Re: Blanket response - about getting to sleep

[Guest guest]

---, " Jerry Glenn " wrote:

> Sleep problems have been dealt with in several ways. Hot showers

> sometimes help. But the one thing I have not

> heard mentioned is having someone read to you.

Jerry's suggestion is a great idea. But you don't have to have someone read to

you, try

books on CD. I find that if I plug in a book on CD (which you can get FREE from

your local

public library!) I will fall asleep before the second chapter.

Makes it hard to finish the book, but it really helps with falling to sleep!

It's just soothing

to hear that smooth voice (make sure the story isn't too exciting and the voice

is one that

you find soothing!) and focusing on the story takes my mind off the pain.

It also helps me to just stay physically still for long enough for my body to

take over and

force my mind to sleep - if I am typing on the computer or moving around, I'm

too active

to fall asleep. And if I'm watching TV, the shifting light interrupts sleep. A

book on CD in

the dark works like a charm. You can use headphones/earbuds if you have someone

else

in the room with you who would be disturbed by the sound.

Just wanted to offer an option to Jerry's suggestion for those of us who don't

have

someone to read to them.

Cheryl in AZ

Moderator

[Guest guest]

Hi Cheryl,

I wholeheartedly agree with you. I do this and have for about a year and a

half. I have slept better during this time than for many years before.

I happen to love Harry Potter, and so any of those books work for me. I also

like King's Dark Tower series. I often alternate between those two

series so I know what's going on with the book, but they are still interesting

enough to help me go to sleep without thinking of my pain level.

I also set my CD player so it repeats all night long so if I do

happen to wake up it helps me fall back asleep.

>

>It also helps me to just stay physically still for long enough for my body to

take over and force my mind to sleep - if I am typing on the computer or moving

around, I'm too active to fall asleep. And if I'm watching TV, the shifting

light interrupts sleep.

>A book on CD in the dark works like a charm. You can use headphones/earbuds if

you have someone else in the room with you who would be disturbed by the sound.