I started a walking routine--even a half hour a day does help with sleep!

If you are up late worrying about stuff, you can make a list of things you want to take care of. Then put it in a drawer and feel good that you can just let it go for a few hours.

My cbt therapist gave me homework this week that reminds me a little of what you might be going through. I have way too many "what if..." anxieties running through my head.

T wants me to come up with a mental image that represents these worries just floating by and disappearing. The DBT standard is the image of leaves floating on a stream and disappearing around a bend.

I came up with a few....fireworks exploding then fizzling out to smoke...antacids fizzling and dissolving in a clear glass of water...an alligator in a pond of goldfish---the goldfish being worries and the alligator scooping them up in its jaws (bigger worries are Koi!)