Thanks everyone for your replies, it really helps a lot reading other people's thoughts on this subject. Your replies have put a lot of positive thoughts in my head, like maybe it won't be that bad, and the tips given made me feel better about it too, like I could see myself just laying first instea...

Which mask are you using specifically... and which machine? This is the machine I'm using: https://www.cpap.com/cpap-machine/Respironics-BiPAP-ST-New-Model-Gray.html And the mask is swift st nose pillow I actually started using it in march of '09, and it looks like I'll have to keep it for a while ...

I'm 22 years old, I was diagnosed with sleep apnea about 4-5 years ago and have been using a biPap ever since. I have muscular distrophy so my lungs are not very strong that's why I need this machine. I have always just ignored this part of my life, it's just something I use at night and talk about ...