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Love your insights cristian. I remember getting into bed and a huge spider crawled over me. For about 2 years after i checked my bed thoroughly every night lol.

Omg the binge watching LOL 😂 when I first discovered the channel, I was watching ALL THE TIME. But then I started experiencing okay-ish nights. Now, on days where I feel ok, the last thing I want is to even think about sleep, I'm so sick of the whole thing. But when a speed bump hits, the binge watching starts again. Im hoping for a day when I can watch these videos and just enjoy them without having so much emotional attachment to the topic.

Hi, I've been dealing with my insomia for these few years. I have no problem with staying a sleep, my concern is I havr a problem of falling a sleep because of fear not getting sleep. And It gives me hyperarousal and afraid of laying down in my couch. Im just so down right now. I can't even get a job because of I'm dealing right now because Im afraid of this happening to me when I get a job. I don't know what to do right now I am just so lost. Please help me coach Daniel😢

Hey Daniel, I'm new to insomnia, I developed maintenance insomnia after a very adverse reaction to caffeine I had almost a month ago, I took caffeine too late in the evening and went with only two hours of sleep for two days straight and afterwards I'd have no problem falling asleep but I had trouble going back to sleep after I'd wake up randomly in the middle of the night. I'd always wake up in the middle of the night, but I never had a problem going back to sleep. I've managed to 50% manage it now with acceptance and NATTO (before I knew what NATTO was) so I can go back to sleep every other day and sleep decently half the time but I keep sleeping terribly half the time and even when I do sleep well I always have sleep anxiety and worry about my sleep before going to bed. It's frustrating. I wanted to ask whether it is true that lack of adequate sleep is linked to all these horrible health outcomes, like cancer, dementia, heart disease, blah blah blah, you name it, is the stuff in the why we sleep book by Matthew Walker true or has it been debunked? Is there any scientifically sound evidence that lack of sleep can cause any adverse health outcomes at all? Because it feels unfair that I may have to face adverse health consequences for a condition I developed completely outside my control if I don't recover "soon enough" to at least be able to offset the negative health effects. And of course the idea that I have to recover "soon enough" makes me more anxious about my sleep so I'm not NATTO. (By the way, I've tried CBT-I and not only it didn't work but it made me worse).