After some blasé
dabbling in the delights of Insomnia a while ago, I would like to say I’ve
moved on to bigger and better things. Those of you (yes my dear sister I mean
you!) who put your head on the pillow and fall asleep immediately, well that’s
great for you, well done. Go and have a cookie. For the rest of you insomniacs
I advise a mug of hot milk and honey; an old wives tale it may be, but boy does
it work!
As
a child I was ALWAYS the last one asleep at sleepovers and my parents stopped
checking up on me before going to bed because I’d still be awake anyway. So it
seems Insomnia and I were a match made in heaven…however I’d like to take this
opportunity to publically announce our split. I haven’t looked back since.
(touch bloody wood)
Before
I continue basking in my stronger-than-ever-free-woman-glory, I’ll give all of
you still suffering, some advice on how you too, can break free from this
tiresome (sorry…) relationship.
Exercise.
Remember that sleeping is to recover, so if you’ve done absolutely nothing all
day, what’s the point in recovering? Obviously you don’t HAVE to do this…a day
of lectures/working etc is equally tiring!
No
caffeine. NO caffeine. If you have an afternoon lull, a banana is cracking.
An
hour before bed, stop working and turn off the TV/laptop…read a magazine, have
a hot bath, play some music…chiiiiiill…
Don't try and nap during the day
Read
a couple of pages in bed of something you enjoy.
This
one is the most important: if you can’t sleep, who cares?! Don’t stress about
it. I know it’s easy to say, but if you don’t sleep tonight, tomorrow will
still happen! Yes it probably won’t be as peachy as you’d hoped, but you’ll get
through it and panicking will just make everything SO much worse. Put on an
audiobook and just lie there and listen…the average Harry Potter is about 7
hours long and you can download it from iTunes whilst in bed.
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