Another slow and sleepless night is behind me. The biggest worry that plagues my mind almost daily is one derived from my own personal financial state. I know that most people in this world have money worries, and you can bet that most of those people have sleepless nights and spend like I have in the past more money to try to aid the sleep. There are hundreds of different sleep aids available nowadays and just as many of them don’t work and short of knocking yourself out or hopping yourself full of sedatives, not sleeping can be most emotional and if you suffer from anxiety then there’s the possibility you also suffer from panic attacks and you will understand the torment of waiting for one to happen (I will follow up in a later blog, link to follow here) and this is increased when your struck with not sleeping too. I personally hate it!! How about you?? I want to know!!
So the answer to the question I have inevitably raised here is “what can you do to win the war against sleep?” The first thing is you have to come around to the idea that if your not going to sleep naturally then trying to force it will do nothing but keep you awake longer. You have to, once this is a secure idea in your head of course, is to personify the act of sleeping, see it as a bully in your life who pokes you everything you’re dropping off. Say to yourself with full believe that this person will not mess you about any longer if sleep wants a war then you be the bigger person and say “you know what, get on with it, I’ll just stay up until I crash. You can’t stay awake forever! I know this seems extreme for nightly use So please understand that this won’t go on forever it took me 2 weeks of very little sleep before I got I to a pattern that agreed with me. The only thing that will hinder you a bit when using this method is sedation drugs but I’ll go I to this in part 2!
And remember what I’ve said today is what works for me, give it a go and lemme know how you get on!
Peace love & light
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