The Divine Lamp

Apr 29 2007

Calling all night owls

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8 Responses to “Calling all night owls”

1. # Puff the Magic Dragonon 30 Apr 2007 at 4:11 am

   Thank you for voting for us.

   Well, this is too late for last night, but you could try a warm bath, not shower. Include a few drops of lavender oil in the bath water. The proverbial warm milk. I could mail you my grade 13 calculus book. Put me to sleep no matter what time of day it was.

   All teasing aside.

   But if you suffer from insomnia more than just occasionally, you should consult your doctor. Bear suffers from it and he has had to train himself to relax let sleep come. (as he explains it that is both easier and harder than it sounds.)
2. # bear-i-toneon 30 Apr 2007 at 6:01 am

   Dim,

   I’ve ben an insomniac for decades. It wasn’t until about a decade ago that I realized that was my problem: prior to that, I thought everyone spent an hour or two lying awake in bed before falling asleep. I also wake up frequently in the night for no reason.

   Nothing worked, and I refused to use drugs. I simply learned to relax and accept it. In time I even began to enjoy it. As I allow my mind to drift things become clearer to me, and thoughts become my only reality.

   Above all, turn away from worries. If you are obsessed with falling asleep it will not come to you. Think pleasant thoughts, and enjoy your time alone with them.
3. # Robon 30 Apr 2007 at 12:21 pm

   Well, you may already do this but you should have the TV and any electronic entertainment device (including the computer!) off (or on ’standby’) well before you need to be asleep. Read a book. Drink water (not soda or coffee). As you can see on my blog, there’s nothing like a little Aristotle to put me asleep!
4. # Robon 30 Apr 2007 at 12:23 pm

   Oh, and pray. Not just for the obvious reason of fulfilling your obligation to God, but also to relax you. In fact, ask for rest!
5. # Argenton 30 Apr 2007 at 1:55 pm

   Try reading McBrien maybe? Wait, that might have the opposite effect getting you riled up instead. Hmmmm…
6. # thedivinelampon 30 Apr 2007 at 3:23 pm

   Puff,

   A lavender bath would get me beaten up.

   Bear,

   This happens only occasionally.

   Rob,

   Having recently outgrown the need for wearing Good Nites (which made me look and feel like a big boy) water before bed is a very bad idea:)

   Argent,

   Reading McBrien would keep me up all night; though it is my understanding his books do wonders for the constipated.
7. # Puff the Magic Dragonon 30 Apr 2007 at 4:32 pm

   Well, if this is for the occasional sleepless night, maybe this quotation from evening prayer of St. Thomas More. Sorry I don’t remember all of it.

   “Heavenly Father, grant me a good night’s rest …, but if I must be wakeful, cheerful…..”
8. # Argenton 02 May 2007 at 12:59 pm

   If I may suggest another angle….insomnia is part of the grief process.

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