Mistake number one: you don’t force sleep. You invite it.
Don’t chase the thought spiral. Interrupt it. Breathe in like you're smelling the sea. Hold. Let it out like you’re sighing into someone’s neck. Do that a few times. Your body knows what to do.
Still wide-eyed at 2 a.m.? Get up. Sit somewhere else. Low light, no screens. Just be still. Sleep will circle back. It always does. You just have to be boring enough for it to catch you. I know it's hard.
You’ll be alright. You just need to stop trying so hard.
I don't have any advice, unfortunately. I'm one of the lucky ones who usually can (and need to) sleep for 8-9 hours a night to properly function the next day. I always admire people who get so much done with so little sleep. I often think I should try waking up earlier so I can squeeze more things into my day. Maybe I should take advice from someone like that.
But the thing is: I love dreaming. I'm fascinated by dreams and what they might reveal about myself and the inner workings of my brain. I'm eager to dream and always try to remember and then muse about it, in an attempt to interpret what I've dreamt about.
So, if you dread the ninght, because you worry you won't be able to fall asleep, maybe you could try changing perspectives (Look at me! It seems I do have some advice, after all). If dreaming is something you'd like to do, remember, and ponder on, maybe you could look forward to it and, this way, make skeep more enticing. Lure it. :)
Thanks for the recommendations, I'd love to the watch The Piano.
Thank you very much! My problem is that I spend an obscene amount of time dreaming with my eyes open and that also happens before bed which definitely makes falling asleep harder :)) But I will try to fool myself into being excited for the dream world.
Mistake number one: you don’t force sleep. You invite it.
Don’t chase the thought spiral. Interrupt it. Breathe in like you're smelling the sea. Hold. Let it out like you’re sighing into someone’s neck. Do that a few times. Your body knows what to do.
Still wide-eyed at 2 a.m.? Get up. Sit somewhere else. Low light, no screens. Just be still. Sleep will circle back. It always does. You just have to be boring enough for it to catch you. I know it's hard.
You’ll be alright. You just need to stop trying so hard.
You make it sound so easy...
I don't have any advice, unfortunately. I'm one of the lucky ones who usually can (and need to) sleep for 8-9 hours a night to properly function the next day. I always admire people who get so much done with so little sleep. I often think I should try waking up earlier so I can squeeze more things into my day. Maybe I should take advice from someone like that.
But the thing is: I love dreaming. I'm fascinated by dreams and what they might reveal about myself and the inner workings of my brain. I'm eager to dream and always try to remember and then muse about it, in an attempt to interpret what I've dreamt about.
So, if you dread the ninght, because you worry you won't be able to fall asleep, maybe you could try changing perspectives (Look at me! It seems I do have some advice, after all). If dreaming is something you'd like to do, remember, and ponder on, maybe you could look forward to it and, this way, make skeep more enticing. Lure it. :)
Thanks for the recommendations, I'd love to the watch The Piano.
Thank you very much! My problem is that I spend an obscene amount of time dreaming with my eyes open and that also happens before bed which definitely makes falling asleep harder :)) But I will try to fool myself into being excited for the dream world.