Posted by Racer on October 13, 2000, at 12:26:00
In reply to Re: Link to insomnia from going through chronic pain? » Racer, posted by chdurie2 on October 12, 2000, at 20:19:19
Thank you, Caroline! It's nice to know that someone liked my suggestions.
Be careful, though, about your fairy tales! Mine have led to such lucious dreams I couldn't stand waking from them! Just think about running your tongue around "----"'s ear, or running your fingernails up "----"'s sides... Or, in my case, getting your idiot horse around a nice hunter course without chipping once! (My big, beautiful mare can pretty much take her 12.5 foot stride, and compact it to 3 feet if it gives her a chance to chip spectacularly!)
To stop myself from the self-recriminations, I do two things: I breathe while counting, "in-two-three-four; out-two-three-four" over and over again. This is like counting sheep, it takes up part of the brain power that would otherwise be used to beat myself up. Also, it forces my body out of the high tension that comes from the bad thoughts, so I relax more physically. The other thing I do is to make up a mantra about whatever is setting me off right then. It's usually something like: "I can't fix it tonight, so I'll worry about it tomorrow. I'll be able to fix it tomorrow, if I sleep tonight, so I'll stop worrying about it tonight so I can sleep and fix it tomorrow." Long, but I remind myself of this over and over again, and eventually, I get so bored I fall asleep!
The fairy tales are the most pleasurable, though!
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