problems with sleep since starting NoFap

Yup, I did at first, and for a week took herbal sleep remedy to help me drift off. After a week I had got over whatever was keeping me awake.

 

Hey,

It depends on whether I'm stimulated while trying to sleep or not. If I am then trying to sleep turns really hard. When I can't sleep for whatever reason I sometimes grab a warm glass of milk with a bit of honey. Sometimes watching a film or documentary helps you out too. You can also look after a sleeping tea. Maybe there is anything like that at your place.

Best regards

ezmon

 

The solution to getting back to sleep is to not concentrate on sleeping. That causes frustration. I've experimented with sleep a lot since I started getting into lucid dreaming. The most effective way of getting back to sleep if you wake up in between is to let your mind wander. Don't fixate on thoughts, let one thought lead onto another. If you do this right, you will become sort of nostalgic and start bringing up thoughts from your past, from when you were a child, etc. Don't fixate on any though, the key is to let your mind wander and keeping jumping from thought to thought. You will soon start having weird dream like related thoughts and scenes taking place, you will feel like your floating. This is where you want to be if you want to get back to sleep. This does take some time and practice, but I can assure you once you have nailed it down, it will fix your problem. Try it out, and report back with your experience. You can also use this method when wanting to get to sleep in the first place.

Good luck my friend.

 

Also I'd like to add, being 3 months in on hard mode, I can survive on much less sleep without feeling crap, plus I workout and have long days. This could also be down to good dieting as well. Keep abstaining

 

Thanks.

That's right when you over think, your brain is active hence not being able to sleep. Float like a butterfly, sleep like a baby lol

 

Have you made any progress since Matt? I've been in your position before and the frustration can get to you which makes you focus more on trying to sleep, and that does more harm

 

I've been getting few hours of good sleep as well. I think about things intently. The most random things I tend to over think. Last night all I could think about when trying to sleep was ISIS and the United States' Government reactions to it. I have no idea why. I'm going to try using your method, Heisenberg. The whole "let thoughts flow" thing. My brain functioning is unbearably shitty at the moment. I'm not even sure whether or not anything I'm typing makes sense.

 

In my case i use sleep music and it does the job.

 

I had similar problems when I started, mainly due to wet dreams ruining my sleep. I'd really like to question more about what the healthy amount of sleep zone is, as now 5-6 hours for me will allow me to function really well, where as 100 days ago, I couldn't survive off of less than 8.

The technique is very difficult to practice, even for me some days, because the frustration can get the better of me. Meditation will help you in this area, keep doing it. Also, what do you usually do if you were to wake up in the middle of your sleep ?

I've found it good practice to just quickly shut my eyes, keep my head down and not move, this puts me straight back to sleep. It all comes down to not fixating on getting back to sleep or worrying about it.

 

fishmatt7,
I'm late to this discussion - but yes, when I was on my previous NoFap stretch (before this one) I too suffered with chronic sleep depravation some nights - mainly through battling with urges. Getting off to sleep in the first place was not so much of a problem for me - but then waking up during the night with an urge and then I would be awake for ages trying to resist the urge to fap.
It's a dilemma because of course fapping is a big energy drainer, but not sleeping due to NoFap is a huge drain too.
On balance, NoFap is always the better solution - but suffering from disturbed sleep is a bit of a killer after a while. Perhaps reading a few pages of book or some meditation might help. If you're suffering from sleep loss due to urges, then it might take something a bit more distracting like getting up and doing some push-ups or going and making a light snack. T.V. can sometimes tend to stimulate the brain a bit too much, and so it might not help you get back to sleep. Same goes for the internet - which should ideally be avoided altogether during the night.
I really hope you manage to catch up on your sleep and get those extra couple of hours you need.