Insomnia Support Group

Sleep is promised and shouldnt be a chore. I am sorta feeling like I cant bother tonight too.

I was given a clean bill of health yesterday and sod's law, I can't sleep. It's gone 3:30 in the morning right now, I've potentially got a busy day tomorrow and I'm lost on what to do. Should I toss and turn on the off-chance I'll get 'some' sleep or just give up?

Have you tried sleeping in the living room and not the bedroom?

I've certainly fallen asleep in the chair before but not deliberately and never all night.

Sorry, thinking about it, it's not totally true. I've taken the occasional nap on purpose but never all night.

What I do is start my sleep in the sofa then when I pop up with sleep still in my eyes I gingerly try to make it upstairs to bedroom then go right back to sleep.

The effectiveness is in the 90+%-tile.

The other thing is to remind yourself of everytime you know you were asleep.

" have you ever tried muscle relaxation therapy? you tense up each part of your body starting with your head (or toes) Tense them for ten seconds...then release... do each part of your body and if you still feel tense try again. Another helpful thing for me is to imagine a rainbow and go through each color in my head slowly and when i get to purple i feel much better. Remember just breath... all in all that's the only thing you need to do in this moment. One more thing that has helped me is to repeat to myself "My Mind is not my Body" sounds silly but it works for me! GOOD LUCK and SWEET DREAMS!!!!!!!!! "