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Mental Health Support

RandomNumbers

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5. I have similar at times, but not as serious

Reply to Siwsan (Original post)

Sat Mar 2, 2024, 02:38 PM

Mar 2024

What I have found that helps, is

1 - I have a relaxing music station on Pandora that I fall asleep to

2 - I keep a relatively boring Teaching Company course (usually history or philosophy) in the CD player, and start that if I wake up in the middle of the night and don't go right back to sleep. You have no idea how effective philosophy can be at putting one to sleep, until you've tried it!! Thanks to a well-stocked local library, I can rotate out the specific sleep-inducing courses frequently enough.

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Something weird I've noticed about trying to 'control' my anxiety with distractions [View all] Siwsan Mar 2024 OP

I feel you. cilla4progress Mar 2024 #1

I wish I had some sure-fire advice for you. One thing that came to mind is niyad Mar 2024 #2

I used to have what I think were lucid dreams Siwsan Mar 2024 #7

Sorry to hear about the bad dreams BlueKota Mar 2024 #3

I'll check that out. Thanks! Siwsan Mar 2024 #4

I have similar at times, but not as serious RandomNumbers Mar 2024 #5

Mark Twain's The Innocents Abroad would put me to sleep. nilram Mar 2024 #8

I used to have those... 2naSalit Mar 2024 #6