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Don’t Trust Everything You Think: 10 Myths I Believed about Bipolar Disorder

September 09, 2019 at 01:46PM Carrie Cantwell
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Taking Yourself On: Worst-Case Scenario Thinking

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Hope & Harmony Headlines: Free Yourself From Auditory Overload

September 06, 2019 at 01:50PM bp Magazine
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by Carol L. Rickard

It’s the middle of the night, and suddenly you are wide awake. What do you do? Count sheep? Toss and turn? Plan for a predawn start to your day? You could try that. Or you could follow my advice and fall right back to sleep.

Has this ever happened to you?

You’re sound asleep, resting well. Everything seems fine. But then, suddenly, you find yourself wide awake. It’s the middle of the night, and you’re not able to fall back to sleep.

You look at the clock: It’s 2:38 a.m.!

You lie there, trying to entice sleep to return. You know you don’t function very well when you don’t get enough sleep, and you have things to do tomorrow—no, today.

After some time passes, you check the clock again: Nowit’s 3:47 a.m., and you are STILL AWAKE!

The next thing you know . . .

The alarm is going off, telling you it’s time to get up!

You’re exhausted.

If this situation has ever happened to you, I want you to know you are not alone.

Fortunately, I have this LifeTOOL—actually, it’s more like a LifeLaw—that I want to share with you today. This LifeLaw can end this exhausting wide-awake-and-trying-to-fall-asleep cycle.

Are you ready for it?

DO NOT LOOK AT THE TIME!

Because the split second your brain registers what time it is--it’s too late!

Your mind is now “out of the gate” and “off to the races.” What does this mean? It can take a long time to get back to sleep.

This is because the moment your brain processes the fact that it is 2:38 a.m., it will immediately start thinking:

It’s 2:38 in the morning. What am I doing awake?

How come I keep waking up?

Why isn’t this medicine helping me sleep?

The alarm is going to go off in just a couple hours.

It doesn’t matter WHY you woke up—whether it’s the symptom of an illness, stress, kids, too much pain, or even a pet—this same law applies! No matter what made you wake up . . .

DO NOT LOOK AT THE TIME!

If you have to, turn the clock around or put your phone upside down.

Give it a try and let me know how you do!

~ To Living Well TODAY! ~

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