Heartland

And I am Sssssssneaky!

Gripper wrote:Have had a series of utterly s**t attempts at sleep recently due to ridiculous stresses at work. We're talking 2 hours per night on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Time not sleeping has been spent trying NOT to let job stuff come boomeranging back into my head, and there has been no escape.

Stress is the bad doer. Too much work stress is leading to your sleeplessness so to read and with it boomeranging back when you need to sleep is stressing you out so this is a cycle that needs to be broken.
The natural way the body works is eventually you will konk in or WILL sleep just from sheer exhaustion. So make to the core of the problem the stress...that bad factor. Try to get rid of it Grips. Do or think of something that makes you as a person relax. Take at least half an hour to wind down as often as a busy schedule permits, but get yourself relaxed and mind clear. Try yoga or just a brisk walk if you are into that kind of thing or listen to music with feet up on the couch type of thing.
That escape is the core of getting this problem resolved.

Gripper wrote:I've taken a sleeping pill

Try and avoid at all costs until you feel you might die of fatigue.
Try milk with honey, green tea, but if your mind is turning round and round it's best to concentrate on one thing at a time, one day at a time.

Gripper wrote:Of course, what I REALLY need is to rid be of the ridiculous idiots at work who are causing me all the stress in the first place.

Right, the core of your stress. Plan your acts of ridding the idiots but first get your stress under control, to be able to think with a clear mind.

This week is also a hectic week to start anything. I really hope you've had a good few hours of sleep by now. Don't freak yourself out over it, it will only lead to more stress and mood swings etc. Hang in there Grips and if all else fails get motherlessly drunk and just pass out. You'll sleep for yonks, won't feel any pain and will wake up grumpy.

Luck to you.

xxx

Hey you snake ,I thought I told you to p*ss off out of here




Oh by the way Valerian Tea is relaxing and sleep inducing, relieves spasms, calms the digestion, and lowers blood pressure. It is useful for severe insomnia and insomnia accompanied by pain, cramps, intestinal pain, wind, menstrual pain, tension, anxiety, and over-excitability.But it comes with some side effects so don´t over do it.

MadameButterfly wrote:

Gripper wrote:Have had a series of utterly s**t attempts at sleep recently due to ridiculous stresses at work. We're talking 2 hours per night on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Time not sleeping has been spent trying NOT to let job stuff come boomeranging back into my head, and there has been no escape.

Stress is the bad doer. Too much work stress is leading to your sleeplessness so to read and with it boomeranging back when you need to sleep is stressing you out so this is a cycle that needs to be broken.
The natural way the body works is eventually you will konk in or WILL sleep just from sheer exhaustion. So make to the core of the problem the stress...that bad factor. Try to get rid of it Grips. Do or think of something that makes you as a person relax. Take at least half an hour to wind down as often as a busy schedule permits, but get yourself relaxed and mind clear. Try yoga or just a brisk walk if you are into that kind of thing or listen to music with feet up on the couch type of thing.
That escape is the core of getting this problem resolved.

Gripper wrote:I've taken a sleeping pill

Try and avoid at all costs until you feel you might die of fatigue.
Try milk with honey, green tea, but if your mind is turning round and round it's best to concentrate on one thing at a time, one day at a time.

Gripper wrote:Of course, what I REALLY need is to rid be of the ridiculous idiots at work who are causing me all the stress in the first place.

Right, the core of your stress. Plan your acts of ridding the idiots but first get your stress under control, to be able to think with a clear mind.

This week is also a hectic week to start anything. I really hope you've had a good few hours of sleep by now. Don't freak yourself out over it, it will only lead to more stress and mood swings etc. Hang in there Grips and if all else fails get motherlessly drunk and just pass out. You'll sleep for yonks, won't feel any pain and will wake up grumpy.

Luck to you.

xxx

Sound advice indeed! Anything chemical free is best of course. Alcohol is the very worst - contrary to what most of us think, it is a stimulant as well as a depressant and you will wake up sooner than you intended with that familiar de-hydrated toxic headache that we all know and hate - That's if you haven't completed a 'Grand Slam' (this is the 'ultimate' accolade/humiliation depending on your point of view) - Don't know what a Grand Slam is? - just ask a Squaddie!

Sorry Folks, but the first part of MB's advice is the only way ... You know it makes sense!

Why thank you. And I'll agree that alcohol is the very worst unless you can keep it to one night only. That's an addiction that is the worse kind as it destroys so much and that around it.

Try mind relaxants like puzzles if you enjoy that or just a good time-out for yourself to even if it's to watch a sunset or sunrise, but thoughts are with you Grips.

MadameButterfly wrote:And I'll agree that alcohol is the very worst unless you can keep it to one night only. That's an addiction that is the worse kind as it destroys so much and that around it.

Aye MB ... Plenty of stories I won't repeat here ...
I'm surprised that no-one came back on the 'Grand Slam' - either y'all are above that sort of thing or blissfully ignorant ... Still funny though (albeit briefly) ...

Thankyou to all of you for your thoughtful messages and helpful suggestions.

I'm beginning to feel a lot better.

G

*hugs*