I wake up at 3am to 4am daily as a neighbor makes noise walking their dog. This cannot be helped. Once I am awake, my mind won’t stop going over details about everything from the mundane to the critical. Often, I am able to fall asleep again after three or more hours of wakefulness, but onlyinutes before I have tonwake for the day.

Does anyone have success with quieting the mind without substances so that they can fall back to sleep?

  • Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    You’re experiencing the exact same problem as my wife, in the same time frame, but for her it’s the neighbor slamming his door on his way out to work.

    I can’t speak for her, as she often just gets up after her mind begins cycling through anything and everything, but as someone who has a lot of difficulty falling asleep, I have some success with the following:

    1. Massaging my neck, shoulders, and shoulderblades
    2. Getting up and sitting in the dark of a different environment for a few minutes, like the living room or guest bed, then returning to bed
    3. Alternating between trying to sleep flat on my back and on my stomach