Category: Stress

By Posted on Posted in Falling Asleep, Sleep Obstacles, Stress, Uncategorized

  Have you ever felt too afraid to sleep? Or maybe too anxious or worried to sleep? It’s not a good feeling. So on this scariest of days, it might be a good time to talk about what to do when you’re feeling scared or troubled or agitated and you just can’t fall asleep. One of the most frustrating obstacles to sleep you may encounter is the vicious circle of being too anxious to sleep, so you lose sleep, which makes you less able to deal with or even solve what’s making you anxious in the first place. And around …

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By Posted on Posted in Sleep Obstacles, Stress

When your body is tense, it’s really hard to fall asleep. Have you ever been lying in bed – very much not falling asleep – when you realize all your muscles in every part of your body are tensed up? When you realize how rigid you are, you might consciously start commanding each part of your body to let go. Suddenly you realize how tense you were when you feel your body start to sink into your bed instead of lying stiffly atop your mattress. If you’re like me, you might then go through that cycle of realizing you’re tense, …

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Has this ever happened to you? You’re so exhausted by the end of the day, you can barely keep your eyes open. All you can think about is falling face-first into your soft bed. You’re on your way there and then you get a shock that’s so horrifying you go into full blown fight-or-flight mode. You fear for your own safety and that of your loved ones. Your heart pounds, your legs go weak, your hands tremble. Sleep is the absolute last thing on your mind now, and with the adrenaline coursing through your body, it’ll be quite awhile before …

Is Fear Keeping You Awake? Read more »

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Stress. Anxiety. Worry. Disquietude. Whatever you call them, many of us have been closed in the house with these monsters as our close companions for these past weeks and now months. Many others have been carrying the beasts around on their backs as they go out and confront possible danger to do their essential work every day. Now we’re grappling with constantly conflicting thoughts. Are my family and I safer continuing to stay in and avoid exposure to COVID-19? Shouldn’t I get back out there and make a living so I can take care of my responsibilities? If we open …

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Are we sleeping differently during this pandemic? What a time we are living in. Our world changed practically overnight, and it remains to be seen when it will go back to normal, not to mention what normal will look like as this crisis passes. Anyone who is battling this awful virus, or who has a loved one who is, it is taking over their life. And for the heartbreaking thousands of people around the world who have lost their lives and for all those who lost them, the ravage of this pandemic is permanent. Keeping ourselves and our families safe …

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It started with a long-running worry about the health and safety of my far-away, elderly aunt which dramatically escalated in April. Suddenly, my time and attention were consumed with trying to help and find resources from several states away. I found myself waking up early – I mean really early – every morning worrying about her and agonizing over possible solutions. Suddenly she was in the hospital and I was in long-distance crisis mode. My stress level escalated, and my hours of nightly sleep diminished even more. I felt like my new normal was just going to settle in at …

What I Did This Summer: Why Total and Utter Exhaustion Doesn’t Always Result in Sleep Read more »

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Life often seems too busy, packed full, frantic and overwhelming. Sometimes it feels like that for long periods of time with no break. Sometimes, on top of that “normal” stress level, life hands you more than you think you can handle. That’s what life has served up around here in the past couple of months. And I want to tell my tale in a future post. My sleep has definitely suffered through all this…stuff. And that’s what we’re all about here at Sleep Satisfaction – figuring out how to get the best sleep we can under all kinds of circumstances. …

Life Has Been Giving Me Lemons… Read more »

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