CANT SLEEp

[Lily_s371]

It is currently 2 am in the morning and I can't sleep. im supposed to be awake by 8:30 for church. I'm freaking out because I really need to sleep but I can't. I just freak out of losing countious while sleeping. And what if I'm tired in the morning or I don't get enough sleep. Everytime I try to sleep by closing my eyes it feels like I can't move so I move my arm and then I can't sleep and I panic. I also worry that I'll get a heart attack from all this stress. Please help.

[socratesanne]

Sometimes not fighting it and just reading helps or watching television, but if this is not possible, try taking a deep breath and exhale outward for twice the length of the in breath. Do this three times carefully, breathing deep into the belly. This opens up the parasympathetic nervous system, the counter to the energized sympathetic nervous system that gets you up and going in the morning. I also eat a piece of cheese curd if I cannot sleep and this also helps if you can eat whey. I like the kind that is in garlic oil and think the garlic helps as well. Sometimes it is I just a little food, not a lot.