Sometimes I try sleeping with an eye mask on, but I usually end up taking it off.
I tried a sleep mask, but I'm just too 'princess and the pea' when it comes to sleep.
The room isn't totally dark, but just cutting down seems to have helped heaps.
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beekaytee - Mar 26, 2013 4:12:58 pm PDT #27958 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
DavidS - Mar 26, 2013 4:14:48 pm PDT #27959 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The room isn't totally dark, but just cutting down seems to have helped heaps.
Our apartment has two bedrooms, the middle one (which is currently Emmett's) and the big one (ours, which faces the street). I used to be in the middle one for years and it was SO dark and SO quiet and I got such good sleep in it. It really made me realize how much that can make a difference.
brenda m - Mar 26, 2013 4:14:50 pm PDT #27960 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
It took a long time to get comfortable with the sleep mask. But true dark is amazing and it has an incredible effect on sleep quality.
beekaytee - Mar 26, 2013 4:22:55 pm PDT #27961 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
I'm wondering what the long term benefits will be. Short term, I'm loving it.
I already sleep with ear plugs...have for decades. But dark thing is a revolution in my life.
I liked the pressure on my eyes with the sleep mask but, truth to tell, I've got an ENORMOUS head, so every strap is too tight to be comfortable.
I may have to plump for a true blackout curtain that actually fits the window.
smonster - Mar 26, 2013 4:27:57 pm PDT #27962 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
smonster - Mar 26, 2013 4:27:57 pm PDT #27963 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
bonny, if sleep is more important than short term aesthetics... cardboard and wide painter's tape to block the windows.
sj - Mar 26, 2013 4:35:50 pm PDT #27964 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I have left two messages for my therapist over the last two days to try to reschedule my appointment from Friday to another day because I'm not going to be in town on Friday. She has yet to call me back. I'm really torn about what to do about her. On the one hand I find her helpful, but on the other hand she is scattered, disorganized, and unreliable.
beekaytee - Mar 26, 2013 4:36:48 pm PDT #27965 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
I'm really leaning that way, smonster. Had I known how much darkening the room would effect me, I'd have pulled out the cardboard ages ago. I'm pretty good with a glue gun. Maybe I can cover some cardboard in fabric to make it more presentable.
I'm wondering what I am going to do in the summer when I need to have the windows open.
Zenkitty - Mar 26, 2013 4:46:42 pm PDT #27966 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I'm really torn about what to do about her. On the one hand I find her helpful, but on the other hand she is scattered, disorganized, and unreliable.
Tough decision, sj. It's hard to find a therapist that you click with. I stuck with a whackjob of a therapist for years because we got along so well.
What's the difference between being depressed and feeling sorry for yourself? Because right now. I don't even know what I'm going to do next.
sj - Mar 26, 2013 4:49:02 pm PDT #27967 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Tough decision, sj. It's hard to find a therapist that you click with. I stuck with a whackjob of a therapist for years because we got along so well.
Yeah, it's exhausting trying to find good one.
What's the difference between being depressed and feeling sorry for yourself?
For me, they kind of go hand in hand.