Disconnect

[maystone]

I am literally staggering because I'm so tired, and yet I can't fall asleep. My brain will not shut down long enough for my body to take over. It's been this way since I was a child, and I still haven't learned how to manage this weird disconnect. Brain worms, I call them; swirling around, thoughts and pictures and snatches of songs and jarring leaps from one subject to another. It's immensely frustrating, even more so when all around you there is the soft snoring of everyone else who can just . . . shut down. How do you do that? I can't be the only one who suffers this noxious form of insomnia, can I? Speak up, out there.

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[kelly-girl.livejournal.com]

I'm like that too. When I lay down I can never just go to sleep. My brain is too busy. It leaps from one thing to the next and I need at least 20 minutes for my brain to calm down. I used to try different relaxation exercises but they don't work much. I used to do the 'count to ten' thing but then I realized I never made it to 10. I guess my brain couldn't stay focused long enough. It's strange.

Back in college I would sometimes tell myself stories. These days I do that too. I think about my current stories I'm working on or just about new ideas. Sometimes that helps, sometimes it doesn't.

These days I go to sleep listening to my favorite movie on DVD or some cable program.

[maystone.livejournal.com]

You, too? It gets frustrating, doesn't it.

If I told myself stories, I think I'd just keep awake trying to finish writing it in my head. On the other hand, I did turn the TV on, and I was asleep in about an hour, so I should just use that as my fallback (so to speak.)