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Originally Posted by littleblackdog
I suffer from depression and anxiety and at the moment I am just trapped in a vicious cycle: I sleep really badly and am constantly exhausted, which makes the depression and anxiety worse, which them makes it even more difficult for me to sleep.
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I'm in a similar cycle right now, awake at night, constantly napping through the day. Exercise does help me. Even the simplest things like walking in place for two or three minutes.
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Originally Posted by littleblackdog
I have tried CBT which didn't work - the therapist thinks it is because I am not sleeping well, meaning that I can't consolidate the learning bits of CBT. (
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Don't force the CBT exercises, don't do them because "you have to." Sometimes you will feel stronger and it will be easier to pick up on the lies and re-frame them.