Ask Daniel #60: If You're Stuck, Try a Little Tenderness

Uncategorized Jul 07, 2020

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?

 

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Ask Daniel #60: The Many Shapes of the Desire for Sleep

Uncategorized Jul 01, 2020

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.

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Insomnia Insight #325: Success Regress

Uncategorized Jul 01, 2020

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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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 Master Program www.thesleepcoachschool.com
- BedTyme, a sleep coaching app for iOS and Android.

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

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Ask Daniel #59: To Anass, Mr. Peace and Shruti

Uncategorized Jun 30, 2020

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.

 

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Talking Insomnia #24: Sal Loses Sleep After a Panic Attack at Night

Uncategorized Jun 26, 2020

After stress at work and caring for a new puppy triggers a panic attack, the first one to happen at night, Sal starts sleeping very little. Sometimes not a all. He googles his symptoms and worries that he has developed fatal insomnia and wonders what to do and what's going on.

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Insomnia Insight #324: The Cycle of Sleep

Uncategorized Jun 25, 2020

If you want to understand how insomnia happens and how to get back to a place of sleeping well in under 10 minutes, watch this video!

 

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Insomnia Insight #323: Fighting Fire with Fire

Uncategorized Jun 24, 2020

If you have a tendency to worry, and those worries get in the way of you making the decisions that are best for you, this episode is for you. You will find five examples here of how to find a what if that is bigger than the what if that is standing in your way, leading you to make the choices that get you the results you desire.

 

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Ask Daniel #58: Magic Happens

Uncategorized Jun 23, 2020

Karan changes perception and sleep starts happening. Pilar has an epiphany after watching this channel for months. Audrey wonders if you can get past chronic insomnia if you also have ocd? Matt has Hypnic jerks after a radical diet change and coming off a bad drinking habit. All the women in Shannon’s family have insomnia. But now she’s not even sleeping with medications. She’s worried she has SFi. Fernando and John are also worried about this rare condition that is not actually an insomnia.

 

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Ask Daniel #57: To Luke and Ricardo

Uncategorized Jun 20, 2020

Luke asks about ACT and CBT. When is the former a good option and how has our thinking about ACT developed? Ricardo is on his second week of spending less time in bed. So far it’s been a bumpy ride and he wonders if sleeping from 8 on to 1 am would be better as this has been refreshing in the past.

 

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Talking Insomnia #23: How can you not be desperate 2 hours is all you get?

Uncategorized Jun 19, 2020

Tash implemented a sleep window and other CBTi measures nearly a year ago. She saw some improvement in her sleep in the first months but has been stuck since then getting little sleep and feeling very tired. What’s going on and where should she go next?

 

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