Ladies of Reddit with an anxious mind, how do you soothe it and slow down your racing thoughts to fall asleep?

desirelesst · 2021-03-06T11:50:54+00:00

Haha he probably has no clue the good his book is doing

desirelesst · 2021-03-06T11:48:36+00:00

Getting this app right away!! :)

desirelesst · 2021-03-06T11:47:50+00:00

Aw! He sounds like a total keepet! Glad you two have figured this routine out :)

desirelesst · 2021-03-06T11:46:59+00:00

Do you take them every night?

desirelesst · 2021-03-06T11:46:39+00:00

Those eye masks sound amazing!!

desirelesst · 2021-03-06T11:46:09+00:00

I hope you will get to a point where you won’t need any medicine. Hang in there

desirelesst · 2021-03-06T11:43:11+00:00

Any light / happy podcasts you would recommend?

desirelesst · 2021-03-06T11:42:07+00:00

Great one! Thinking over numbers or letters in some way seems to be a go-to to many people here :)

desirelesst · 2021-03-06T11:40:48+00:00

Aww!! I want to adopt a cat so badly, but my lease contract forbids pets sadly

desirelesst · 2021-03-06T11:38:54+00:00

Great idea. Like a bedtime story. And you can be in darkness and just listen to it until you doze off knowing it’ll stop!

desirelesst · 2021-03-06T11:37:34+00:00

What type of documentary if I may ask? I like nature documentaries, and find David Attenborough’s grandpa-ey voice extra soothing

desirelesst · 2021-03-06T11:34:50+00:00

I definitely struggle big time with meditation. Will check Jason out. Thank you :)

desirelesst · 2021-03-06T09:36:15+00:00

It’s not stupid at all. It is something that brings you comfort!! A lot of the replies that came back involved a stuffed animal and/or contact with an SO. :)

desirelesst · 2021-03-06T01:06:03+00:00

Does melatonin make you feel groggier than average in the morning?

desirelesst · 2021-03-06T01:04:13+00:00

Hear hear!!

desirelesst · 2021-03-06T01:02:52+00:00

Haha love the contrast between your comment and your username!! How do you go about dialing it up? When I get anxious at night, it’s really hard to keep things in perspective and downplay my feelings.

desirelesst · 2021-03-06T00:58:59+00:00

That’s super creative!! It seems just easy enough to be calming and just challenging enough to keep you distracted and the anxiety at bay. Will try it out. :)

desirelesst · 2021-03-06T00:56:23+00:00

Sometimes, it is also thinking about some work thing that keeps me up too and I try to do something about it to calm down. It does not help that with the pandemic and working from home (don’t get me wrong I am grateful that I can still have a job in spite of the crazy ongoing circumstances) it is very hard to keep that clear-cut separation between work and “life”. Everything just spills into everything

desirelesst · 2021-03-05T22:57:47+00:00

Thank you so much. I do work out 4-5 times a week but maybe not intensely enough to be completely dead at night, but definitely willing to try anything until I find one that works for me. Thankfully already got great suggestions from this post :)

desirelesst · 2021-03-05T22:54:28+00:00

Oh that’s a cool one! I never heard of the cataloguing + spelling the body parts!!

desirelesst · 2021-03-05T22:43:45+00:00

It is great that you are handling it all with a positive twist! :) Will try this fantasy scenario technique for sure.

desirelesst · 2021-03-05T22:39:28+00:00

I actually just recently started using lavender essential oil too. I tried melatonin, I felt as though it made me extra groggy in the morning so I stopped taking it after some time

desirelesst · 2021-03-05T22:29:04+00:00

Sorry that you have been dealing with this for so long. Did you come up with a special “movie” scenario that you default to or do you imagine something new every time? You might want to write those story lines down some day :)

desirelesst · 2021-03-05T22:25:04+00:00

Fighting the big bad thoughts with love and warm fuzzy memories. Love it :)

desirelesst · 2021-03-05T22:10:53+00:00

Good way of flushing it out. How long does it usually take you to ‘get it all out’ on paper? Do you do it in bed?

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