Good sleeping....what method do you use?

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stevenb

stevenb

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got-to-get-fit said:
Judging by your last post about your noisy neighbours - i think the only solution to your sleep problem is a "hitman"

I must admit.....since they have been living here I have really been uncomfortable in my own home.
The council would rather move me than them.
I like going out as much as I can (when poss) so I don't have to stay around and listen to them.
Having a home you can relax in is a must have....and I haven't.:ohmy::sad::biggrin::sad:

I wonder if I could so my local council for negligence.....especially as our complaints have been made to them regularly for over 3 years.
 

col

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stevenb said:
I must admit.....since they have been living here I have really been uncomfortable in my own home.
The council would rather move me than them.
I like going out as much as I can (when poss) so I don't have to stay around and listen to them.
Having a home you can relax in is a must have....and I haven't.:ohmy::sad::biggrin::sad:

I wonder if I could so my local council for negligence.....especially as our complaints have been made to them regularly for over 3 years.


This post made me shudder Steve,iv had a similar thing in the past a long time ago.Bad neighbours are a killer,i would say this could be your main problem.I remember the awful gut feeling i used to get when the noise started,i ended up at the docs for something to calm me down,as i felt i was going to snap sometimes.The worst week i had only eleven hours sleep in seven days,at the time i was practicing iaito(the art of killing on the draw with a samurai sword)And believe me i was sorely tempted,thats how far it had pushed me at the time,all i can remember thinking ,was the noise would stop if .........Thankfully i have more sense than that,but i really feel for you on this mate.
 

Slowgrind

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A lot of exercise will make you sleep, but if your problems lie elsewhere then you`ll need to solve them first before mind will let you get that complete resting sleep. I know some people that can never switch off for long though, and don`t ever seem to sleep for longer than a few hours at a time.
 

QuickDraw

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Don't know if this will help you but it works for me. Probably best make sure your ear plugs are in before you start. I find it helps relax me and also gives me something to concentrate on which drives out all the other thoughts.

I start on my feet (bear with me) and I concentrate on making them feel completely relaxed. I make every muscle below the ankle feel completely relaxed. It can take a couple of minutes but usually it's quicker. It should feel like your feet are sinking in to the mattress. Once that's done I move up to the calves, then thighs etc. Usually I'm asleep before I get to my neck. Make sure each part of you is as relaxed as you can make it before moving on to the next part.

Hope it helps.
 

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PS forgot to add: It seems to help me sleep for longer if I do it when I first go to bed but it also helps me to get back to sleep if I wake up in the middle of the night.
 

longers

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I clicked on page three before reading your post at the bottom of page two Quickdraw. :ohmy:.
I thought you were on about something else entirely.

Davyo's method sounds interesting. I had a bout of insomnia a bit back but I think it was to do with being understimulated at work, now we're up to our eyeballs I've been sleeping like a log.
 
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I'm not that tired now.....then again...I have eaten a lot tonight.....can't sleep on a bloated stomach....
Will be trying the relaxing techniques mentioned. :ohmy:
 
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Alas.....I have had a good nights sleep...:ohmy:
Went to bed at about 1.50am and got up only once for the loo and slept ok again until 9.40 this morning.

I feel better for it too.:biggrin:

Gonna cycle off the pizza, garlic bread, choccy cake and popcorn n sweets today.
 

sheddy

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If I do wake up too early, I just scoff something simple - yogurt or banana, or a slice of bread - gets me back off for another 2 or 3 hours.
If you can't get to sleep for whatever reason, try herbal sleeping tablets. That way you can get off easily and wake refreshed enough to do a full days work in the morning
 

alicat

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Stevenb

Do you have a routine of going to bed and getting up at roughly the same time each day, even at weekends? 1.50am - 9.40am sounds out of sync with a healthy sleep routine unless you regularly work evenings.
 
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alicat said:
Stevenb

Do you have a routine of going to bed and getting up at roughly the same time each day, even at weekends? 1.50am - 9.40am sounds out of sync with a healthy sleep routine unless you regularly work evenings.

I have a regular sync. I normally go to bed at 10.30pm and get up at about 7.15am and that includes weekends.

The above times I mentionedin my previous post was a one off.
:ohmy:
Last night's sleep wasn't so good.....but not that bad.
 
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