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Originally Posted by _Sky
 Absolutely!
Develop a sleep routine, and stick to it. Even if you can't shut your thinking off, you can rest your body by lying in bed.
A good herb is valerian. I use the drops in some tea an hour before bedtime, and then take about an 800+ mg tablet at bed.
I also use a brain wave tape/cd... it puts the brain into delta wave. Takes a little practice to block those thoughts, but once it works...
Do work on thought stopping. Keep a notebook by the bed and write down anything important that you can not afford to forget about... the rest stop thinking about by telling yourself it's (11 pm) there's nothing I can do tonight to change or improve or work on that. That's rational thinking and can help your brain leave it alone.
Find out if a hot bath, camomile, passion flower herbs, or such help you. Slow down your life an hour before bedtime... no violent tv programs (no tv at all if you can do that) no activity/excercise or exciting books or radio programs. Work on breathing more deeply and slowly, and tell yourself you're preparing for bed. Get your clothes out for the next day, gather your materials (if you have to take some with you) for the next day so none of that keeps you concerned.
If you find you only sleep a few hours anyway, don't stress out about it... tell yourself as you watch the clock tick away that you're going to get some sleep and then you'll wake feeling refreshed from it.
Hope it settles down for you soon. |
Thanks, Sky for all your suggestions. I've tried a lot of those already? Used to work for me...could sleep though all my hubs frantic rages. Those techniques aren't working anymore...seems I've become immune to them...can't understand that, really. Now that it's calm here, other matters seem to have replaced the previous, which seem to have triggered other effects. Not sure, really what the hell's going on with me.
Silence here, though much needed and surely welcomed, has seemed to become louder than the verbal hell hub projected back then. Go figure. Though, I don't know if it's the silence and peace that's disturbing me, or all these unforeseen obstacles that has now created all these new issues to deal with, (yet unable TO deal with at present).
This sitting idle crap is NOT healthy for me. Infact, I'm the kind who has to do something progressive, even if at a slow pace, regardless of what it is, to keep self feeling positive and productive.
I'm also a people person. I thrive on contact with others. I don't necessarily seek personal bondings with everyone, but I love the interactions and communications. I find people facinating. There's a slight problem with that at present....Here, where I have moved to....there are so few around. And I find that quite odd, as well as threatening in it's own way. Discovering that the town I once resided in 25 years ago, then a struggling town of 4 thousand, (but declining), has resulted in this almost-ghost town of maybe 2 thousand, (and still declining), with few, if any, jobs to be had, and most of the residents now are well into their senior years...NOTHING wrong with that, mind you...Hell, in another 10 years, I'm there, myself.
Dang...I don't know what point I'm trying to make anymore....lmao. I'll shaddup.
Sleep deprivation certainly isn't helping my rationalizing things through.
I'll give the suggestions a try, and with God willing, between that, time and patience, all will regain its proper order.
Thanks again.
Shangrala
