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Bereavement Support Posts => Introduce Yourself To Us All => Topic started by: Patrickt on March 18, 2016, 12:20:24 AM

Title: The night is still young....
Post by: Patrickt on March 18, 2016, 12:20:24 AM
......for me anyway.
Sleep doesn't come easy these days.
Title: Re: The night is still young....
Post by: Norma on March 18, 2016, 12:53:31 AM
Welcome Patrick please tell us about your loss, x
Title: Re: The night is still young....
Post by: Dave Administrator on March 18, 2016, 08:28:47 AM
......for me anyway.
Sleep doesn't come easy these days.

Welcome here Patrick,,,yes we all know about the sleepless nights and how long it takes for dawn to break some nights.

Please make a post in the support forum telling us again for those who are new here about your bereavement and maybe we can help by chatting about your loss and give you some much needed support by the sound of it.
Title: Re: The night is still young....
Post by: Jude M on March 18, 2016, 11:16:20 PM
Welcome Patrick, so sorry for your loss
 For me when Paul went for the first year I slept like a log, soon as my head hit the pillow I was gone.
Then i had nearly 2 years of getting to sleep and failing,  since January I have taken up walking, this last fortnight going to a gym and today jogged round my local park with my dog Pip for company. Think with all this exercise it is making me tired and helping me to drift off without counting sheep.
Title: Re: The night is still young....
Post by: Patrickt on March 18, 2016, 11:44:31 PM
Hello June M,
I recently went back to work for the first time since my wife died, I do quite a physical job and l was hoping that I would be so tired l would drop off immediately. But I'm still
lying around waiting, I'm happy these days if I get 3 or 4 hours.
Title: Re: The night is still young....
Post by: Dave Administrator on March 18, 2016, 11:58:22 PM
Hello June M,
I recently went back to work for the first time since my wife died, I do quite a physical job and l was hoping that I would be so tired l would drop off immediately. But I'm still
lying around waiting, I'm happy these days if I get 3 or 4 hours.

Have you given our live chatroom a try yet Patrick? I know some nights it's gone on into the early hours of the morning, plus its a bit of company of course which is very welcome I'm sure.
Title: Re: The night is still young....
Post by: Jude M on March 19, 2016, 08:03:43 PM
Hello June M,
I recently went back to work for the first time since my wife died, I do quite a physical job and l was hoping that I would be so tired l would drop off immediately. But I'm still
lying around waiting, I'm happy these days if I get 3 or 4 hours.

Have you tried any breathing techniques ? not saying they will work for everyone but you dont know till you try it.
Google 4, 7,8 breathing, I am doing it and think it is helping a bit,
Title: Re: The night is still young....
Post by: longedge on March 21, 2016, 07:34:13 PM
I know we are all different and my answer to the sleep problem was to just sleep when I could. For a while I was completely 'topsy turvy' sleeping during the day and awake until 3 and 4 in the morning. I've slowly fallen back into a more normal pattern and I'm sure that the lighter mornings have helped a lot.