What Do You Do To Sleep?

[PTSDfree]

Trying to get some ideas for bedtime rituals. I made a youtube playlist from this channel's videos and play it before I go to bed and while I sleep. Oh and some aromatherapy and reading thrown in. :bookworm:

Edit: Here is the playlist in case if anyone is interested.

 

[hodge]

Lavender oil. Doesn't really help me sleep, but does help quiet my mind.

 

[Lily44]

google relaxation for me - Robert Banks

it's neuro stuff and really deeply relaxes
:)
thanks for your info!

 

[Lily44]

Camomile Oil is a good sleep aide

 

[Sideways]

Sleep hygiene. That involves a winding-down period (screen free), relaxation, deep breathing (can't get to sleep otherwise.

Mostly though it's about the stuff I do during the day that you don't tend to notice is making sleep hard. Regular exercise (absolutely first, second and third most important thing), any really, even a daily gentle walk. Good diet. No caffiene after midday (or energy drinks, period!). Keeping engaged in activity.

I have mich better sleep when my daily lifestyle is balanced and healthy. There is no amount of whales singing that will send me to sleep if I'm not doing the dance during the day.

 

[theshadowoftheliving]

In theory? Everything that @Ragdoll Circus said.

In practice? Working myself so hard that I am exhausted enough to fall asleep at my desk. Depriving myself of nutrition so that I become so tired and overwhelmed that I'll just collapse.

To complicate things for me, it depends on what part is operating. Some melt down with exhaustion. Others don't feel pain or need sleep. And sometimes the body needs to sleep and sometimes I can "put a part to bed" and have another take over and keep on going as long as I keep my head quiet enough to not wake the other.

I feel crazy. And overtired. Don't do it my way. It doesn't actually work.

 

[Friday]

Physically & Mentally exhaust myself.

I can do that in both healthy & unhealthy ways. Clearly, one is better than the other. ;)

 

[EmmaOwl]

take a hell of a lot of meds in ridiculously high (yet doctor approved) dosages.
I get tired, and I WANT to sleep, so I take my sleep meds... but then somewhere along the line I get scared and then I am fighting tooth and nail against succumbing to the vulnerable state of sleep.
It's been a conundrum for me for a long time.