[Gracie75]

Does anyone have suggestions for stopping all the thoughts that flood my mind when I’m trying to sleep? It’s as if my brain just turns on when I go to bed. Thank you!

[Chee2308]

You can’t stop what is part of your nature. Thinking is a normal part of a healthy brain. Normal sleepers take anywhere between 15-30 mins to fall asleep anyway, so in that time, there’ll be plenty to think about. Of course, if you are really sleepy, you’ll be out in much less time. Let your own body guide you, when sleepy, there’ll be nothing unmistakable about it, heavy eyelids, head nodding off, difficulty concentrating etc. If you have none of these, it just means you are not sleepy yet. Or the body doesn’t need to sleep at that point. It doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong either. Sleep will come at some point after being awake long enough. No ifs ands or buts. In the meantime if you find yourself in this situation, you can either get up and do something enjoyable or stay in bed and well, think. There’s no wrong choice here and it’s up to you which you prefer.

[Gracie75]

Thank you! So are you saying to stay up until you feel “fall down”sleepy before going to bed? I’m scared I will be up for days at a time.

[Chee2308]

I go by an earliest bed time or the latest. If I am really sleepy by 10pm, or still not sleepy by midnight, I climb into bed regardless. Then I either fall asleep straightaway or wait until I do. I want to be ready in bed to ride the sleepiness wave when it arrives and not be up and about doing things. I did try, for how long I can go without sleep, mine is around 36 hours regardless how much I wanted to soldier on or how anxious I was. I just can’t make it past 1.5 days without sleep no matter how hard I tried! So worrying about going for days without sleep is pointless, it is impossible to me and my body just won’t allow it

[Gracie75]

Thank you so much!!

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