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Insomnia
For the last few days, I've been having a hard time going to sleep. It takes me at least 1-2 hours to finally rest my mind. The cause is I have a restless mind. I think about too much such as School, Burglury and My schedule for tomorrow.
What can I do to get my mind off all these ideas so I can be able to sleep.
P.S. If I can avoid it, please don't say pills!
Age: 14/F
-Thanks!
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all i can say is that don't worry about life as much as you do just live your life and accept what comes next that is all that can hepl. they are not called worries they are your fears and if you believe in God He will take away all your fears He will ive you faith so pray each night and ask him to watch over you and help you to fall asleep. trust me i did this and it worked
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The journal idea below me is a great idea. Its kind of like exercizing your memory and brain, work your brain out enough and it gets tired. Tired = sleep.
Other ideas.
Glass of cool water. I used to drink a glass every night, it would make me feel a little full and that would make me feel drowsy.
Exercize. Working your body out and using up energy makes it easier to sleep more soundly.
Reading. Reading helped me get to bed alot.
Fantasy. This can be any kind, Im not suggesting the more private here (as that could achieve the opposite of getting you ready for sleep)
I go over books Ive read, stories, things I enjoy. And I try to insert myself into them. I think about what it would be like to experience something from the perspectives of the main characters, other characters, or find out how I could insert myself into a story without changing the plot significantly.
I recently reread the Count of Monte Cristo (an excellent read, btw) and after I was done the next two nights before bed I fell asleep imagining what it would be like to be the main character, to go through what he went through, to experience that story first hand.
Sounds. The sound of a fan gives me something to concentrate on and it lets my thought patterns become fairly consistent, which lets me drift off.
Also, when you're awake, if something is keeping you up regularly think about it, puzzle it out.
Alot of the time when Im restless at night its because theres something on my mind I havent solved yet. Working it out helps me get back to normal sleep rythms.
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okay well try writing in a journal all your thoughts and fellings everything just write it all down that always helps me
HOPE I HELPED=]
-shannon
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mabey you can go to sleep 2 hours earlier, this way you get to rest sooner...also try to count sheep or play soft music to fall asleep to...it actually really works! GoOd LuCk!!!
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Since you have a very busy mind, the best thing to do is to try to clean it out as much as possible before you go to sleep.
Since you said that you worry about your schedule for the next day- make a list of all the things you need to do the next day. Get it all laid out and organized. You will feel more 'together' and relaxed about the day ahead.
Any other things that are on your mind, write them down and ask yourself 'why am I afraid of this? What am I worried will happen?' Get to the root of the problem. Then think about possible solutions. "what would make me feel better about this situation?"
If there's something you can do to ease your thoughts, then do it. If you find that it's a trivial thing that you are worrying about needlessly or there's nothing you can do about it, then drop it.
You can also try taling to your parents to ease some of your concerns.
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I had that problem too.
Try counting backwards from 100 (100 99 98 97...)
Then when that gets too easy count back from 100 by two's (100 98 96 94 92...)
If that gets too easy count back from 100 by three's and so on...
another thing would be to count back from 99 by two's so it's odd numbers which takes more effort so it would also help
While you count back close your eyes...be sure that when your mind wonders from counting back you keep your eyes closed and get back on focus counting back.
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i have the same exact problem...yeh you have to much on your mind...what you can do is put music on like headphones or something if you have it and turn it up kind of loud you will concentrate on that it wil help you to sleep...trust me...hope it helps you
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