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?
What helps here is to start reading. Most of the times I wake up with a book open, as I manage distract my mind from random thoughts.
I once decided to read the full text of my auto insurance policy while trying to fall back asleep. I awoke to find that I only needed to read nine pages haha