Insomnia Support Group
Insomnia is a symptom, rather than a disease, and is characterized by inadequate quantity or quality of sleep. People with insomnia complain of difficulty falling or staying asleep, which results in significant impairment of daytime functioning. Insomnia is categorized as transient (shorter than one week), short-term (one to three weeks) or chronic (longer than three...
I sleep good 3 or 4 days in a row and then had 3 or 4 bad nights in a row! Thank god I slept good last night but it was really weird. Even what I considered good sleep wasn't as good as this sleep. I literally just sat down upright on the couch sometime fairly late and with even trying I just had pictures in my head of the fishing trip earlier that day. I wasn't even trying, they were just happening and eventually I started almost falling asleep. After a short time of this I headed to bed and fell asleep for real in an obviously much more comfortable position. It's indescribable but I did those mental images without even trying and I wasn't even thinking or trying to sleep, it just happened.
When convenient, could you elaborate a bit or point to a reference on "I did those mental images?" Is that part of CBT? Thanks.
As for the mental images, they aren't really a part of CBT. They are more of a stress management and relaxation technique. I try to purposely do the mental imagery to wind down and forget about the days struggles/inconveniences but also reflect about the days events. The thing is I wasn't even trying to do "mental imagery" on the day I was talking about. I just sat down upright in the couch and it's hard to explain, it just happened and I started falling asleep and that's when I knew it was time to get up and head to the bed.