Techniques for Getting me BACK to sleep?

[bisous]

First -- I often use something super similar to fall asleep -- so crazy to hear someone else does it!

Another random thing I do sometimes is pick a random theme "girls names" or "fruits" or "types of vehicles" or "flowers" etc. and then I try to go A-Z and name one thing for each letter (so if you were doing girls names it could be "Amelia, Barbara, Caitlin, Diana" etc.. I almost never make it to Z.

Really?? That's so funny. SO I love to decorate and I've lived in so many different homes over the years. Like 6 homes as a child, 4 different places in college, 4 on my mission, and I'm on my 8th place since we've been married. It is a weirdly fun and relaxing pastime, lol. And now it is associated with getting really great sleep.

[jent]

Really?? That's so funny. SO I love to decorate and I've lived in so many different homes over the years. Like 6 homes as a child, 4 different places in college, 4 on my mission, and I'm on my 8th place since we've been married. It is a weirdly fun and relaxing pastime, lol. And now it is associated with getting really great sleep.

I do something similar... not decorating, but think about completely rearranging my home's floor plan. Like if we were to knock out walls and start from scratch, where would we put the kitchen? Would we make the mudroom bigger? Would we change the bedroom configuration? Etc. Not sure why it makes me sleepy but it does.

[fauve01]

when i can't fall asleep, i start visualizing myself doing a task with a lot of steps that i know very well. for me, it is making baked oatmeal, which i can do by heart. So i picture myself getting out all the ingredients and pans, etc. Then i watch myself / talk myself through putting it all together, step by step. So for me trying to meditate or think of a quiet place didn't quiet my mind enough, but giving myself a task made it so other thoughts couldn't intrude.

[KpbS]

I always pray the alphabet and usually get sleepy at some point.

Glad you slept well!

[Tenasparkl]

when i can't fall asleep, i start visualizing myself doing a task with a lot of steps that i know very well. for me, it is making baked oatmeal, which i can do by heart. So i picture myself getting out all the ingredients and pans, etc. Then i watch myself / talk myself through putting it all together, step by step. So for me trying to meditate or think of a quiet place didn't quiet my mind enough, but giving myself a task made it so other thoughts couldn't intrude.

Love this idea! Baked oatmeal sounds like the perfect thing too.

[Ceepa]

When my insomnia was bad I would get up and go to another room. Now I have a Kindle Paperwhite next to the bed if I need to read something boring without backlight.

Of course there are times when I'm unable to get those last couple hours of rest and accept that I'll be tired on and off that day.

It's funny that some of you redecorate or cook to get sleepy. It made me remember in high school putting together outfits as I drifted to sleep. Knocked me out.