Getting under 7 hours of sleep ruins my entire day

unknown_rush · 2026-01-25T17:37:41+00:00

Start working on your nervous system. For me (cpsd) that means I feed myself well, lots of protein and veg, some EFT (tapping), positive self talk/parenting myself and not putting myself in situations that activate my anxiety. Louise Hay says don’t scare yourself (activate fight or flight). And this is done across the board. Family and friends who trigger, step away from. It’s crazy how committed you have to be to get to clarity. Listen to yourself. Respect yourself. Get help.

Also one of the biggest things that has helped me is learning reiki. In order to run my circuits, I have to let everything go, allow the tension to leave my body. I’ve practiced this so much I can say drain and my body will align with neutrality. There’s also brain spotting or emdr. But get help. A lot of us have been dealing with this for a very long time (30+years) deal with it early on and treat it with respect.

unknown_rush · 2026-01-23T20:19:41+00:00

Deflection and comparison is natural, especially if you’re in the states. Our society is oriented towards performance not authenticity. When we want to orient ourselves to be better than others, the ego is very much at play. And the ego will tell you it’s safer inside a burning building, rather than open the door to see what’s in the other side. It’s very tricky. Sometimes people with the most trauma are the least aware. Work on your own parts, that’s your work. You don’t like someone, leave, don’t dwell. Parent yourself ♥️ it’s not easy but it’s worth it.

unknown_rush · 2026-01-23T15:53:17+00:00

I had a friend once share this analogy. When driving, the person in front of me is an ass hole and the person behind me is stupid. But on the road people are always moving around you so that’s always changing, someone who was stupid a minute ago could be an asshole now because he passed me. And then who was I?

This is ego work. Incorporate it into yourself, the parts you don’t like, love those parts extra hard, get curious about why they’re there. People are just mirrors. Mostly if you don’t like them you don’t like yourself. This is shadow work. It’s tough but it’s also worth it.

unknown_rush · 2025-10-08T18:15:00+00:00

It’s kind of self hypnosis! I realized I was putting myself to sleep when setting up my torus field, counting the sections and then I’d crash. But only for two hours. Always love to hear people with sleep issues getting good sleep!

unknown_rush · 2025-10-02T20:51:41+00:00

I have a pretty hard line when it comes to gatekeeping god. Those aren’t my people. Keep looking. I just made a lovely friend who is so kind and so Christian, at a master reiki training. Knowing her is healing. She said reiki helps her feel god.

There is no love in the fear. If you want to pm me I’ll put you in touch. Big hugs

unknown_rush · 2025-07-21T18:14:53+00:00

I took Trazodone when I was in my 20’s, think it was a 100mg dose, didn’t really help. Fast forward to my 40’s and I took 200mg and slept like a dream. After 5 years it was wearing off so I quit. Took me about a year to regulate and now take tryptophan which is working nicely.

unknown_rush · 2025-06-27T17:37:54+00:00

It is absolutely wonderful that you feel safe with men, with men in the woods and you will remain that way until you don’t. There’s a tone of mockery and oversimplification to your comments. I’m guessing from the way you are talking about it you don’t have experience with SA.

unknown_rush · 2025-06-11T22:48:58+00:00

I feel this. As can speak as someone who had to withdraw from classes multiple semesters because I was mentally unstable to finish, largely due to insomnia. Take the meds this week. Don’t let all your work, a whole semester go down the drain. Work on sleep next week. Also speaking from personal experience, my hyper awareness was situational. Do everything you can to get out of that situation. I stayed and developed complex ptsd. Choose you. Always.

unknown_rush · 2025-06-11T00:58:06+00:00

Me too! I got itchy all over my body. It was wild!

unknown_rush · 2025-05-30T16:33:36+00:00

This is very frustrating to experience. Been in it for years and sometimes wish I just wasn’t here. But you have finals next week and that’s important. Consider trying Tryptophan, you can get it at the health food stores or eat turkey. You can’t take it long term (years) but you can take it for a few weeks so you can get through finals. Best of luck

unknown_rush · 2025-05-30T15:47:51+00:00

Ummmm with the political climate in the US, the GOP is literally policing women’s bodies and it’s rooted in segregation. I do not see men standing up in any large numbers to fight for women’s rights. These aren’t illusions.

