Comments on: How I Conquered Insomnia http://zacharyburt.com/2010/02/how-i-conquered-insomnia/ using technology and a post-modern approach to psychology to improve people's lives Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Learn Stop Snoringhttp://zacharyburt.com/2010/02/how-i-conquered-insomnia/#comment-87 Learn Stop Snoring Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:20:00 +0000 http://www.zacharyburt.com/?p=49#comment-87 Great advice, thank you. Great advice, thank you.

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]]> By: athikities supabiolahttp://zacharyburt.com/2010/02/how-i-conquered-insomnia/#comment-85 athikities supabiola Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:00:56 +0000 http://www.zacharyburt.com/?p=49#comment-85 Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common category of sleep-related breathing disorders. I found the good pillow for hekp you from apnea, are you interest? See at <a href="http://www.antisnorepillow.us/" rel="nofollow">http://www.antisnorepillow.us/</a> Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common category of sleep-related breathing disorders. I found the good pillow for hekp you from apnea, are you interest? See at http://www.antisnorepillow.us/

]]> By: revolution9http://zacharyburt.com/2010/02/how-i-conquered-insomnia/#comment-84 revolution9 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:59:18 +0000 http://www.zacharyburt.com/?p=49#comment-84 I know how hard it is to deal with insomnia. I suffered frmo insomnia for years. I lost lots of weight and I barely had any energy in my body. In the end, the only pills that helped were some pills against allergy (Piriton), that my doctor recommended. I also changed my old mattress with a <a href="http://ebed.com/index.php" rel=follow rel="nofollow">tempurpedic mattress</a>... and this change also helped. Was nice to find my bed more comfortable I know how hard it is to deal with insomnia. I suffered frmo insomnia for years. I lost lots of weight and I barely had any energy in my body. In the end, the only pills that helped were some pills against allergy (Piriton), that my doctor recommended. I also changed my old mattress with a tempurpedic mattress… and this change also helped. Was nice to find my bed more comfortable

]]> By: Zach Smithhttp://zacharyburt.com/2010/02/how-i-conquered-insomnia/#comment-89 Zach Smith Fri, 04 Jun 2010 03:28:00 +0000 http://www.zacharyburt.com/?p=49#comment-89 If sleep is perpetually elusive, try using a different mattress. Maybe your mattress is making sleep evade you. Memory foam and latex foam mattresses are purported to be sleep induces. Why? These mattresses provide better support to the body thereby reducing body pains that might disrupt good sleep. These mattresses also improve body circulation as you sleep. If sleep is perpetually elusive, try using a different mattress. Maybe your mattress is making sleep evade you. Memory foam and latex foam mattresses are purported to be sleep induces. Why? These mattresses provide better support to the body thereby reducing body pains that might disrupt good sleep. These mattresses also improve body circulation as you sleep.

]]> By: Zach Smithhttp://zacharyburt.com/2010/02/how-i-conquered-insomnia/#comment-895 Zach Smith Fri, 04 Jun 2010 03:28:00 +0000 http://www.zacharyburt.com/?p=49#comment-895 If sleep is perpetually elusive, try using a different mattress. Maybe your mattress is making sleep evade you. Memory foam and latex foam mattresses are purported to be sleep induces. Why? These mattresses provide better support to the body thereby reducing body pains that might disrupt good sleep. These mattresses also improve body circulation as you sleep. If sleep is perpetually elusive, try using a different mattress. Maybe your mattress is making sleep evade you. Memory foam and latex foam mattresses are purported to be sleep induces. Why? These mattresses provide better support to the body thereby reducing body pains that might disrupt good sleep. These mattresses also improve body circulation as you sleep.

]]> By: The Neuroscience of Buddhism – Practical Tips via Insightful Framework — Zachary Burt's Bloghttp://zacharyburt.com/2010/02/how-i-conquered-insomnia/#comment-83 The Neuroscience of Buddhism – Practical Tips via Insightful Framework — Zachary Burt's Blog Tue, 25 May 2010 04:36:42 +0000 http://www.zacharyburt.com/?p=49#comment-83 [...] thinking. We know that thinking is often non-deliberate, and stresses us out, such as when we are trying to fall asleep. What the authors of Buddha’s Brain insightfully point out is that when one area of the brain [...] [...] thinking. We know that thinking is often non-deliberate, and stresses us out, such as when we are trying to fall asleep. What the authors of Buddha’s Brain insightfully point out is that when one area of the brain [...]

]]> By: Jonas Bolinhttp://zacharyburt.com/2010/02/how-i-conquered-insomnia/#comment-82 Jonas Bolin Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:10:24 +0000 http://www.zacharyburt.com/?p=49#comment-82 Forgot to add. I really like your style man, how you write, the topics you chose and how you convey your own values throughout. A real inspiration for me. I find myself in agreement with virtually everything you write and can only wish that I had the same ability to craft awesome texts as you.<br><br>I have thought about your theory on abundance recently and will definetely try to bring that additude more and more into my life. Especially now that I soon graduate from uni and will try to find an interesting job for myself.<br><br>Thanks again dude and keep the good stuff coming! <br><br>Love<br>Jonas Forgot to add. I really like your style man, how you write, the topics you chose and how you convey your own values throughout. A real inspiration for me. I find myself in agreement with virtually everything you write and can only wish that I had the same ability to craft awesome texts as you.

I have thought about your theory on abundance recently and will definetely try to bring that additude more and more into my life. Especially now that I soon graduate from uni and will try to find an interesting job for myself.

Thanks again dude and keep the good stuff coming!

