Taking Time Out...Suffering from chronic insomnia commonly leads to chronic exhaustion. Or, in my case, periods of hypermania quickly followed up by exhaustion. To...reactionscomments
Staring at the Ceiling and Other Things I Do When I Can't Sleep......It's 2:20 AM, and I got in bed 5 hours ago. I was exhausted and really optimistic about getting some decent sleep...reactionscomments
Online and In-Person Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: What Is the Difference?...Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is an important tool to treat insomnia. But, does online CBT-I work as well as in-person...reactions2comments
Insomnia: The Consequences of Getting Enough Sleep...When I woke up for the fourth time this morning, I knew. I knew the brief period of uninterrupted slumber I was...reactionscomments
Bringing All the Noise...Noise. I need it, and I always have. I am one of those people who needs the television on in the background...reactions2comments
How This Sleep Mask Actually Improved My Sleep...Over the years of struggling to sleep, I've tried shielding my eyes from the light in a variety of fashions. I've done...reactions2comments
Grief Affects Insomnia in So Many Ways...Recently, I tragically lost a good friend I became very close friends with for a few years. I never got to see...reactionscomments
Stopping Sleep Medication After 30 Years...“I’ve been off Ambien for 40 days!” This is some of the best news I’ve ever received from my mother. As a...reactions1comment
When Insomnia Has a Reason...For many of us, insomnia is simply a way of life. There is not always a reason; it simply is just part...reactionscomments
How Do You Cope?!...If I had a penny for every time someone asked me, how I cope with insomnia, I would be a very rich...reactions1comment
Insomnia and Changing Sleeping Environments: Sleepless Nights...I recently moved to my summer home. When I say summer home, I mean my motorhome. I spend most of the summer...reactionscomments
Why I Wish You Wouldn't Use Sleep Aids...I’ll be blunt: I wish you didn’t use sleep medications to treat your insomnia. I wish I could convince you to get behavioral...reactionscomments
My Husband + My Insomnia + Parenthood...My husband is the most kind, compassionate, understanding person I've ever met. My husband is also unable to change the reality of...reactionscomments
What Happens in an EMDR Session?...EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) therapy has 8 phases: These phases are not all timed specifically nor are they all timed...reactions1comment
Doctors + Insomnia - Who to Ask for Help?...I am someone who has struggled with insomnia for as long as I can remember. Which means, I've talked to a lot...reactionscomments
Why Being Awake at Night Might Not Be So Bad......A lot of people with insomnia get upset by being awake at night. One of the key components of cognitive behavioural therapy...reactions1comment
My Search History According to Insomnia...The search box is a funny thing. I always get a little laugh out of the random assortment of things auto-filling Google's...reactionscomments
Is There an Ideal Bedtime?...Is there such a thing as an ideal bedtime? Or is there an optimal quantity and quality of sleep that each person...reactionscomments
How Other Aspects of My Health Impact My Insomnia (Part 2)...In the first part of this article, I wrote about how insomnia affects other aspects of my life. Unfortunately, the ripple effects...reactionscomments
Dear Friends: My Insomnia Is a Big Deal...Perhaps I should not describe people like this as friends. I suppose they are more acquaintances because I am not referring to...reactionscomments
