Monday, August 27, 2007
Insomnia
2:04 PM Posted by Joylene GreenLabels: counseling, personal, self care
I am not sure if it was the emotional meeting at church, the fact that I had to speak for the Kiwanis this morning about my work with teen moms, or some crazy hormonal thing, but I did not sleep last night.
Instead I lounged awake in bed thinking, doing relaxation exercises, imagery exercises, trying to not think. Then I read much of 1 Chronicles and all of Philippians. Then I read the current TIME magazine. Then I tried more relaxation exercises before nodding off around 7am. It was a looooong night. I think that for whatever reason some nights are like that. No sleep and nothing one can do about it. All the therapy tricks in the world don't do a darn thing.
So, what do YOU do when you can't sleep?
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I'm so sorry btw.... but I've never experienced a sleepless night. Actually I've never experienced a few hours of sleeplessness.
If it were to happen I tell myself I would just go about the next days work, but who knows.
I fear it though.
turn on Sports Center until they start playing the same highlight clips over and over (they repeat about every hour.) it works.
I have had a few sleepless nights lately--I usually start praying, and since the devil doesn't want me doing that, he helps me get right to sleep I guess.
Hey, I have sleepless nights once in awhile. Last night was one for me. Too many things running through my head over and over. So I took aspirin. That did not help. 2:00 I decided on Benedrel. That did the trick but I did not hear the alarm. Fortunately, dad did and woke me up. So t o d a y I am so
t i r e d.
ahhh. so I see I'm not alone in my sleeplessness.
Lindsey - great idea with the sports center. If only I got more that 1 channel.... boo!
Mom - good thing that benedryl worked finally. I took benedryl last night BEFORE bed just in case and I slept really hard. yea!
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