Working with Dr. Shelley Kerr
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Why our mind loops
Why our mind loops
Why our mind loops
Why your brain loops at night and why effort often makes it worse.
CFT
Post Video Reflection
Post Video Reflection
Notice
When everything feels serious at 3am, where does your mind time-travel to? The past, the future or other people’s thoughts?
When everything feels serious at 3am, where does your mind time-travel to? The past, the future or other people’s thoughts?
Try
Try
Write out one sleep loop: what started it, what emotion came online, where your mind went and what happened next.
Write out one sleep loop: what started it, what emotion came online, where your mind went and what happened next.
Live
Live
When your mind gets stuck in a loop tomorrow, what useful priority could you switch your attention back to?
When your mind gets stuck in a loop tomorrow, what useful priority could you switch your attention back to?
I've answered these (e.g. in my notebook)
Session Recap
01
Your brain is not broken
An active mind at 3 a.m. is often the result of normal brain systems running old protective programmes. The older evolutionary parts of the brain rapidly detect possible danger, e.g. not sleeping, and mobilise emotions and protective behaviour. The problem is not that your brain is defective, but that these systems can become unhelpfully activated around sleep.
01
Your brain is not broken
An active mind at 3 a.m. is often the result of normal brain systems running old protective programmes. The older evolutionary parts of the brain rapidly detect possible danger, e.g. not sleeping, and mobilise emotions and protective behaviour. The problem is not that your brain is defective, but that these systems can become unhelpfully activated around sleep.
02
The new brain can time-travel
The human brain can replay the past, imagine the future and predict what other people might think. When sleep feels threatened, these abilities can become focused on mistakes, consequences and worst-case scenarios.
02
The new brain can time-travel
The human brain can replay the past, imagine the future and predict what other people might think. When sleep feels threatened, these abilities can become focused on mistakes, consequences and worst-case scenarios.
03
Sleep worries form feedback loops
A worrying thought can trigger anxiety or frustration, which produces more threatening thoughts and predictions. Each part of the loop reinforces the next; imagination then starts generating more reasons to remain alert rather than allowing the brain to switch towards rest.
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Sleep worries form feedback loops
A worrying thought can trigger anxiety or frustration, which produces more threatening thoughts and predictions. Each part of the loop reinforces the next; imagination then starts generating more reasons to remain alert rather than allowing the brain to switch towards rest.
Next Session
Stepping out of the loop
Stepping out of the loop
How paying attention differently can help you step back from looping thoughts at night.
How paying attention differently can help you step back from looping thoughts at night.
An ACT & CFT based approach helping you to improve your relationship with sleep.
Sluzzle offers educational help for everyday sleep challenges and isn’t designed for medical sleep disorders.
©2026 Sluzzle - All rights reserved. Address: 3rd Floor, 86-90 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NE
An ACT & CFT based approach helping you to improve your relationship with sleep.
Sluzzle offers educational help for everyday sleep challenges and isn’t designed for medical sleep disorders.
©2026 Sluzzle - All rights reserved. Address: 3rd Floor, 86-90 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NE
An ACT & CFT based approach helping you to improve your relationship with sleep.
Sluzzle offers educational help for everyday sleep challenges and isn’t designed for medical sleep disorders.
©2026 Sluzzle - All rights reserved. Address: 3rd Floor, 86-90 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NE