Comments on: Putting the insomnia debate to rest! http://redheadlaw7.com/2010/06/24/putting-the-insomnia-debate-to-rest/ Getting my mommy groove back. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:57:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Greg Patterson http://redheadlaw7.com/2010/06/24/putting-the-insomnia-debate-to-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-26311 Greg Patterson Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:38:35 +0000 http://redheadlaw7.com/?p=894#comment-26311 Insomnia, like many medical conditions, takes time to grow into a problem. They do not just occur overnight. Our impatience in treating it magnifies the problem; throwing our bodies and minds into tail spins running from one "cure" to another. We just distort the problem and con-volute it even more. Systematic , regular meditation has and continues to be a "cure" for many people. This is like bodybuilding...not something you "try" but something you work with over protracted time...unlearning and re-learning as it may be. Meditation does "replace" some sleep and therefor aids the overall sleep deficit that one accrues over time from insomnia. 30 years of meditation and 17 years of psychiatric nursing taught me this. Solving a problem that is internal with something external is ludicrous and only puts money into the pocket of those that prey on those desperate for relief. Insomnia, like many medical conditions, takes time to grow into a problem. They do not just occur overnight. Our impatience in treating it magnifies the problem; throwing our bodies and minds into tail spins running from one “cure” to another. We just distort the problem and con-volute it even more. Systematic , regular meditation has and continues to be a “cure” for many people. This is like bodybuilding…not something you “try” but something you work with over protracted time…unlearning and re-learning as it may be. Meditation does “replace” some sleep and therefor aids the overall sleep deficit that one accrues over time from insomnia.
30 years of meditation and 17 years of psychiatric nursing taught me this.
Solving a problem that is internal with something external is ludicrous and only puts money into the pocket of those that prey on those desperate for relief.

]]> By: Tracy (AKA The Mayor!) http://redheadlaw7.com/2010/06/24/putting-the-insomnia-debate-to-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-907 Tracy (AKA The Mayor!) Mon, 28 Jun 2010 06:31:46 +0000 http://redheadlaw7.com/?p=894#comment-907 It's almost 3am & I'm still up...I prefer to think of myself as a night owl, but really, I just don't sleep a lot! Takes me forever to "shut down" & get to sleep! But the best point you've made is the "vicious cycle" we can get ourselves in to, "good sleep habits" are important & we almost have to train ourselves, just like teaching a baby to sleep thru the night! Great post! BTW, got something for ya over in Crazy Town Sugar Doll!! Cause I love ya so!! :-D It’s almost 3am & I’m still up…I prefer to think of myself as a night owl, but really, I just don’t sleep a lot! Takes me forever to “shut down” & get to sleep! But the best point you’ve made is the “vicious cycle” we can get ourselves in to, “good sleep habits” are important & we almost have to train ourselves, just like teaching a baby to sleep thru the night! Great post!

BTW, got something for ya over in Crazy Town Sugar Doll!! Cause I love ya so!!

:-D

]]> By: Carrie http://redheadlaw7.com/2010/06/24/putting-the-insomnia-debate-to-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-896 Carrie Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:33:08 +0000 http://redheadlaw7.com/?p=894#comment-896 I had insomnia when I was going through the worst of my nervous breakdown. And it is torture. And even now, almost 5 years later, when I have occasional and mild bouts of insomnia, I freak out that this could get bad again. There are few things as awful as not being able to sleep and not knowing how to get to sleep or stay asleep. I had insomnia when I was going through the worst of my nervous breakdown. And it is torture. And even now, almost 5 years later, when I have occasional and mild bouts of insomnia, I freak out that this could get bad again. There are few things as awful as not being able to sleep and not knowing how to get to sleep or stay asleep.

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