There is a castle on a cloud
By Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
Centralia, Missouri
October 2, 2015 7:36pm CST
There is a castle on a cloud, I like to go there when I sleep.....
Love Les Miserables, the music is, I think, a bit on the soul humming transcendent level....anyways, what I was going to talk about is methods to get to sleep. I have found pulling out my favorite day dreams and letting them have at often works. The old tried and true is the won the lotto then what dream, the moved to another country, or the put myself in a favorite book also works. I love Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series, and have often wondered what kind of herald I would be.
Sometimes these pleasant ideas help me forgot the hamster wheel of anxiety that's keeping me awake.
What about you? Do you count sheep? How do you get to sleep?
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@LadyDuck (460346)
• Switzerland
3 Oct 15
@Jessicalynnt By the way, for me it would be more than easy, I see plenty of them in the free field just in the back of our home.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
3 Oct 15
@LadyDuck hahaha, counting real sheep. after painting them with glow in the dark paint or the count might be O.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
3 Oct 15
I have to wonder if anyone actually "counts sheep" anymore
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
3 Oct 15
my insomnia wins most nights. I usually write, read or watch TV until too tired not to.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
3 Oct 15
Ive done that before, find some lame documentary and lay on the couch
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@GardenGerty (157865)
• United States
3 Oct 15
Usually I just lay down, roll over on my side and I am out. Has to be my right side. I just do not always stay asleep.Same anxiety visits me. On the rare occasion I have trouble, praying helps. Someone once said it was because the devil does not want you to pray.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
3 Oct 15
I have trouble getting to sleep if I am not on my side as well.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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3 Oct 15
Good idea, no I don't count sleep, I just close my eyes and try and sleep, I guess thinking of what happening during the day. I try not to think of problems because then I end up trying to work them out in my head and then can't sleep.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
3 Oct 15
yeah, rehashing the day is a good way to stay awake and be miserable
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@TexanTornado (5573)
• United States
3 Oct 15
It used to be I would listen to music, but it got to the point when the radio announcers would talk it would wake me up. So I did away with the radio, but the house deathly quite I would ever single noise (all those creaks). So now, I actually have to use a sound machine to be able to sleep.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
8 Oct 15
me too. music keeps me awake because i find myself listening to it. I do best with a box fan or some bland white noise
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@Tampa_girl7 (49267)
• United States
3 Oct 15
I a blessed that sleep usually comes easy for me.
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
8 Oct 15
If nightmares dont return back to haunt, after a few hours of tossing in the bed, I get a nap for some hours. But most of the time, insomnia wins. I try adjusting and making up for the lost sleep during the day, but again, I end up playing some game on the tablet....
When things were good, and normal, I remember, I was told to count in reverse or even keep taking the name of God until I would fall asleep. Tried these many times after it all started, but nothing helps much.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
8 Oct 15
I do better if I let my mind wander, when I focus is when I stay away or worry or both
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
3 Oct 15
that one doesnt work for me, I love to read, and will read way longer if the book is good. maybe I need boring books for those times
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
8 Oct 15
I could see that being helpful, the sounds the rocking.
@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
8 Oct 15
If I really can't sleep, I try to listen to rosette stones German, learning a foreign language ALWAYS puts me to sleep. Guaranteed.
@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
3 Oct 15
My trick if I can not sleep believe it or not is to have a cup of coffee and then I am well away!
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
7 Oct 15
I am assuming you do not mean decaf?
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
8 Oct 15
@Jessicalynnt OH no only the real thing! I can not see the point of decaf!
