I agree with eveyrone here, and before i go back to bed, and i really do need to do that, i wanted to say that yesterday the nurse gave me a GREAT tip for shushing the mind ~ perhaps it might help you, coz it sure helped me...
turn on a fan, or slightly mistune the radio, or put ont he TV and the radio, quietly, not so loud and the collision of the noise irritates you. or actually you can use any noise that isn't as defined as a relxation CD or something, white noise is good, or i have a cd of nature sounds, and a thunderstorm one - that was RELLY good for me last night in the middle of the night when i woke up in a state again.
slow your breath down a little, but DONT take deep breaths, that can make things worse sometimes, just slow steady, normal breathing
close your eyes and listen to the noise,
dont try and block it out, conenctrate on the noise
listen to it
embrace it
see if you can pick out every single noise that occurs, as it occurs,
the idea is that you sit there and concentrate so much on the now, that the thougths of the past and the thoughts of future and all the what ifs melt away and you are left in a very very relaxed state, and if it all starts to creep in again, you canjust close yoru eyes and heare the noise.
you can do it anywhere too - on a train, on the bus, in the park, etc etc
and for me my goodness it was brillinat
anyway, I am armbling and all over hte place, so i'llshush now nd go tobed, but i did so want toshare htat incase it can help you
Love Erika xxxx
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