Sleep Part 2

Playing pretend 

Like I have to play dead and be as still and relaxed as possible or imagining someone will walk 

in and catch me sleeping in the weirdest comfortable position, no one ever has but I giggle to myself and find a stillness in ‘tricking’ myself and some made up someone else.

Get the Stuffies

We don’t have to give up the things that comforted us as a child. I sometimes still grab my blankee (crocheted means it held up well!) , nightlights, glow in the dark stuff, whatever you need is valid. 

Give Up and get help!

If in bed struggling to sleep. GIVE UP! Do something else that is good for sleep (sadly not screens..) if safe a breath of fresh air, stretching, reading a not too exciting book, tea, water, animal cuddles. Sometimes to figure out if I need to get up I imagine myself doing intense exercises or really engaging socially, if I can picture it I need to move around that energy, if it exhausts me I try to become mindful of those sensations along with all the other things combined.