I am so wired tonight - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

MycoolFitz · 10-17-2012, 12:17 AM

I can't even lie in bed without feeling like I'm levitating. I admit it makes me want to drink just to settle. I can't force myself to sleep so checking out SR and well do some music. I think I am just wired differently. Hope those awake are well..

hypochondriac · 10-17-2012, 03:47 AM

Hope you get some rest soon Fitz x

trikuza · 10-17-2012, 04:18 AM

same. i just listen to music until i cant keep my eyes open.

trikuza · 10-17-2012, 04:19 AM

ive had an insomnia problem since my pre school years. but i have very vivid nightmares that keep me from wanting to sleep every night.

Natom · 10-17-2012, 04:21 AM

I hate it when your mind gets wired and you end up lying there in bed with what feels like a train running through your head. My mum once told me about a sleeping exercise several years ago and I still use it to this day and it works the majority of the time.

What you do is imagine you are at the top of a flight of stairs. There are ten steps leading down. Imagine walking down these steps in your mind. Start counting down and matching it with your breathing. Breathe out on ten and by the time you get to one you have your last breath out. When you get to the bottom of the flight of stairs there is an old wooden trunk. You place everything that is troubling you into this solid trunk and lock it up. You chuck the key in your pocket and walk down the hall. At the end of the hall there is a door that opens up onto whatever you want. My favourites are walking along a beach with golden sand or walking through the woods on a still morning.

I hope I have written that in a way that makes sense. It is very hard to explain to someone without being there in person.

Natom.

Elisabeth888 · 10-17-2012, 05:11 AM

I hope you are sleeping now!

Vall · 10-17-2012, 08:38 AM

I would have offered to sing you a lullaby if I had been here when you were awake Fitz ;>)

Back from my horror day of meetings zzzzzzzzzzzzz - there were so many sick people around. Ok so I was in a hospital but still. I wonder how I escape those bugs sometimes. I used to get a cold at least once a year, but since I started working there 4 years ago I am hardly e v e r ill. (apart from getting swine flu after a flu jab ;<(

Zzzzzzz early night for me even if I only rest or have lucid dreams where I fly everywhere (very tiring :>)

MycoolFitz · 10-17-2012, 11:35 AM

I slept this morning just a thing about sleeping at night.

MycoolFitz · 10-17-2012, 11:38 AM

Keep thinking of that song lyric from I Was OnLy 19 Dr Can You Tell Me Why I Can't Sleep At Night?

Elisabeth888 · 10-17-2012, 11:38 AM

When I cant sleep at night I make myself stày up during the day and then usually I sleep that night. I hats being up in the middle of the night because it feels so lonely.

MycoolFitz · 10-17-2012, 11:41 AM

Yea I feel lonely but fragile

MycoolFitz · 10-17-2012, 11:41 AM

Still monsters under the bed.

10-17-2012, 12:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
MycoolFitz Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Here, Now Posts: 4,271	I am so wired tonight I can't even lie in bed without feeling like I'm levitating. I admit it makes me want to drink just to settle. I can't force myself to sleep so checking out SR and well do some music. I think I am just wired differently. Hope those awake are well.. __________________ What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly ~ Lao Tsu

10-17-2012, 03:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
hypochondriac Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: UK Posts: 4,274	Hope you get some rest soon Fitz x __________________ “The future you have tomorrow, won't be the same future you had yesterday.” ― Chuck Palahniuk, Rant

10-17-2012, 04:21 AM	#5 (permalink)
Natom Not Alone Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: South East UK Posts: 1,251 Blog Entries: 2	I hate it when your mind gets wired and you end up lying there in bed with what feels like a train running through your head. My mum once told me about a sleeping exercise several years ago and I still use it to this day and it works the majority of the time. What you do is imagine you are at the top of a flight of stairs. There are ten steps leading down. Imagine walking down these steps in your mind. Start counting down and matching it with your breathing. Breathe out on ten and by the time you get to one you have your last breath out. When you get to the bottom of the flight of stairs there is an old wooden trunk. You place everything that is troubling you into this solid trunk and lock it up. You chuck the key in your pocket and walk down the hall. At the end of the hall there is a door that opens up onto whatever you want. My favourites are walking along a beach with golden sand or walking through the woods on a still morning. I hope I have written that in a way that makes sense. It is very hard to explain to someone without being there in person. Natom. __________________ Tiny little boxes in a row. Ain't what you want it's what you know. Just happy in the shoes you're wearin.

10-17-2012, 11:35 AM	#8 (permalink)
MycoolFitz Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Here, Now Posts: 4,271	I slept this morning just a thing about sleeping at night. __________________ What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly ~ Lao Tsu

10-17-2012, 11:38 AM	#9 (permalink)
MycoolFitz Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Here, Now Posts: 4,271	Keep thinking of that song lyric from I Was OnLy 19 Dr Can You Tell Me Why I Can't Sleep At Night? __________________ What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly ~ Lao Tsu

10-17-2012, 04:18 AM	#3 (permalink)
trikuza Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Santa Monica, CA Posts: 139	same. i just listen to music until i cant keep my eyes open.

10-17-2012, 04:19 AM	#4 (permalink)
trikuza Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Santa Monica, CA Posts: 139	ive had an insomnia problem since my pre school years. but i have very vivid nightmares that keep me from wanting to sleep every night.

10-17-2012, 05:11 AM	#6 (permalink)
Elisabeth888 Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: NE GA Posts: 1,363	I hope you are sleeping now!

10-17-2012, 08:38 AM	#7 (permalink)
Vall Guest Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 522	I would have offered to sing you a lullaby if I had been here when you were awake Fitz ;>) Back from my horror day of meetings zzzzzzzzzzzzz - there were so many sick people around. Ok so I was in a hospital but still. I wonder how I escape those bugs sometimes. I used to get a cold at least once a year, but since I started working there 4 years ago I am hardly e v e r ill. (apart from getting swine flu after a flu jab ;<( Zzzzzzz early night for me even if I only rest or have lucid dreams where I fly everywhere (very tiring :>)

10-17-2012, 11:38 AM	#10 (permalink)
Elisabeth888 Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: NE GA Posts: 1,363	When I cant sleep at night I make myself stày up during the day and then usually I sleep that night. I hats being up in the middle of the night because it feels so lonely.

10-17-2012, 11:41 AM	#11 (permalink)
MycoolFitz Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Here, Now Posts: 4,271	Yea I feel lonely but fragile __________________ What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly ~ Lao Tsu

10-17-2012, 11:41 AM	#12 (permalink)
MycoolFitz Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Here, Now Posts: 4,271	Still monsters under the bed. __________________ What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly ~ Lao Tsu

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