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Posted 11/13/2016 12:24 PM (GMT 0)
I just learned there is a word for what I am experiencing. I know my job and the stresses that go with it is totally consuming me. That's the trigger for this. I think that I am awake ruminating over something work related and I can't stop thinking about it. I replay it over and over and can't figure out how to solve the problem. I'm worried and mad that it's causing me to not get the rest I need! I have to stop this nonsense and go to sleep! What are my coping methods, why can't I sleep! Then my husband yells- STOP SNORING! I truly awake then but I think is he nuts? How could I be snoring when I've been lying here wide awake?

Has anyone else encountered this? What can be done to make it stop?
Posted 11/13/2016 6:50 PM (GMT 0)
I cannot say I have so I can't advise on the problem your having. I believe its all part and parcel of the anxiety issues that constantly manifest its self In to yet a other symptom.

Try a good relaxing sleep meditation that you know works for you before settling down for the night.

May be a walk early even to help declutter your head .. Some fav music... Long soak in the bath any diversion method you can think of. To enable your night thoughts to be less intrusive.

I do guided sleep meditation with music every night some with binaural beats , but it has to be something you would enjoy , so that you don't over stimulate xxx
Good luck and ihopeu find some answers and relief x
Posted 11/13/2016 11:22 PM (GMT 0)
WRAS,

So if I am understanding you...you feel as if you are awake...thinking through work issues...and yet according to your husband, in reality you've been sleeping...since he's heard you snoring?

That is strange!

...but sleep in general has always been a bit strange to me! It is a mysterious state, where some weird experiences and behaviors happen!

Have you ever had a sleep study done? If this continues, maybe that is something to consider?

Until then, excellent advice above...and perhaps using those decompression techniques will help the issue to phase out.

S.C.
Posted 11/14/2016 1:06 AM (GMT 0)
Sometimes the transition from sleep to awake can be strange, so maybe you were starting to fall asleep and dreaming about work issues, and it all in transition until your husband yells at you. Maybe tell him to be more gentle when waking you if you're snoring!
Posted 11/14/2016 2:24 AM (GMT 0)
Yikes
yes SC exactly but if I'm awake or asleep- I don't know.
I plan on listening to mindfulness meditation before bed tonight.
I'd like to every night but for whatever reason I find my phone and /or tablet caps out on me when i take them to bed. Must use earphones so I don't disturb my husband.

In research- it suggests if you are not sure if you are sleeping or awake- look at a clock or try to do math which if you are sleeping you will not accomplish
Posted 11/14/2016 3:02 AM (GMT 0)
Actually, I think I'd be better at math if I were sleeping, lol!! ;p

I hope the meditation works well for you.:)

S.C.
Posted 11/17/2016 4:11 AM (GMT 0)
had a really bad night Monday
awoke at 3 went to work at 7:30 uggh very disoriented all day
Forced self to stay awake until normal bedtime- 11 took a xannax- told husband if I snore please leave me alone I need my rest
Listened to meditation before I went to bed - slept pretty good. Had also crossed a few things off my list of things required of me to do
A little restless tonight- already up past my bedtime...
Posted 11/17/2016 4:46 AM (GMT 0)
Glad you got a good night, and I hope you have more!!
Posted 11/17/2016 4:58 AM (GMT 0)
WRAS,

Sending positive thoughts for a repeat of the sleep you got last night!

Sounds like you are putting the tools in place to make it happen...keep up the good work!

Hugs and high fives,

S.C.
Posted 11/17/2016 6:06 AM (GMT 0)
Keep it up.. Sleep is so important to a healthy you 😊
I make sure i have an hour to my self in bed for preparation to a good nights sleep... As i needed to function well at work and be firing on all cylinders.. i call it " me time".
I listen to a good mindful meditation.. and a visualization meditation if i need it.
Clears my mind of all the days workload thats still in my head.. As i have 48 other peoples(whom i care for) problems in my head....Trust me if i didnt do all i can to clear my brain of that.... i would never sleep peacefully 🤓
Give it a whirl .. unload it all ...in some you time... self preservation... = healthier happier you xx good luck
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