Comments on: The Sleep Solution {A Book a Day 2}

By: Leslie

Leslie — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 22:37:11 +0000

Thank you for recommending this book. My husband has terrible insomnia, and I will show this to him. Visiting from the Hearth and Soul link party!

By: Lesley

Lesley — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 19:59:28 +0000

This sounds like an interesting book. I generally sleep ok but occasionally have periods when I don’t, and I agree that at those times sometimes the anxiety about not being able to sleep can make it worse. These quotes are reassuring.

By: Jean Wise

Jean Wise — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 16:43:11 +0000

Love the quotes. They too made me giggle, then relax with relief. I go to sleep easily but seem to wake up about two hours later, then awake off and on for awhile, then sleep soundly till morning. I pray, sometimes I read. To be honest, I pick up the phone even though I know I shouldn’t. sometimes I walk the house. I do feel rested but it has been a long time I slept a night fully through.

By: Kym @ A Fresh Cup of Coffee

Kym @ A Fresh Cup of Coffee — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 16:17:10 +0000

Some of those quotes and ideas are so helpful! And I think will help me not to worry when I have trouble sleeping (which has happened much more frequently in the last little bit). I can just rest. Thank you for that!

By: Lynn

Lynn — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 15:05:13 +0000

I can see how stressing about sleep can make us sleep less! Many years ago, when working as a manager, and relaying to one of the dentist that I’d been up since 2am, she told me that just lying in bed resting, even though unable to sleep, is still rest. Just knowing that helped me have the energy to get on with my day! There are times when my sleep is disrupted, and sometimes I’ll put on a Spotify Sleep playlist to help get back to sleep. Other times I count Mississippis, and make my mind picture the Mississippi river. It really is getting control of my runaway mind that helps me to get to rest state again.

By: Corinne Rodrigues

Corinne Rodrigues — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 13:11:37 +0000

Ah! I love the idea that we can rest instead of sleeping. I tend to do that for about half hour most afternoons! I’m a light sleeper and am easily disturbed and find it hard to fall back to sleep when I am. My husband, on the other hand, can fall asleep in seconds and then sleeps really soundly! It’s a blessing, I think!

By: Tea With Jennifer

Tea With Jennifer — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 00:50:46 +0000

Unfortunately with Fibromylgia comes sleep disturbances, sounds like a good book to get more sleep strategies Lisa.
Blessings, Jennifer

By: Nancy Ruegg

Nancy Ruegg — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 23:13:04 +0000

On those nights when I can’t get to sleep, or wake up and can’t get BACK to sleep, I will often recite scripture in my head. Sometimes I wake up and realize I never finished the passage. / That statement about the value of just resting echos what my mother used to say. She would love to know that a sleep-expert corroborated her theory! Thank you, Lisa!

By: Martha J Orlando

Martha J Orlando — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 15:31:48 +0000

I consider myself so fortunate to have little trouble falling and staying asleep, although I will take melatonin some evenings. And maybe it’s my age, but I always need to get up at some point and use the bathroom. The best part about that is it doesn’t take me long to go back to sleep.
Sweet dreams, Lisa!

By: Barbara Harper

Barbara Harper — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 14:32:20 +0000

I don’t have insomnia all the time, but I have had bouts of it. The thought that I am still resting, even if I am not sleeping, was a big help to me, too. The worst thing is to fret about not being able to get to sleep.

Sometimes pinballing thoughts keep me awake, so actively thinking about something else helps. Sometimes I pray or turn on soft music. Sometimes I set a timer on my audiobook and listen. Even if I fall asleep while listening, I can backtrack to what I last remember hearing.

Even without insomnia, though, I rarely sleep more than four hours at a stretch. I usually get up once or twice in the night to use the restroom. Sometimes I pray as I lie back down that I’ll be able to go back to sleep quickly.