ACT says the welcoming tool is just temporary and that it is only to untangle yourself from really strong thoughts. In my opinion, welcoming should've been combined with the acceptance and mindfulness section as one tool in the mindfulness quiver rather than stressing it as such an essential step. I’m not an insomniac, I just struggle falling asleep and waking up, and this book is really only aimed at people who have full on insomnia and no one else.

Using a blend of mindfulness and new ACT therapy techniques, Dr Guy shares his unique five-week plan to cure your sleep problem whether it's a few restless nights or a lifetime of insomnia. Most people who have trouble sleeping invest a huge amount of time, effort and money into fixing the problem, but Dr Guy has discovered the secret lies not in what you do, but what you learn not to do. In fact, as you will have discovered, the more frustrated you become only serves to push sleep further away. You may have heard about mindfulness and about meditation. You may have even tried meditation already and it didn’t work. Why? It is very important to understand that meditation will not get you to sleep. Just because you meditated before sleep, doesn’t mean you will sleep fine tonight. Meditation has a calming effect, but if you have developed negative associations with your bedroom, with bedtime, then all effects of the meditations will nullify the moment you step into your bedroom. Meditation is a learning session, in which you learn to observe what’s going on in your head and in your body. You learn to be objective and passive observer of your internal world and you then apply this skill at nighttime to notice what’s going on and not struggle with it. By doing nothing and not seeking solutions, you give yourself the best chance to sleep soundly tonight. Lost a career due to it. Upon starting my next chapter, went to the doctor and got some sleeping pills in hopes of insomnia not ruining my next career. The things I don’t agree with in the traditional approaches to insomnia were the recommendations (if one cannot sleep) to get up after 15 mins and do something else. Also, the strict sleep protocols around e.g. keeping a Sleep Diary did not work for me either. Proponents of ACT, such as the author, Dr. Meadows, are not fans of such “controlling” methods either. For them, the best approach is to accept not sleeping in a peaceful, accepting and non-judging way – to just lie there and accept it and not to engage with negative thoughts nor worry about not being asleep.Nothing', I am glad to say, is not the answer this book gives. It does provide the enormous relief of _simplifying_ one's approach to insomnia. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2022-06-24 18:07:47 Autocrop_version 0.0.14_books-20220331-0.2 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA40579219 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier At the risk of sounding like I am exaggerating, I fell asleep on my own for the first time in over a decade the very night I started reading the book and every night since. It worked immediately and every night got better as I read more of the book. Dr Guy’s pioneering methods at The Sleep School clinic have been an unprecedented success. By popular demand, his highly effective and 100% natural insomnia remedy is now here in this book. THE SLEEP BOOK is the sum of a doctorate degree in sleep and well over 12,000 hours spent working with more than 2,000 insomniacs in one-to-one clinics, workshops and retreat environments. I’m in my early forties and have struggled to sleep since I was a teenager. It turned into full blown insomnia in my late twenties.

A great short article that summarises the ACT approach and that of this book can be found if you google "When Your Anxiety ACTS up" by the Coastal Center Dr Guy's pioneering methods at The Sleep School clinic have been an unprecedented success. By popular demand, his highly effective and 100% natural insomnia remedy is now here in this book. THE SLEEP BOOK is the sum of a doctorate degree in sleep and well over 12,000 hours spent working with more than 2,000 insomniacs in one-to-one clinics, workshops and retreat environments. Chronic insomnia affects 15% of the UK population, and most insomniacs invest huge amount of time, effort, energy, emotion and money into fixing the problem. But Dr Guy Meadows has discovered that the secret to good sleep lies not in what you do, but what you learn not to do.Sometimes, you try to sleep all night with no result, and then you give up because it’s almost alarm time, you fall asleep for little while, before alarms goes off. Das heißt: Die meisten "Hilfsmittel" und "Tips", die im Alltag, in Büchern oder im WWW zur Verbesserung

besser schlafen zu können. Und diese Kontrollweisen etablieren die Störung als "dauerhaft", auch wenn Tried to quit it several times and every time I did, I would give up in the wee hours of the morning and take one. I was certain I could not fall asleep without this drug. Sit and choose to be still with your eyes closed, or open, on a park bench and just be with what’s there,” he suggests. Notice the sounds, the wind on your face, the wood underneath you, and your breath. Building up that noticing skill is really valuable and will help you at night when those negative emotions appear. 9. Focus on what’s important to you

The Sleep Book: How to Sleep Well Every Night

Before we proceed, let’s clear one thing out of the way. Is there something wrong with you and do you need medication to treat insomnia? Sometimes, insomnia can be caused by some underlying medical issues, such as chronic pain or issues with circadian rhythm. In that case the underlying condition should be treated first. If you don’t have any obvious medical conditions, chances are, your insomnia is caused by psychological factors, not medical. A third of the population sleep badly, but now THE SLEEP BOOK’s revolutionary five-week plan means that you don’t have to be one of them. Ocr tesseract 5.1.0-1-ge935 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9773 Ocr_module_version 0.0.16 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-0001215 Openlibrary_edition