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I am super tired during the day. However, the closer I get to bed time, the less sleeper and more arousal I have. This peaks when I am laid in bed waiting for sleep to happen. Does anyone have any tips on how to manage this arousal? Like what to think about in bed as appose to thinking “oh no I am aroused”. I sometimes get out of bed and try again some time later but my arousal remains and my brain won’t turn off! Any ideas?
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Try not to avoid it but welcome it instead. So instead of going “oh no, that old witch hyperarousal is here again”, you can go “oh hi old friend, it’s you again, howdy”. You must be open to welcoming bad thoughts in order to get the handle on this. Avoidance magnifies the threat to your brain and presents it as a much bigger danger than it really is. Then the warnings become more pronounced and alarm bells start going off inside you, your heart races, you break into a cold sweat and etc. Ultimately, thoughts are just thoughts, they can’t hurt you but your brain has become conditioned to think that they can. The only way to get out of this is show your brain bad thoughts and poor sleep are not dangers, but are otherwise harmless and insignificant. Stop fearing and start accepting! After a while, these thoughts just become fleeting and they don’t bother you anymore. Best wishes!
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