Okay, I have a few test coming up..papers due and a career change coming very soon. Anyway, i'm a bit stressed.
Sometimes when I try to sleep I can't help but think about everything I need to do. I can't stop. ...it's a cycle, when I swim, i'm less stressed, but when it does creeps up on me I don't swim in he morning because i'm too tired in the morning to go, and I need to be rested for work which just makes me antsy the next day and so on. Well, I end up skipping days and days at the pool. Frustrating.
Swimming in the morning is usually the only time to go to be sure I can get a spot. How can I get myself to go in the morning, how can I sleep better at night? Have any of you come up with any strategies for this?
Cheers, :coffee:
Eric
Sometimes, when I have this problem, a silly little trick that will work for me is to try and keep my eyes open and not shut them. It takes a few minutes but I eventually can't keep them open and start drifting off. Reverse psychology can be an effective tool, I guess!
i do this too and have had mixed results. the other trick is to make myself cold and don't cover up again until i can't think of anything else but how cold i am. it kind of helps get me out of the "thinking loop". i wonder if it's a maslows heirchy of needs thing. you can't focus on anything else until your physical needs are met. if you're cold, you need to be warm. ya, something came up with between about 2 and 4 AM. :dunno:
Sometimes, when I have this problem, a silly little trick that will work for me is to try and keep my eyes open and not shut them. It takes a few minutes but I eventually can't keep them open and start drifting off. Reverse psychology can be an effective tool, I guess!
i do this too and have had mixed results. the other trick is to make myself cold and don't cover up again until i can't think of anything else but how cold i am. it kind of helps get me out of the "thinking loop". i wonder if it's a maslows heirchy of needs thing. you can't focus on anything else until your physical needs are met. if you're cold, you need to be warm. ya, something came up with between about 2 and 4 AM. :dunno:
