INSOMNIA!

MySunshine76
MySunshine76 Posts: 389
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Can't sleep...........again. Nobody to talk to. So I thought I would just type away randomly on here. I don't have anything in particular to talk about though. What am I going to do tomorrow? I don't know, fishing maybe. Dang I hope somebody else is up so I will have somebody to chat with. At least for a little while.
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  • MySunshine76
    MySunshine76 Posts: 389
    No night owls?
  • MySunshine76
    MySunshine76 Posts: 389
    :sad:
  • CanadianDot
    CanadianDot Posts: 93 Member
    It's only 11:30pm here. I just call this a normal night :-P
  • MySunshine76
    MySunshine76 Posts: 389
    HEY!!!! ANYBODY OUT THERE?! I'm getting tired of talking to myself, I don't know when to stop arguing.
  • MySunshine76
    MySunshine76 Posts: 389
    It's only 11:30pm here. I just call this a normal night :-P

    Oh. It's 2:30am here.
  • CanadianDot
    CanadianDot Posts: 93 Member
    Still not that abnormal for me. I'm a bit of a night owl.

    So, what's keeping your eyes from closing?
  • MySunshine76
    MySunshine76 Posts: 389
    :yawn:
  • MySunshine76
    MySunshine76 Posts: 389
    Still not that abnormal for me. I'm a bit of a night owl.

    So, what's keeping your eyes from closing?


    I don't know, just can't seem to get my thoughts to quiet down
  • MySunshine76
    MySunshine76 Posts: 389
    And they're not even good thoughts. It's crap like, I should've cleaned the stove today. I need to give the dogs a bath tomorrow. I have to go grocery shopping tomorrow. My kids need haircuts tomorrow. Typical things women think about when they go to bed.
  • CanadianDot
    CanadianDot Posts: 93 Member
    I know that feel, bro. Will you at least get to sleep in?
  • CanadianDot
    CanadianDot Posts: 93 Member
    How many kids do you have? How old? :-)
  • MySunshine76
    MySunshine76 Posts: 389
    Unfortunatelt not tomorrow. My boys have their appt. with the barber at 9
  • MySunshine76
    MySunshine76 Posts: 389
    2 boys, 17 and 12
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    Come on over to the official night shift thread...all the cool kids are doin' it!
  • MySunshine76
    MySunshine76 Posts: 389
    Guess I could get my oldest to take them
  • CanadianDot
    CanadianDot Posts: 93 Member
    Have you thought of having some warm milk or something?
  • CanadianDot
    CanadianDot Posts: 93 Member
    As long as he won't get them both mohawks, eh? :-)
  • MySunshine76
    MySunshine76 Posts: 389
    Just finished a glass actually:drinker::smile:
  • MySunshine76
    MySunshine76 Posts: 389
    As long as he won't get them both mohawks, eh? :-)

    I didn't think about that. My youngest does want to get his hair dyed blue.
  • CanadianDot
    CanadianDot Posts: 93 Member
    I hope it helps!

    It would be nice if our brains had off switches.
  • CanadianDot
    CanadianDot Posts: 93 Member
    I have bright pink streaks in my hair, so I'm no help here. I'd be all for the blue.
  • MySunshine76
    MySunshine76 Posts: 389
    :laugh:
  • MZmuda
    MZmuda Posts: 9
    Hey, Algunter,

    Get out of bed (if you're in bed currently) get a book, sit down at the kitchen table, and read. Or do a Sudoku. Or pay some bills. Whatever. The goal: Get out of bed. 30-60 minutes later, your eyes will start to close on their own.

    My $.02: don't do stuff in bed (ie: watch TV, surf the net with an ipad or phone, etc...) and keep the light relatively low. You want your brain to start making Melatonin.

    (or pop a Melatonin or sleep aid.)

    An active mind is usually your brain saying "we have to do something." Determine if it can be done now or not (pay bills? yes, you CAN do that now. Wash the car? not so much at 2:40am.) If you feel up to it, do the things you CAN, then go to sleep. ACCEPT that there are some things your mind will fret over that are USELESS. For those times, go into bed, stare up at the ceiling, and simply accept that you aren't going to get any sleep. (9 times out of 10, accepting this worry somehow lets you go to sleep, since so much of the stress is simply caused by the fear that you won't get sleep. Yes, it's circular logic, but, it works.)

    Finally, if there's something bothering you (itchy tag on pajamas, the house is too warm / cool, etc...) take steps to change that. Cut off the tag. Turn up the AC/heater. Make yourself COMFORTABLE!

    Then, get to sleep. :)

    Gnite! :)

    - Z
  • MaryB2
    MaryB2 Posts: 331 Member
    Does warm milk actually help? I want to sleep,,
  • 007bondage
    007bondage Posts: 631 Member
    7.45pm Saturday evening (I'm embarrassed to say I'm online - not partying!) :drinker:
  • lynda155
    lynda155 Posts: 112 Member
    HI I am Lynda and I suffer Insomnia:grumble: :yawn: :angry: :yawn: :huh:
  • CanadianDot
    CanadianDot Posts: 93 Member
    Wash the car? not so much at 2:40am.

    You obviously don't know me very well. I'm the kind of person that ends up outside doing stuff way late, even when it's dark and I can't see what I'm doing, and I'm getting way too cold and I'm starting to get sick...

    Heh.

    What do you mean, am I crazy? I'm sure I have no idea what you're talking about!
  • MySunshine76
    MySunshine76 Posts: 389
    I'm not in bed. I hate sudoku, I just finished the trilogy I was reading, I already cleaned my kitchen. Really nothing I can do. And I already laid in the bed staring at the ceiling, but after an hour I decided I would get on the computer for a while.
  • CanadianDot
    CanadianDot Posts: 93 Member
    HI I am Lynda and I suffer Insomnia:grumble: :yawn: :angry: :yawn: :huh:

    The first step to healing is admitting you have a problem. :tongue:
  • MySunshine76
    MySunshine76 Posts: 389
    Okay then, I'll try it too. Hi, my name is angela and I am an insomniac.

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