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Apr 16, 2022, 02:46 PM
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Member Since: Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
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Originally Posted by wildflowerchild25
Ugh. I’m still pretty unstable. I mean I’m not in an episode thank goodness. But on the daily I never really know how it’s gonna go. I do know I have the most trouble at php because I have to do therapy that I don’t really want to do bc it’s so painful.
I’ve been having trouble falling asleep because I can’t seem to relax my body. Today I woke up early too because my damn back hurt SO MUCH. We’re getting a new mattress ASAP, this one is hard as a rock. We had a memory foam topper but that made it too soft. I need medium firm apparently.
What do others do to relax before bed? I turn off the tv and my phone at 8:30-9pm but I’ll still listen to a show, just not watch because of the light. I think maybe grounding exercises might help. Just a few to calm down.
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Relax before bed....ha, take one or another sleep med, anything I can get my hands on? Sorry, not very helpful  Turning all the bright lights off for an hour before bed helps. So I'll watch a show online, but with all the house lights off so it's nice, dark, and quiet. That does help me to relax.
I, too, have mattress issues. Drives me wild. My mattress is old and too hard. So I have a mattress topper, which I like - except that the thing slides off the bed. Some mornings I wake up edging toward the floor on the slid-off mattress topper. It's very annoying. And my back constantly aches.
Oh - something I just thought of. Sometimes I do lie in bed and do the "tighten - relax" technique. I start with my toes and work my way up every part of my body. Do really tight tightening, then total relaxation of each body part. I actually sometimes fall asleep before I even finish the exercise.
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Last edited by *Beth*; Apr 16, 2022 at 06:29 PM.
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