Since ringing in the ear is quite common, especially as one ages, hopefully your method will help people.

Reading other threads, and having gone thru this horrible affliction, I am very surprise all but one has shown any interest.

Does anyone has any question for my method or you think I am an imposter ?

My own reason for joining this board is to help people out of this dreadful condition.

I am quiting this forum. No one takes me seriously. I had only love and help in my heart and on my mind and no one takes me seriously. I wont lose any sleep over this.

MakeNewMe....You have to be patient I've noticed that this is not a very active forum. I also use Reading as a relaxation technique for my anxiety. I go to Starbuck's in the afternoons and do a lot of reading using my Kindle.

I appreciate your encouragement to us all. Many of us here have just been so beaten down by insomnia that many of us are hopeless and despondent. I have tried thinking about nothing. I have tried everything. Many of us here have all kinds of issues that contribute to our insomnia. Please do not let it hurt your feelings. Many of us feel like the walking dead. I think this group is so inactive because not many of us can think clearly, due to sleep deprivation. Sorry, thank you for your kindness and sharing. Hugs.

I pretty much only come to this forum every few weeks or months to vent.

I'm glad you found a solution that's worked for you. Was there anything more to it than what you wrote?

Has anyone tried my method and how do you sleep now ?

Do you have questions for me ?

I find that doing the deep breathing and paying attention to it as I do it, helps relax my brain. On your back, breathe in through the nose to the count of about 7, hold for 4 seconds, exhale through your mouth like you're whistling. Do this several times and wow.. it really makes me sleepy!

Marilyn thanks for sharing your routine. If it helps you sleep that is great.
My method speaking for me cuts to the chase - trains your brain to stop thinking as soon as you lie down, hard at first, I give it minimal thing to do, like listen to myself breathing. You do it and soon it becomes automatic. The goal is STOP THINKING. The gap between when you lie down and when you got to sleep gets narrower and narrower. Soon it becomes automatic. With fingers crossed it has worked for me for over 2 months and I hope to keep using it for my whole life. God's grace.

TY makenewme. I recently came to Believe that my problem with sleeplessness is my mind....thinking, thinking, thinking. I have been telling myself to stop thnking, and I do for awhile. I guess, I need to do it immediately when I go to bed...and have patience for it to work.

I do watch and listen to by breath, I know this is helpful for me, as long as I don't think.

I appreciate that you shared :-)

Try to THINK ABOUT NOTHING may seem impossible at first, I am talking about weeks, don't get frustrated and give up. but eventually your mind comes to a tipping point, and gets it. Let me ask you this, even on your "sleepless" nights, you do seem to hit periods where you fall out of consciousness. My method is eliminating the obstacles that get you to that point and stay there for the night. Train your mind to stop thinking has been successful for me three months counting. Listen to breathing is my device most of the time, but it really becomes automatic once you master the technique. God's grace.

Thank you for sharing. However, this is easy to say than to implement.
This method of thinking about nothing is well known. It has been promoted around a lot by Ekhart Tolle, a modern philosopher..which I admire a lot.
I do too try to implement this technique..no success so far as I have a lot of stressful triggers that are around me all the time.
I think if in general, the person is in good and stress less situation, this method is well worth trying.

Guys, in my previous post I have mentioned about modern philosopher Ekhart Tolle.
Several years ago, my friend recommended me one of his book "The Earth". I started to read...and did not really find it useful for me, so I forgot about him. I just was not mentally ready to absorb, understand and to follow his ideas then.
Recently I accidentally discovered some of his audio books( in Russian)...and I literally fall in love with this author. He talks a lot about the way we think and how to take our attention from our thoughts. In the other words, he teaches to "think about nothing". He explains how to distance and disconnect from the flow of thoughts in our minds.
We all have issues that feed to insomnia. And, it does not matter what the nature of the problem is. What is matter, is that we can not stop thinking...we can not stop worrying, we can not shut our minds off.
Guys, I do recommend to everyone on this board to get to know Ekhart Tolle. He wrote many books, not every book is useful for everyone. You might will need to go through several books until you find what is easy to understand and implement for you. What I was listening was "Lectures"...a concise, brief, sharply written overview of his basic ideas. I can not find it in English. However, here is another link from you tube.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOo-LqTApGs

Some of you know what a nightmare I am going through for years..but, despite all, I started to implement his idea of relaxation. I do it rarely and inconsistently due to my circumstances. So, my sleep is almost the some with some minor improvements. But, I am sure if you really practice his techniques and accept his philosophy, you will get better.
I wish you all the beast!

At first I listen to my breathing, now I seldom do that. By the time my head hits the pillow, my brain knows its time for break and go to sleep. It may seem impossible, but one day (night) it will snap into place and you will be free of this problem. Praise Christ.