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What helped me the most against my insomnia is simply accepting it. I just stopped fighting to try to sleep. It didn‘t help immediately, but at least the time t

by daanlo 5y ago

What helped me the most against my insomnia is simply accepting it. I just stopped fighting to try to sleep. It didn‘t help immediately, but at least the time that I wasn‘t falling asleep was less painful. Over time (several months/years) my insomnia eventually went away. Years later I listened to an audio book by The psychologist Viktor Frankl, that also helped me relax about the topic. And of course jogging (without music) or something similar that essentially switches off your brain during day time.

samstave 5y ago
Wow - So a few comments on what you beautifully wrote for me: * I attempt to accept it and Breathe - (Some WIM HOF and I just received the book "BREATH" [0] <-- technically i just received via grabbing from my book-shelf after having bought it 6-months ago, without ever picking it up.... :-( --> :-)) [0] https://www.mrjamesnestor.com/ https://www.mrjamesnestor.com/ --- But running used to be my thing... in ~2002 I was running 15 miles a day at ~5 MPH... In august 2021 I rode my 29"er 1,000 miles! --- Exercise helps cancel out Depressopiona
- toisanji 5y ago
  did the running help with sleep? thats a lot of running!
  - samstave 5y ago
    I made an HUGE edit to my running but I lost it: I was running 5 miles early AM, Lunch then Dinner... I did a 5 mile loop 3 times a day... It was during the downturn, and I was at home 18 months playing games, traveling, and running... I was 25 years old, had been working as an IT manager in SV for ~6 years at that point. (started at 17 at an Architecture firm as a drafter, and worked up from there) -- I had a party that summer of ~2001/2002 (cant recall if 911 was before or not - but 75 people came to the BBQ... like 15 had jobs... (ALL devs and Tech (some jobs that dont really exist anymore (SGI Devs, MIPS procs devs, SUNSPARC/SUN devs... A lot of hardware people)

by daanlo 5y ago

samstave 5y ago

Wow - So a few comments on what you beautifully wrote for me: * I attempt to accept it and Breathe - (Some WIM HOF and I just received the book "BREATH" [0] <-- technically i just received via grabbing from my book-shelf after having bought it 6-months ago, without ever picking it up.... :-( --> :-)) [0] https://www.mrjamesnestor.com/ https://www.mrjamesnestor.com/ --- But running used to be my thing... in ~2002 I was running 15 miles a day at ~5 MPH... In august 2021 I rode my 29"er 1,000 miles! --- Exercise helps cancel out Depressopiona

toisanji 5y ago
did the running help with sleep? thats a lot of running!
- samstave 5y ago
  I made an HUGE edit to my running but I lost it: I was running 5 miles early AM, Lunch then Dinner... I did a 5 mile loop 3 times a day... It was during the downturn, and I was at home 18 months playing games, traveling, and running... I was 25 years old, had been working as an IT manager in SV for ~6 years at that point. (started at 17 at an Architecture firm as a drafter, and worked up from there) -- I had a party that summer of ~2001/2002 (cant recall if 911 was before or not - but 75 people came to the BBQ... like 15 had jobs... (ALL devs and Tech (some jobs that dont really exist anymore (SGI Devs, MIPS procs devs, SUNSPARC/SUN devs... A lot of hardware people)