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When I am trying to get to sleep my mind is full of thoughts about situations that happened years ago. I should have done or said things differently and the bad things that happened to me would have been prevented. Of course there is no way to fix problems that occurred as much as 40 years ago. I finally found a sleeping pill that clears my mind and most often lets me sleep. The problem with using pills is they have nothing to do with curing insomnia and usually make it worse. I like to think of the situation as similar to waking each morning with 104 degree fever. Each day I take a pill to reduce the fever. That is pretty silly because I have a severe infection that will only get worse. That is the reason for taking this class. I need a cure for insomnia without sleeping pills.
Welcome to the forum and I am sorry to hear about your difficulties with sleep. The good news is that you recognize that the thoughts that run through your head are not constructive and that they can’t harm you — because they are about situations that occurred a long time ago.
When these thoughts crop up, try not to fight them. Instead, recognize them, let your mind process them, and trust that your mind will move on when it is done. I like to think of these crazy thoughts as clouds floating through the sky — simply lie back and observe. Eventually, they will pass. These thoughts only become a problem when we try to fight them or start to think that thoughts can harm us. Thoughts are just thoughts. They cannot harm us!
As you know, sleeping pills do not work and they are certainly not a long-term solution for insomnia. The best treatment for insomnia is CBT for insomnia. Have you talked to your doctor about CBT-I?
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