Just introducing myself
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Posted by KingofSnake on January 29, 2008 at 03:54:07:

Hi everyone,
i've been reading this forum for a while now but haven't really posted much or even introduced myself, so here goes...
I'm a 27 year old male struggling with insomnia for some time now. I'm not really sure when it started but my first recollections of it go back to around the time of final exams in highschool (always a stressful time you know :)). My isomnia comes and goes in phases it seems, so I can have several weeks or months with very little problems, and then suddenly it will start again. It also varies between sleep-onset and sleep-maintenance insomnia, and sometimes I just don't sleep at all (it seems) for a couple of nights in a row.
I've never really been able to trace the cause back to a definite source. I know I can be quite anxious and worry about a lot of stuff. I have problems with low-self esteem and basically a non-existant love life (which of course doesn't help my self-esteem as you can imagine ;))

But apart from that I can't say my life is bad. I've got a lot of good friends and great family. I've got a decent job and a roof over my head so I try not to get too down about it. But more and more I feel the need to tackle the insomnia and the self-esteem issues. I like to think that if I can cure the insomnia, this will help my self-esteem and this in turn would help me to be able to maintain a steady relationship. It's not an easy task but from some of the stories here I can feel that the right way to cure insomnia is to try and not worry about it. I feel like i've been making some progress in shaping my thoughts about it in less negative ways although it's hard at the moment cause insomnia has been hitting me hard the past couple of weeks. But i've definitely noticed that what you think has a definite impact on how you feel.

I've started doing fitness 3 times a week and this definitely helps make me feel better overall. I'm currently wondering if seeing a psychologist about my self-esteem issues would be a good idea.
Anyone else here have experience with overcoming low-self esteem?

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