Anxious. Stressed. Worried. Scared. Nervous. Panicked. FREAKED OUT!!!

Those are just some of the words to describe almost all of us and our emotions during the last month of the coronavirus pandemic. It’s effects has a toll on our brains, maybe even more than on our bodies.

Most of our minds have been working overtime. There’s so much information to digest. There’s so much to think about. Too much to think about!

So when it’s night time and you desperately have to get some needed rest, how do you turn off your thoughts so you can get to sleep? Do you have any special tricks that help you get to sleep?

This is a little weird and hard to believe, but I had more trouble sleeping before the pandemic started. A couple of nights a week, I just couldn’t shut out real life and I’d find myself awake at two or three am. Eventually, I’d tire myself out and would fall asleep, but I’d be worn out for a couple of days afterwards. In the last month, that has only happened twice. I don’t have an explanation for this. You’d think that during a time where I’m much more neurotic about health issues than usual, I’d be wide awake up every single night.

I do have a few tricks that helps me fall asleep. First, I wait until I’m tired before trying to sleep. Usually that comes between midnight and twelve-thirty. I know not everyone can stay up that late, but I can and it works for me. Next I try to think of something from my past that makes me happy. Usually it’s a visual of my children when they were young. Lot’s of good images to use! If that doesn’t work, I play music. I think of a song that I like and know well, and I play it in my head. If that doesn’t work, I count sheep….really! I can picture the sheep and see them jumping over a fence. I know it’s cliche, but it almost always works.

We’re only a bit more than a month into this pandemic. We’re going to need plenty of rest to get through this. I’m sure you all have your own sleep tricks. It may include Ambien, melatonin or even some form of cannabis…it’s okay, I won’t tell anyone. Whatever it takes, right?

It’s getting late and I’m going to try to fall asleep. Here comes the sheep….1…..2…..3…..4

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