Hello Anxietyinsomnia: Welcome to the site. Davit's right - post anywhere, we'll find ya!
I've just finished a bout of sleepless nights - exhausting when you don't get restorative sleep needed. Yes, I felt a warm flush too. My sleepless nights started just before my surgery last summer - had a lot of pain which kept me awake. This was almost 6 months straight, then after the surgery I was still pretty anxious and it has taken me awhile to get back to sleeping again. Now, I do sleep fairly well. Have you tried a cup of warm milk before bed? You can put a drop of vanilla in it if you don't like the taste. Also I do muscle relaxation and breathing exercises and I find that calms me enough to fall asleep. Sometimes I read a book for half an hour or so before bedtime, that slows me down too. hope these suggestions help.
Anerol: I do hope you will post one of your paintings! I just started some clay work today - very slow and painful - I haven't done anything for 2-3 yrs. but thought I'd try toad houses.
Hi Wrestler: I hear your discouragement. Now you may think and feel that this step back was all the way back to the beginning, but it wasn't. Why? because you have more knowledge than at the start and you have the tools to get back on track and you used it. You recognized the negative thinking pattern and stopped it. Way to go! Next time you'll recognize it and can reject it even faster. Keep the faith.
So glad you will get one Davit. You can just put a clay pot sideways into the ground and bury it half way up the sides, in a shady place. p.s. planting seeds and watching the new growth is miraculous and mysterious.:) p.s.s. I am truly enjoying the lemon balm tea every single day. I love it and look forward to it.
anerol: I have toads in my backyard. I have cedar hedges all around and they also like to stay underneath the big hosta leaves. I found one stuck in my little pond and poor thing couldn't get out, so I helped it out. (I had gloves on, lol)
Hi Matt: Welcome! When I felt the anxiety starting when I was driving, I used to sing anything and everything I could think of. When you sing, you have to take deep breaths. When you are anxious you tend to breath shallow and you might get tight chest muscles. Singing was a distraction for me and I wouldn't feel the anxiety creeping in. hope this suggestion can help you....
Davit: congratulations! isn't it great? you can take off and go wherever you please without that nagging negative thought. So happy for you. Now your body will heal even faster with such positive vibes. yay
Today I feel like Wrestler. I've been getting well but I still can't do much as I tire easily and BP goes up. I can't even talk on the phone for long as my head gets dizzy and my voice fades. I feel disappointed that spring is here and I can't enjoy it. I can't go for my walks (which is what I used to fear - not the outdoors, but the ability to go far distances and be too weak to get back.) It feels as though I might have to start over this year. Last yr. because of the pain/surgery, this yr. the high BP. I'm feeling discouraged and little nervous that this will be the rest of my life. My toad house, only manged two so far, are sitting waiting to be finished. So I'm fearful and complaining today.
Turning it around, I'm happy to be alive, I have family (and the best dog) and friends who care and this support group too, I'll just take my time with the toad houses, they are covered with plastic and still wet and o.k., I get fresh air and walking in the backyard and I'm enjoying the birds and all the birdsong. I can see tulips, daffodils, narcissus and hyacinths so I am enjoying spring. I filled the bird bath. I can sit in the back porch (screened in) and have tea and read a book. I'm lucky I have the time to enjoy these things because I am not working and can stay home. I have stopped all volunteer work except what needs to be done by phone (hardly anything) and feel just fine about it.
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