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Tart Cherry Jam
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Default Mar 14, 2024 at 12:18 AM
 
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Originally Posted by InkyBooky View Post
Oh yes. This happens to me pretty often. It's horrible. I wake up very confused, panicked, heart racing, sense of doom. Other posters have given good advice. usually I get up and walk around for a minute. Maybe have some water. Then I listen to a specific YouTube channel that has some very soothing (to me) ASMR content. Specifically ASMR cleaning and sweeping sounds with no talking. Helps a lot. I'm sorry you experience this and I hope you can find something that is soothing to you (puts you back to sleep) and easy to access in the middle of the night.
Disco: if you do not know what ASMR is, read ASMR for Sleep: How It Works and Triggers to Try

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