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Originally Posted by peter12
I've only gone through a few really serious period of insomnia in my life and they were all OCD/medication related. Nothing "common-sensical" that I did alleviated the agony. Only proper treatment and changes to medication helped.
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Requiring medical intervention to a chronic disorder is independent from common knowledge solutions, such as having an awake/sleep routine and abstaining from particular vices at particular times.
Instructing people who suffer with sleep to regiment theirselves according to specific time frames for everything they do, like eating, sleeping, and bathing will ultimately only reinforce those obsessive disorders.
General knowledge of sleep is sufficient for the majority of people. Maintain a common cycle, don't drink, don't smoke, regulate naps, avoid stimulations, get exercise, eliminate stress, etc.
When you're in crisis it's nonsensical to ask a person that is likely already overthinking to overcomplicate them with yet another rigid schedule, and when they aren't adhering to that schedule they are failing...and if I fail I can't sleep, and I can't sleep if I continue to fail...and ongoing into catastrophizing.
Advising people to tape their ####ing mouth shut should have been the only flag you need to see to tell you maybe this guy doesn't know entirely what they're talking about, and maybe are just regurgitating surface-test myths despite a doctorate. Figuring out the rest is common-sensical.