In my experience, anxiety-induced insomnia is an entirely different beast. I went through CBT-i and had a strongly negative experience: its strict rules made bed and bedtime feel like a prison (now I can't even lie quietly in my bed?!), and it made my insomnia even worse. More generally, "optimizing" for sleep, thinking about it at all, seems like a horribly counterproductive thing to do for somebody anxious.

Mindfulness meditation has been an enormous help for me also. It's not an exaggeration to say it's been life-changing. Vigorous exercise (it needs to be vigorous) as much as possible has also been great.

Can you recommend a path to start with mindfulness meditation?

Get this book(let) pronto - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/545899/how-to-relax...

Did wonders for me in terms of helping me “empty my mind” and therefore relax, sleep well etc.

I would strongly recommend getting apps like Headspace, Calm after you’ve internalized the “theory” of the practice of relaxation.

Good luck!

Headspace (or similar apps? I haven't tried others) is great. If you're feeling up to it, the program I'd most strongly recommend is mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), which asks for 45 minutes from you every day for 8 weeks. It was hard for me to be still for so long at first, but gets easier surprisingly quickly.

Thank you! Are you referring to this course or something else? https://palousemindfulness.com/