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Is Sleep Paralysis Dangerous? Myths, Facts, and How to Cope

Is Sleep Paralysis Dangerous?

We’ll explore the causes of sleep paralysis, the symptoms you might experience, and how to stop sleep paralysis using proven behavioral treatments like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-i).

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Falling asleep on the couch and then becoming WIDE Falling asleep on the couch and then becoming WIDE awake the second you get into bed? 😑

There may actually be a reason for that.

When you’ve spent enough nights lying in bed awake, worrying about sleep, checking the clock, or trying really hard to fall asleep, your brain can start associating your bed with being awake and alert.

So you’re sleepy on the couch…then you get into bed and suddenly 👀.

This conditioned response is one of the things we work on in CBT-i.

👇 Does this happen to you? Tell me in the comments.
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Do you find yourself dreading bedtime because of p Do you find yourself dreading bedtime because of pelvic pain? 😣

For many people, the hardest part isn’t just the pain itself. It’s the uncertainty of wondering whether you’ll be able to get comfortable, how often you’ll wake up, or how much sleep you’ll lose. 

Over time, repeated difficult nights can lead your nervous system to associate bedtime with discomfort and worry. Stress, fear, hypervigilance, and poor sleep can all increase pain sensitivity, making the cycle even harder to break.

And more pain at night doesn’t automatically mean something dangerous is happening. Pain and sleep influence one another, and the emotional toll of living with pelvic pain is often overlooked. 

If pelvic pain is affecting your sleep or quality of life, evidence-based approaches can help reduce fear, calm the nervous system, and change the cycle between pain and sleep.

Reach out to learn more about chronic pain therapy over on my website ✨
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I mean…none of this is technically inaccurate. 😂👀 I mean…none of this is technically inaccurate. 😂👀

I meet with people privately.
They tell me things they may not tell anyone else.
Sometimes I ask them to revisit memories they’d rather forget.
Other times I tell them they’re spending too much time in bed.

I take detailed notes about all of it.

And then I charge them money.

Apparently being a therapist sounds VERY different when you leave out all the context.

👇 Tag a therapist who should probably have to explain themselves.
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Sleep is one of those things where more effort doe Sleep is one of those things where more effort doesn’t necessarily get you a better result.

The more you monitor it, worry about it, change your routine, and try to make sure tonight goes well, the more pressure you can put on something that’s supposed to happen naturally.

Sometimes improving sleep means doing a little less.

Less monitoring. Less troubleshooting. Less trying to control exactly how the night goes.

That can feel completely backwards when you have insomnia. But it’s often an important part of getting out of the cycle.

💡 If sleep has started to feel like something you have to work at, check out my free sleep resources at the link in my bio.
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