Posted by Miss Honeychurch on June 25, 2004, at 9:22:04
In reply to Anyone have racing, intrusive thoughts at night..., posted by Colleen D. on June 25, 2004, at 9:01:41
Colleen,
I used to have this trouble and found a pretty simple solution. Keep a radio on your nightstand and fall asleep to talk radio at night. If I have pure silence, my mind races, just as you described. By listening to talk radio, where I can be distracted by the conversation, helps me A LOT. So my routine is to fall asleep listening to Dr. Laura and sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and hear one of Art Bell's guests dicussing UFOs. A little wierd, but this is what works for me.
The talk is a distraction for your own thoughts. Listening to music didn't help me. For some reason it had to be talk.
poster:Miss Honeychurch
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