The REAL Reasons You Can't Sleep (And How To Fix Them)

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Don't sleep on this episode- get it?
Today, I'm joined by an expert sleep therapist, Tracy The Sleep Coach. She specializes in helping people battle their insomnia, and restore the sleep balance to their life.
In the episode, we delve into a whole slew of sleep-related topics. We start by differing insomnia from other sleeping disorders, such as sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, pathological sleepiness, circadian rhythm disorders, and other conditions.
Anxiety, of all levels, is one of the biggest enemies to sleep, and we address it frequently throughout the episode, coupled with paranoia, screen time, psychological factors, genetics, a fear of missing out and more.
We also cover sleeping during the daytime, or lack thereof. Additionally, the balance needed of sleeping away daylight and free time versus getting the sleep you need.
Tracy shares with us how trauma and grief affected her ability to sleep, and how easily habits and patterns are formed when it comes to human beings and their sleep. This leads us to contextual cues and safety behaviors, and how they can affect our sleep and productivity. Including, the subconscious wiring of identifying objects and places with specific actions or emotions. This includes bedrot, sleeping on the couch or a chair, and working in bed. I discuss how red lights are used by military members sometimes to condition themselves for life on a submarine or aircraft carrier, and how their rack being their home affects their ability to sleep.
I share how I couldn't fall asleep at boot camp. From there, we branch into how watching the time and emotional frustration can hinder our ability to sleep and worsen our sleeping disorders. This leads us into a discussion on staying up versus staying in bed, and what to do when you stay up and are trying to sleep.
We also conversate about creating contextual clues to separate your work life from your personal life, and why minimizing work on your phone is important. Interestingly enough, Ms. Tracy shares how going to bed earlier to combat insomnia can lead to making it worse. Also, reverse engineering our sleep, and why doing something enjoyable instead of boring is more efficient at battling sleeplessness.
Again, we emphasize the importance of not tracking time and calculating hours, and how even tracking other sleeping statistics can be misleading to us- such as deep sleep.
Most importantly, we discuss social media, FOMO, and how checking our phones throughout the night can be detrimental.
Oh, and my night terrors. They're insane. And the fun term Paradoxical Insomnia, and Imagery Rehearsal Therapy.
Using alcohol to cope with the inability to sleep is not recommended, and we discuss how people do that, and the reality behind using alcohol to sleep.
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