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...

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This aggravates me.

imawesome611
imawesome611
I was just told by someone that I can't sleep because "it's all in my head". I've lost count of how many times I've been told that. People are ignorant!
Biatta
Biatta
You should not listen to those people who have no clue to what is causing insomnia. I was told the same many time. It takes time to accept that we should ignore other peoples opinions, or stop sharing at all. It took me years to learn that, now if somebody tells me something like that, I do not care. I wish you to get better!
Hypnos07
Hypnos07
There certainly can be medical causes for sleeplessness over which no one has any control. In those cases, I agree it's not "all in your head".

Then there is the whole category of what's known as psychophysiologic insomnia, which the Institute of Medicine estimates as many as 30 million Americans (roughly 10% of the population) deals with. This very common form of sleeplessness is typically caused by some combination of bad sleep habits and excessive worry about sleep.

It is the "excessive worry" part that most definitely is in your head, and for many of us is the raw fuel that enables and perpetuates insomnia.

Not saying you have this. I don't know. Just making a general comment about insomnia that a lot of people have to deal with.

I know I did, and getting to the bottom of the negative thoughts was a big part of what helped me sleep better. Not all of it, but a big part.