes self fulfilling.

Do you have trouble sleeping? Can’t sleep? Have questions about insomnia or sleep? Please leave a comment or send an email:

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I will be happy to share my thoughts as a video reply in an Ask Daniel episode.

If you want to connect elsewhere I’m on Twitter @ErichsenDaniel, Instagram @Erichsen.Daniel, Facebook as Daniel Erichsen.

Would you like to work with me? Awesome! I would love a chance to help you sleep fantastic. There are two ways we can work together:

The self coaching program is perfect if you like learning through video and also if have mental wellness goals be...

Anass is trying Magnesium which hasn’t helped. Mr. Peace wonders if not seeing progress 6 weeks into CBTi is a bad sign. Shruti wonders what to do before going to bed as for it not to be a boring time.