The Real Work with Maggie Sterling 16 - 20 Years of Insomnia Healed. Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This?
Dec 1, 2025
Struggling with insomnia? A personal journey reveals how a Reddit post reshaped the understanding of sleep issues as anxiety-driven. After decades of sleepless nights, insights emerge about the limits of sleep aids and the importance of allowing oneself to simply be awake. Learn to drop the fear of sleeplessness and embrace rest as a restorative practice. Maggie shares transformative strategies to break free from micromanaging sleep, emphasizing that true recovery starts with changing your reactions and mindset.
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Extreme Measures During Peak Insomnia
- Maggie describes turning her upstairs loft into a bedroom so her husband could sleep separately during her worst insomnia.
- She recalls that nights were terrifying because she believed any interruption would stop her from ever sleeping again.
Stress Triggered A New, Terrifying Insomnia
- Maggie traces her worst insomnia bout to late 2023 after multiple stressors and a CPTSD diagnosis.
- She experienced internal tremors and escalating anxiety that created new, terrifying sleep disturbances.
Stop Checking Trackers And Googling
- Avoid Googling and checking sleep trackers like Oura Ring during night awakenings because they fuel anxiety.
- Stop using devices or trackers that make you obsess over sleep metrics and scores.
