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It always hits me around 2 a.m. Any tips on how to go back to sleep
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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 408950" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>I had a horrible time battling this and still do but to a much lesser extent- once or twice a week now instead of nightly and usually I am able to go back to sleep in an hour or less. I won't give you the popular opinion but will give you what has seemed to help me most. This is based on my preference not to try medications for it and my hx of ptsd which also means sometimes I might need a little longer than most to emotionally process it all after becoming overwhelmed and over-stressed. That being said, I try to keep myself on a good (or at least reasonable) schedule for eating and so forth. I allow time for enough sleep but not too much. I try to accompllish a little something each day that moves my life an inch forward and gets my mind off the situation. Then, most importantly, I cry and think about it and go over it as I need to- and yes, that is still daily. Some might call that "dwelling on it"- all I know is stuffing it inside was getting me nowhere except sleepless nights. I have since decided this is what I need to do to work thru it since a good, understanding therapist is simply not accessible and feasible right now. I have to go to work- I'll check back in later today. ((HUGS)) PS- Serenity Prayer</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 408950, member: 3699"] I had a horrible time battling this and still do but to a much lesser extent- once or twice a week now instead of nightly and usually I am able to go back to sleep in an hour or less. I won't give you the popular opinion but will give you what has seemed to help me most. This is based on my preference not to try medications for it and my hx of ptsd which also means sometimes I might need a little longer than most to emotionally process it all after becoming overwhelmed and over-stressed. That being said, I try to keep myself on a good (or at least reasonable) schedule for eating and so forth. I allow time for enough sleep but not too much. I try to accompllish a little something each day that moves my life an inch forward and gets my mind off the situation. Then, most importantly, I cry and think about it and go over it as I need to- and yes, that is still daily. Some might call that "dwelling on it"- all I know is stuffing it inside was getting me nowhere except sleepless nights. I have since decided this is what I need to do to work thru it since a good, understanding therapist is simply not accessible and feasible right now. I have to go to work- I'll check back in later today. ((HUGS)) PS- Serenity Prayer [/QUOTE]
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