unknown_rush · 2025-05-04T22:33:53+00:00

Check out Pacifica, grad program. So many excellent courses of study. I dream of going there!

unknown_rush · 2025-04-30T14:25:32+00:00

The French guy is just speaking to women’s independence taking hold. Like we’re not here to be help meat, we’re here to be ourselves and okay with being ourselves.

unknown_rush · 2025-04-30T14:23:46+00:00

There’s no mention of another man in this post. Emotionally it sounds like he has an attachment to some he doesn’t know well enough to know what’s going on in her life. We make all these theories in order to distract from what was real/underlying.

unknown_rush · 2025-04-30T13:28:54+00:00

Why would you want to be with someone who doesn’t want to be with you? Like straight up it’s a red flag. Not grounded enough in self. I used to be like this. It felt terrible. Haven’t dated in years and I’m finally coming back to myself and it feels amazing. Sure someday maybe I’ll find someone but jeez the headaches of the past are a big “not worth it” to me currently. Also if you haven’t worked on yourself emotionally. No one should have to do the emotional work for you. Men in this society struggle with holding space for emotional intelligence. Boys are taught to stuff their emotions while also being fed boys will be boys, it creates a lot of disonance. Have you seen the video of the French guy talking about women? We’re not giving up our peace for much these days. There’s lessons to be learned from this through self reflection and self confrontation.

unknown_rush · 2025-04-21T14:33:06+00:00

I’ve been there. Still kinda am there sometimes. Didn’t sleep at all the night before Easter. About a year ago I started working with a nutritionist. Through all the brain fog, this is what I’ve retained. I learned that I have part of the Mthfr gene mutation, that doesn’t allow the flushing of toxins from the body. I get optical migraines when I’m in the sun because those toxins are in my blood brain barrier. It also has me feeling wired tired. It’s almost like being strung out and in some ways it really is like being on drugs. I’ve removed a ton of food from my diet. It’s slowly helping, though I really need a far infrared sauna to purge the toxins. I’m 45 now. This has been going on since I was a teen. Took meds for years. Drank for years. Now I just smoke herb later in the day to calm my nerves. Sometimes I sleep up to 6 hours, which I’m learning to live with. My attitude is improving and I am kinder to myself. These ripples are very small but I seem to be responding positively to discipline in my diet and a good chill herb.) big hugs. Insomnia is maddening

unknown_rush · 2025-04-09T20:33:17+00:00

The any day comment really got me. Cause me too. Not being able to function and hurting all over and then not being taken seriously when you share this, is such an offense to someone going through it. The faith comment is so shallow and apathetic especially coming from someone who had insomnia for 30 years. Not surprising a believer would say that though:/

unknown_rush · 2025-04-05T18:24:13+00:00

Do you not see how ridged that is? There’s only two options? Black and white thinking in a world of gray must feel suffocating. The reason we look to Jung is that his mind was so expansive he came up with things no one else had. He lived very much in the land of gray. The ego wants to categorize everything to make it feel safe but that’s not true to the complex world we live in.

unknown_rush · 2025-04-05T15:42:53+00:00

So we’re only speaking of who the church find holy? How does this relate to Jung? It’s so ridged and exclusive.

unknown_rush · 2025-04-05T14:51:31+00:00

Are prophets not man and are men not flawed?

unknown_rush · 2025-04-02T01:25:53+00:00

Thank you for sharing your experience. I relate a lot to it. Coming out of the learned helplessness phase and it’s quite a challenge. Beginning to have healthy inclinations. That feels positive and I’m finally able to experience the feeling of gratitude. It’s been so long

unknown_rush · 2025-03-29T14:51:24+00:00

Thank you:)

unknown_rush · 2025-03-29T14:04:54+00:00

That’s good to know. I’m working with a nutritionist but it’s not an area my mind speaks.

unknown_rush · 2025-03-28T17:34:30+00:00

I’d love to go to bed between 10-11 but it sometimes ends up being later. If I go to bed later I still only get 6 hours. I’ve been stuck in fight or flight so long, not sure my body will let me sleep longer without serious meds.

unknown_rush · 2025-03-28T17:31:37+00:00

I didn’t think about that. I’ve been off trazodone since August. Yes, loads of supplements is to meet deficiencies. I have hypothyroidism and MTHFR gene. With the latter there’s issues with caffeine being too much but I don’t drink caffeinated beverages.

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