Insomnia Support Group
Insomnia is a symptom, rather than a disease, and is characterized by inadequate quantity or quality of sleep. People with insomnia complain of difficulty falling or staying asleep, which results in significant impairment of daytime functioning. Insomnia is categorized as transient (shorter than one week), short-term (one to three weeks) or chronic (longer than three...
I know this is completely off topic, but I will bring it up anyway since I believe this is part of the reason why I originally became so wide awake. My mom said that she saw where the school district she teaches for is hiring for after school care. I would love to work at after school care, but I applied to it last year and didn't even get an interview but my mom says there are more openings this year and the personel is different now. I just don't feel that confident that I will get hired this year either, being as I never got hired last year so I don't expect to this year if I apply. The Girls and Boys Club is also hiring and I would also love to work at the Boys and Girls Club, but don't believe I'll get hired because of my lack of experience and I haven't worked for a long time. I don't even list my last job, being as it didn't work out and I wasn't there that long, which makes it look like I haven't had a job for even longer than I haven't. My life is even more stressful because I'm wide awake all the time. It would be stressful enough if I wasn't like this, but atleast not this stressful. I was going through an extremely stressful time when this all started. I was and still am unemployed,broke and lonely and all of these stressors caused me to perhaps become wide awake, although I spent my nights not worrying, but trying to sleep even though I couldn't becasue I was wide awake. Along the way I have become worried,completely preoccupied and have started to dwell on the fact of how wide awake I am and I know that doesn't make it any better. I feel even more stressed out because of being worried that if I apply I won't get those positions. I know I shouldn't be so negative, but I feel like it will be a total miracle if I get one of those positions, due to my lack of experience,job history gaps and haven't worked for a while. If I don't get hired, I can't even think of anyother places that are hiring that would be a good match.
And certainly being "unemployed,broke and lonely" doesn't help.
I agree with Higgens, continue applying for jobs. So what if you don't get hired, the win at this point is just making the effort. And the experience of applying and interviewing is beneficial. It sharpens you. Be confident eventually you will find something you like, sooner or later. And that will help solve two of your problems -- employment and money. That will be big.
Regarding loneliness, absolutely, many of us feel that too. A positive and supportive social network is important.
You will sleep better if you expand your social circles in a healthy way. You might consider volunteering for an organization that you like, that is one way to meet like-minded people. Perhaps there is a religious group you could join where people are of a like-mind spiritually.
There are many safe ways to meet new people and expand your social support network.
All of these things will help you sleep. In addition to, of course, trying to establish a consistent sleep schedule, getting daily exercise of some sort, practicing daily stress management methods, and so on.
Continue working your program, continue working on those root causes. It will get better.