Former Insomniac by End Insomnia
de Ivo H.K.
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Welcome to Former Insomniac with Ivo H.K., founder at End Insomnia. After suffering from insomnia for 5 brutal years and trying "everything" to fix it, I developed a new approach targeting the root cause of insomnia: sleep anxiety (or the fear of sleeplessness).
In this podcast, I talk about the End Insomnia System and I share tips, learnings, and insights from overcoming insomnia and tell the stories of people who did so you can apply the principles to end insomnia for good, too.
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- Why Breaking Your Sleep Rules Helps You Sleep · 4 min · Épisode 160By the end of my 5 brutal years of insomnia, I had a lot of sleep rules. My hardest one was no liquids 4 hours before bed. I was thirsty the whole night. And I still told myself…
- Why Calling Yourself an Insomniac Keeps You Awake · 4 min · Épisode 159For most of my 5 brutal years of insomnia, I called myself an insomniac. Out loud, to other people, and in my own head. It felt like the truth. Looking back, calling myself an…
- Why a Few Minutes a Day Can Turn Down the Alarm in Your Brain · 4 min · Épisode 158[FIRST NAME GOES HERE], During my 5 brutal years of insomnia, I tried pretty much everything. Pills, supplements, weighted blankets, gadgets, anything really. What actually…
- During Insomnia, I Didn't Want Anyone to See Me Suffering · 5 min · Épisode 157For most of my 5 brutal years of insomnia, I didn’t want anyone to know how bad it was. We don’t want to be seen as weak. We prefer to appear tough. I was like that. But deep…
- Your Insomnia Is Not Your Fault · 5 min · Épisode 156During my 5 brutal years of insomnia, I spent months thinking there must be something seriously wrong with me. And at 3 am, the voice in my head was not nice. “What’s wrong with…
- Chasing Good Sleep Is What Keeps It Away · 5 min · Épisode 155For 5 brutal years I told myself the same thing. Once I sleep normally again, everything else in my life is going to be fine. So I put everything on one number. The hours I got…
- Life Has to Come Back Before Insomnia Goes Away · 5 min · Épisode 154During my 5 brutal years of insomnia, my whole life got smaller. I stopped making plans. I stopped doing things I enjoy. And a couple of hours of work tired me out completely. I…
- Why I Stopped Writing Off the Day After a Bad Night · 4 min · Épisode 153I used to wake up foggy. Counted the hours. And then decided that the day is going to be ruined. During my 5 brutal years of insomnia, just a couple of hours of work tired me out…
- Why "I'll Be Happy When I Sleep Again" is a Trap · 5 min · Épisode 152You have probably thought some version of this. “Once I fix my sleep, everything will be better. I’ll feel like me again. I’ll finally be happy.” That makes sense. Sleep feels…
- You Don't Have to Drop All the Things You Love to Beat Insomnia · 5 min · Épisode 152When insomnia drags on, most people start shrinking their life. It happens slowly. And every choice makes sense at the time. • You say no to plans because you are too tired. •…
- Why a Short Night Can Still Leave You Feeling Okay · 5 min · Épisode 151Here is something that might surprise you. How you feel after a rough night has less to do with how much you slept. And more to do with how you spent the hours you were awake…
- Why Checking the Clock at 2 a.m. Doesn't Help Insomnia · 5 min · Épisode 150There are two things almost everybody with insomnia does at night. Both of them feed the alarm in your brain. And both feel so automatic you might not even notice you’re doing…
- You're Allowed to Enjoy Being Awake at Night · 4 min · Épisode 149Here's what I used to do at night when I had insomnia before I finally fixed it. A book. A podcast. A show. I listened to a video. Something I like that can take my mind off of…
- What If You Stopped Trying to Sleep Tonight? · 4 min · Épisode 148Here is an idea that might sound strange at first. What if your goal at night was not to fall asleep? What if it was just to feel calm, even while you are awake? I know that…
- Try Singing Your Worst Fear Tonight (Really) · 4 min · Épisode 147Try this. Set a timer for five minutes. Sit still. Just watch what your brain does. You might start by noticing something in the room. That reminds you of yesterday. That reminds…
- The One Word That Stops a Worry Spiral · 4 min · Épisode 146Here is something that sounds simple but is hard to live by. Just because you think something does not make it true. We treat our thoughts like they are facts. A thought shows…
- Your Scary 3 a.m. Thoughts Are Usually Wrong · 4 min · Épisode 145There is a kind of thinking that keeps insomnia going. If you have been awake at 3 a.m., you know it well. One thought shows up. "If I don't sleep soon, tomorrow will be ruined."…
- The 3-step practice for sitting with anxiety at 2 a.m. · 4 min · Épisode 144Some feelings are really hard to sit with. Like when you feel scared at bedtime. Or upset after another bad night. Or worried about how tomorrow will go. When a feeling like this…
- Why Pulling Harder Against Insomnia Keeps You Stuck · 5 min · Épisode 143Picture this. You're standing at the edge of a bottomless pit. On the other side stands a monster, huge, terrifying, impossibly strong. A rope stretches across the pit between…
- What "Accepting" Your Insomnia Actually Means (It's Not Giving Up) · 5 min · Épisode 142Acceptance is one of those words that gets misunderstood constantly, especially when it comes to insomnia. So let's clear it up, because understanding it correctly might be the…