Love
Jonas

]]> By: Jonas Bolinhttp://zacharyburt.com/2010/02/how-i-conquered-insomnia/#comment-81 Jonas Bolin Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:58:16 +0000 http://www.zacharyburt.com/?p=49#comment-81 Duuude. This is so funny. I commented on your post on abundance a while back, noting that your experience mirrored mine a while back.<br><br>Now, I have also suffered from severe insomnia a few years back and sleep continues to be an issue in my life, tho much less than before. My list if things that I tried and failed at is almost identical to yours. As is my list of things that worked.<br><br>A few notes:<br>-The voice in the head is not the problem. It's just a sign that I have a need which is in unmet.<br>-When I don't sleep, it is a clear signal that I need to take care of myself better.<br><br>Other things that worked for me:<br>-Crying. Remember the scene in Fight Club where Edward Norton starts trying at the meeting for men with testicular cancer and that this cures his insomnia. The same have been true for me. Crying helps me move energy throughout my body and put my system in a more child-like state which is tremendously helpful when going to bed.<br><br>-Taking slow, late walks. Last year I had a habit of taking a walk at 10pm to a beautiful view point and watch how the city of Gothenburg went to sleep. Sometimes I paid attention to my breath, sometimes to the sensations in my feet, though mostly I just let my mind drift. Anyhow these walks usually made me really tired and I often fell asleep instantly afterwards. If I didn't I often had to clear my RAM and scribble stuff in my notebook.<br> <br>- On RAM clearing: I find that using strong words to describe painful feelings help me relax. Instead of writing that I feel stressed, I would write that I feel fuckin aweful and that I hate myself, and my life. This doesn't necessarily have to be true a wider sense i.e. that I actually hate my life. What's important is that in the moment of lying in my bed, I may have an aweful feeling in my body, and that my ego may come up with this kind of ideas, though usually more subtle. By making the mind's interpretation of these feelings explicit, it usually becomes obvious how absurd this mental construction is. It is just a feeling, a sensation in my body. All I have to do is stay with it. Writing helps me realize this.<br><br>-Integrity is important. There is a clear correlation in my life between me not being clear and direct about my values, and me lying awake.<br><br>Some of these ideas might seem unorthodox, and if would have heard about it 3 years ago I might have laughed. Today, I know that these things helps me be more alive, more child-like and grown-up simultaneously. Which incidentally also helps me sleep better. My own conclusion is that my insomnia isn't an isolated sleeping problem. It's about my entire life. Duuude. This is so funny. I commented on your post on abundance a while back, noting that your experience mirrored mine a while back.

Now, I have also suffered from severe insomnia a few years back and sleep continues to be an issue in my life, tho much less than before. My list if things that I tried and failed at is almost identical to yours. As is my list of things that worked.

A few notes:
-The voice in the head is not the problem. It's just a sign that I have a need which is in unmet.
-When I don't sleep, it is a clear signal that I need to take care of myself better.

Other things that worked for me:
-Crying. Remember the scene in Fight Club where Edward Norton starts trying at the meeting for men with testicular cancer and that this cures his insomnia. The same have been true for me. Crying helps me move energy throughout my body and put my system in a more child-like state which is tremendously helpful when going to bed.

-Taking slow, late walks. Last year I had a habit of taking a walk at 10pm to a beautiful view point and watch how the city of Gothenburg went to sleep. Sometimes I paid attention to my breath, sometimes to the sensations in my feet, though mostly I just let my mind drift. Anyhow these walks usually made me really tired and I often fell asleep instantly afterwards. If I didn't I often had to clear my RAM and scribble stuff in my notebook.

- On RAM clearing: I find that using strong words to describe painful feelings help me relax. Instead of writing that I feel stressed, I would write that I feel fuckin aweful and that I hate myself, and my life. This doesn't necessarily have to be true a wider sense i.e. that I actually hate my life. What's important is that in the moment of lying in my bed, I may have an aweful feeling in my body, and that my ego may come up with this kind of ideas, though usually more subtle. By making the mind's interpretation of these feelings explicit, it usually becomes obvious how absurd this mental construction is. It is just a feeling, a sensation in my body. All I have to do is stay with it. Writing helps me realize this.

-Integrity is important. There is a clear correlation in my life between me not being clear and direct about my values, and me lying awake.

Some of these ideas might seem unorthodox, and if would have heard about it 3 years ago I might have laughed. Today, I know that these things helps me be more alive, more child-like and grown-up simultaneously. Which incidentally also helps me sleep better. My own conclusion is that my insomnia isn't an isolated sleeping problem. It's about my entire life.

]]> By: Jonas Bolinhttp://zacharyburt.com/2010/02/how-i-conquered-insomnia/#comment-80 Jonas Bolin Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:10:24 +0000 http://www.zacharyburt.com/?p=49#comment-80 Forgot to add. I really like your style man, how you write, the topics you chose and how you convey your own values throughout. A real inspiration for me. I find myself in agreement with virtually everything you write and can only wish that I had the same ability to craft awesome texts as you.<br><br>I have thought about your theory on abundance recently and will definetely try to bring that additude more and more into my life. Especially now that I soon graduate from uni and will try to find an interesting job for myself.<br><br>Thanks again dude and keep the good stuff coming! <br><br>Love<br>Jonas Forgot to add. I really like your style man, how you write, the topics you chose and how you convey your own values throughout. A real inspiration for me. I find myself in agreement with virtually everything you write and can only wish that I had the same ability to craft awesome texts as you.

I have thought about your theory on abundance recently and will definetely try to bring that additude more and more into my life. Especially now that I soon graduate from uni and will try to find an interesting job for myself.

Thanks again dude and keep the good stuff coming!

Love
Jonas

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