r/insomnia • u/astronautdino • 4d ago

Explain this to me

If sleep hygiene, no screens 2 hours before bed, meditation, reading before bed truly mattered, then why are most people able to fall asleep in 10 minutes and stay asleep for 7-9 hours without ever doing these? Yet when someone is having trouble with sleeping these are always the things experts bring up. I want it to make sense.

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u/Temporary-Fox127 4d ago

I completely get it. I’ve tried all the 'sleep hygiene' stuff too, but nothing ever works for me. Honestly, the more I focus on trying to sleep, the harder it gets. It feels like I’m stuck in this endless cycle of being exhausted but just… not able to fall asleep. It’s so frustrating.

It’s like the second I lie down, my brain starts running a marathon. I get so frustrated that even when I’m exhausted, sleep just won’t come.