At the moment as im consistantly cold and getting chills i got one of those fan heaters the drone of it blocks any external noise and its comforting :)
"It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit"
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I've always had trouble with sleeping due to insomnia and being afraid of the dark, but I really started having problems after my experiences. Some nights are better than others. I have found that putting my favorite movie on before climbing in bed (without the sound, so the images comfort but do not fully distract me), turning my ceiling fan on for the sound, laying on my side facing the wall in an almost-fetal position, holding my favorite stuffed animal (he was there through everything with me), and bundling up under the blankets to create a cocoon of sorts help tremendously.
Lately, I’ve been having a harder time dealing with things. So I asked my recent ex-boyfriend to let me borrow a shirt sprayed with his cologne. While we were dating, he would hold me, talk to me, and try to bring me back when I experienced paralyzing flashbacks and nightmares. He was the first person to do so, and make me feel like I could put the pieces back together. So to sleep in a shirt with his scent, it’s like he’s there with me. It’s really nice and soothing. Relatively early on in the relationship, another thing he did that helped when he couldn’t be around is that he made a stuffed animal with his voice inside. It sits on my bed next to my pillow, in case I need to push it during the night or whenever I’m down.
the only reason i sleep is because all my meds knock me out, when i dont take them im screwed and when i didnt used to be on them, i could barely sleep.
i dont use teddies or anything like that, i dont think that would help me.
i normally just take my meds, get into bed and listen to a few tracks on my ipod until im asleep
Like spoons, I have sleeping meds but they can take anything from 20 minutes to 6 hours to get me to sleep.
on my worse nights I curl up in th foetal position, my favourite teddy encased by my right arm whilst sucking my thumb crying myself to sleep quietly.
i used to think i was a bit weird until i found this so here goes nothing (feeling confident cos none of you know me in real life and won't take the p**s, sorry bout the language)......
i used to think i was a bit weird until i found this
i sleep with a small beany dog
yeah, i felt a bit immature too before i realized just how many people still sleep with stuffed animals. beanie babies! :D i still have most of mine from my childhood, mostly stored away in my closet.
nothin to be ashamed of...i sleep with a lot more than a small beany dog...
ive got all 3 of my rag dolls including my giant one, and my teddy bear, and my minnie mouse that i took everywhere with me when i was a kid.
Every day the world is made a chance to change but i feel the same.
And I wonder why would i wait till i die to come alive?"
All alone the way she feels
Left alone to deal with all the pain-drenched sorrow relief
I'm 41 and still curl up with my little cuddly dog.
I find battery operated star orange fairy lights [Tesco at Christmas, £4!] useful for making it light enough to feel safe, but dark enough to sleep.
I also use ear plugs - especially useful as stuff recently at home is stirring up childhood stuff.
I do a lot of active imagination/self guided fantasy too - always have done. Sometimes this is quite elaborate, and involves me being somewhere safe/rescued/able to look after my child self, etc.
On my mp3 player I have 2 CDs by Linda/Lynda? Hudson. One is 'Surviving Trauma' and the other is 'Rest and Sleep'. They're reputedly hypnosis, but aren't really, more a supported relaxation.
Oh, and the trusted Zopiclone, to be treated like gold dust!
I sleep most nights with my girlfriend and that comforts me to know shes there holding me. But on the nights I'm at home from University I sleep with my fairy lights on, my cuddly Bee called 'Bee-Bee' and my door locked shut with a bolt (I cant sleep in a room without a lock on the door)
I sleep really lightly though and any noise wakes me up...sometimes I use earplugs but I tend to find I wake up more as I think I hear something moving in my room :/
I'm 21 and I'm proud to sleep with a cuddly Bee!!!!!
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I try to follow a routine before bed, even though my work schedule has me awake and in bed at different times. I have a shower, drink a cup of decaf tea or coffee, then write in my journal until my drink is gone. I sometimes drink myself down with liquor, but I'm trying to quit on that.
I normally like the window open and the room cool. I've got a fan for warm nights, which also makes noise. I'd rather have white noise than music at night, so I have some ambient sound tracks on my mp3 player. The dark doesn't bother me unless I'm trying to wake from nightmares. If it's too dark, I can't orient myself, which makes it hard to wake up fully. The light from my laptop is perfect. I can make out objects, and have a sense of space.
I struggle with sleep alot was going well for awhile now it's bqckto where I don't want to sleep I'm scared to close my eyes. I've been put in endep10 for the pains in my back and to help me relax to be able to sleep but there not working at all any more. But for me to even thing about sleeping my door must be shut and room has to be pitch black ATM it's winter so can't have the fan on to make any noise and I have to have 2 pillows one to cuddle the other one behind me and then blankets are made into a
Cocoon. Sometimes if it's bad I'll put a movie on normally it's twilight as the music puts me to sleep ad if I can't play the movie I play the song bellas lullaby as it makes me able to relax and finally sleepbut then some nights none of it works and I end up in tears till I am so exhausted I crash
I don't know if anyone mentioned it but Melatonin might help you. It helps me some times but not always.
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I love this thread and think it could help a lit of people so here's what I do I cuddle up to owlie or my big hello kitty because I hate sleeping alone so this gives me a little comfort. I have radio 4 on because listening to the shipping forecast is kind of hypnotising in its calm repetetiveness. I can't sleep in silence but prefer voices (hence I choose radio4) over music usually though there's a few songs I can happily fall asleep to on repeat. :)
When I was very bad I used to just keep the light on all night and the fan on. But now on most nights I can sleep in darkness and quiet. Take heart, it does get better :).
I sleep with two blankets my grandma made me, a blue bear that's weighted for deep pressure stimulation, and a green Grinch stuffed animal. They're all a big reason why I've graduated to a dark, quiet room for sleeping. The smell of my blankets and the feel of my bear on my chest soothe me and let my brain know it's time for sleep.
I've stopped drinking all caffeine, and it has helped me get to sleep faster and sleep in more manageable chunks (neat 8-hour blocks, not 12+ hour marathons). For me, it also soothes me to know that there are no chemicals affecting how my body functions (I've had horrific experiences with psych meds).
If I'm very stressed, one of my therapists gave me this exercise which helps sometimes: Consciously clench a group of muscles starting with your head and neck as hard as you can, hold for 5 seconds, and relax. Do this with shoulders, arms, and so on down to your toes.
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I have learned that the world is not a safe place. Not at all. But there are so many people who love me and want to keep me safe. And that is enough.
I have lots of blankets so there's a weight of them on me, and all parts of my body are under the blankets at all times.
Makes it hard in summer especially as windows cannot be open.
Even as the stone of the fruit must break
that its heart may stand in the sun,
so must you know pain.
There are only two ways in which one can live their life. One is as though nothing is a miracle, the other is as though everything is.
I hate going to bed. My brother used to visit me at 3am and I still wake up every time when somebody opens the door.. A string of lights and stuffed animals help me feel save, because whenever I have to open my eyes, I can see that there's no one standing next to my bed.
soothe my mind with everything honest yeah give me my solace ♥
“The good things don’t always soften the bad, but vice-versa, the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant.”
“Nobody important? Blimey, that’s amazing. Do you know, in nine hundred years of time and space I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important before.”
“If it’s time to go, remember what you’re leaving. Remember the best. My friends have always been the best of me.”
