Insomnia - Help!
Insomnia has been plaguing my life for years - I am getting very tired of it (excuse the pun).
I often feel tired at around 19-2000 but when I go to bed at around 22-2300 my mind wakes up and I normally get up and surf the net, or something as mind numbing.
My wife can sleep whenever she wants and gets to sleep very quickly, which makes it worse (frigid old boot!!).
Once I am off to sleep I am fine and sleep well. The problem being that it is normally 02-0300 before I sleep. So if I am getting up for work, especially if on earlies, I often feel pretty tired. After a couple of days of these 2 hour sleep sessions I do sleep pretty well but I will have exhausted myself to be able to do it.
I have tried breathing exercises, self hypnosis - everything I can think of really.
I am sure a lot of it is stress related and I need something to change my thought patterns late in the evening. But it has been going on for years and I just can't seem to change it. I feel like it is taking years off my life.
I am not silly and realise that sleeping pills are merely a short term fix. I only use them rarely if I really need sleep. But, of course, I can only use these if I am not working the next day.
Does anyone have any similar experience and or can they give me any tips.