Insomnia

Bristolboro said:
From my experience of insomnia the best cure without a doubt is to lean to meditate. I practice Vipassana meditation for about half an hour in the morning and before bed and I'm always asleep within minutes.
You can learn how to clear your restless mind of thoughts and the anxiety that causes insomnia, including thoughts of not being able to get to sleep. It really is worth investing time and effort in meditating. It's free and the technique itself, once mastered, is as good as sleep while you are doing it. You can learn by yourself but I recommend doing a 10 day course. Its a 10 day meditation boot camp, free of charge, but you'll never regret it.
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Thanks for the recommendation.
Just had a look and wondered where you did your residential?
It doesn’t feel quite right that it’s free and I note they can do this via donations from previous guests - which is good….
but
Does that mean there is a ‘hard sell‘ at the end?
 
from my own experience, its all the boring stuff ... routine, no screens, relaxation, no caffeine, no alcohol, healthier eating and some light exercise like a good walk during the day.
 
I use to struggle to sleep all the time, I do more exercises these days, running and chasing a 3 year old and now most nights I find myself falling asleep on the sofa.
Not sure how good advice pushing yourself to physical exhaustion to sleep is though.
 
I suffer from this and can go days with no sleep, I went a week a few years ago but now I use breathing medication to calm my brain and not toss and turn all night. At least this way your body is still getting rest.
 
Cheers for all the advice so far everyone.

Think i’ll try the sleepeaze tablets from boots first, before i book myself on the 10 day meditation retreat 😂
 
AytonMews said:
I was awake at half 5 on Friday night / Saturday morning thinking about what type of hedge to plant in my front garden 😂🤯
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I find that thinking about stuff in the real world ie planting hedges etc is more like conscious thought and that's exactly what keeps me awake.

If you're able to, when you recognise yourself doing this, try changing your train of thought into imaginary stuff, not 'real world' stuff.

Then you're more likely to enter a state of unconscious thought, ie dreaming, and then sleep follows soon after.

Imaginary stuff that works for me, for example, is playing football for the Boro :sneaky: , what I'd do if I won a £100 million :D, or seducing a harem of milfs :love:.
 
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