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Originally Posted by Andrew
That's brutal man. I was on sleeping pills for like 10 years. It almost worse. It's an addiction too. I get up at 5 can't go back to sleep now sometimes up till 1 too. For me is distraction need to lomit. Getting good habits of sleeping regular. It's hard to control thoughts mom maybe meditation or prayer if into that
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If I can't sleep, I get up and do chores for half an hour and then try to sleep again. If I can't sleep in 5-10 mins, I get up again to do chores. Rinse and repeat until I sleep or it's the next day. Worst case, there's less stressors for the next day.
You're right about phone addiction. Phones are a vehicle for consumption. Similar to food, there's good consumption, junk consumption and excess consumption. The right balance for you is best. One thing that might help is to intentionally put the phone in the opposite pocket you normally use. When you auto pilot reach to a device that isn't there, it's easier to tell yourself to not pull it out to do something mindless. It was kinda crazy how many times I'd reach at a phone that wasn't there.
Anyone who sees my sleep stats would probably be appalled. But I feel a lot less day to day stress once I started doing small tweaks like this. My sleep schedule is still an absolute mess, but I don't feel as easily overwhelmed or agitated on a day to day basis.