Mental Health Tings:
Documenting Experiences
with Mental Illness
& Neuro-Divergence
The Insomnia Speed Bump
As I now know, insomnia is truly a learned fear of NOT sleeping. It’s not that you can’t sleep. Remember that sleep is passive. It’s that you are so fearful of NOT being able to sleep that your brain goes into hyperarousal which prevents you from sleeping. Essentially, it’s a fear of being awake.