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<blockquote data-quote="Signorina" data-source="post: 632244"><p>I am really lousy at it. So my advice is likely pathetic -LOL</p><p></p><p>Things that work for me:</p><p></p><p>Movies -IN A MOVIE THEATER- must be funny or silly or romantic, cannot be even slightly sad or scary or too action-adventureish. Sad movies might (and have) open the floodgates and I do not need anything pulse-raising igniting or adding to the very panic I am trying to quash!</p><p></p><p>Books - getting lost in a book can help. See above caveats on genre LOL. Magazines don't cut it.</p><p></p><p>Scrabble on the ipad/iphone: I've played for hours and hours on end because it keeps my mind occupied.</p><p></p><p>Saying a rosary.</p><p></p><p>Baking.</p><p></p><p>Tylenol PM. Probably not great advice and probably a cop out. That said, there have been many periods in this journey when I would wake up and fret, then worry, then start checking phone records, etc on my iphone in the dark. In fact, many of my most desperate posts here (including my first ones) were at 3:00 am. I'd end up exhausted which only made things worse. Then I would worry about the sleeplessness continuing! Just what I needed - another thing to fret about! On-half of 1 tylenol PM or even 1 whole tylenol PM when I was not sleeping allowed me to stop worrying about going to bed and allowed me to catch up on my rest.</p><p></p><p>Otherwise, I have nothing. I wish I was someone who could throw myself into work or exercise. I'd be a rich supermodel at this point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Signorina, post: 632244"] I am really lousy at it. So my advice is likely pathetic -LOL Things that work for me: Movies -IN A MOVIE THEATER- must be funny or silly or romantic, cannot be even slightly sad or scary or too action-adventureish. Sad movies might (and have) open the floodgates and I do not need anything pulse-raising igniting or adding to the very panic I am trying to quash! Books - getting lost in a book can help. See above caveats on genre LOL. Magazines don't cut it. Scrabble on the ipad/iphone: I've played for hours and hours on end because it keeps my mind occupied. Saying a rosary. Baking. Tylenol PM. Probably not great advice and probably a cop out. That said, there have been many periods in this journey when I would wake up and fret, then worry, then start checking phone records, etc on my iphone in the dark. In fact, many of my most desperate posts here (including my first ones) were at 3:00 am. I'd end up exhausted which only made things worse. Then I would worry about the sleeplessness continuing! Just what I needed - another thing to fret about! On-half of 1 tylenol PM or even 1 whole tylenol PM when I was not sleeping allowed me to stop worrying about going to bed and allowed me to catch up on my rest. Otherwise, I have nothing. I wish I was someone who could throw myself into work or exercise. I'd be a rich supermodel at this point. [/QUOTE]
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