Go To Sleep: Peaceful Thoughts for Active Minds - Couverture souple

Plater, Sarah

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1527205924 ISBN 13 : 9781527205925

Editeur : Mr & Ms Creative, 2017

Synopsis

Do you find it hard to switch off at night? Does your racing mind keep you awake? This book will help you let go of your worries: about today, tomorrow and whether or not you will sleep. The practical techniques, peaceful visualisations and calming quotes will help you to relax, making it easier to get the rest you need. This beautifully illustrated book contains short, quick tips in three sections: 1. The Six Good Sleep Habits which ensure you feel ready to sleep at bedtime. 2. New ideas for winding down and preparing for bedtime. 3. Practical techniques and peaceful visualisations to calm your mind and body while lying in bed. Keep this book by your bedside and start to sleep easily, deeply and naturally every night. --- As featured on Kickstarter, the crowdfunding platform. Go To Sleep was brought to life by 184 backers who helped the project achieve 120% of its funding goal.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

During my early teens, I forgot how to fall asleep. I would lie awake worrying about something I said that day, or thinking about what I needed to do the next day. Sometimes I was just excited about a project and couldn't relax. Other times I was anxious and tense. Eventually I would drift off, but then I would have what I called my 'action adventure' dreams: I would dream I was fighting off an angry mob, running away from a hitman or locked in a room with an alligator. I would wake feeling exhausted, wanting nothing more than to stay in bed all day. This continued for years; when I look back on my teens and twenties I just remember constantly feeling tired. I was determined to find a cure. If something correlated with a particularly bad episode of insomnia, I would ban it from my life. I couldn't drift off after having a drink one night. So I became teetotal. Having a lie-in one morning made it difficult to fall asleep that night, so I decided on a strict routine for going to bed and getting up. I read that exercise helped, so I bought a cross-trainer and spent 30 minutes on it every single day. My Sleep Rules started to form the boundaries of my life. Yet I still couldn't fall asleep easily. Then, as part of my A-Level in Psychology, we studied the circadian rhythm. Our class watched a video about a man who became medically unable to sleep. His mental health deteriorated and after six months he died. I began to worry that this was happening to me. I started taking sleeping pills. These helped on the first night I took them, but I would wake up feeling groggy. On the second night, they made no difference at all. So I bought different brands and types and alternated them. I bought and read books on insomnia but was already following all the advice - I used ear plugs to cut out all sound, and eye masks to block out all light. I didn t drink caffeinated drinks or watch TV in bed. Yet I still lay awake for hours each night. One night, I was worrying about a job interview I had the next day. I could feel my heart rate increase more and more, until I worried that I was going to give myself a heart attack (these things always seem more probable in the dark!). I realised I needed to calm myself down and quickly. I mentally scanned for the most relaxing thought I could muster. I remembered how calm I had felt when I was on holiday in Corfu, lying in bed watching the white voile curtain curl and flick as the wind lifted it. As the curtain moved and shifted in the breeze, I occasionally got glimpses of the blue-green sea in the distance, freckled with light from the morning sun. I focused on remembering every detail of the room and the view. The next thing I knew, I had woken up the next morning. I felt half-human - more refreshed than I had in years. I was hooked. From then on I chose a relaxing scene or memory which I would focus on that night. I started collecting the scenarios that worked - along with any practical tips that helped, too. Over the next ten years, I refined and added the best ones to my list of sleep tactics. Those tactics form the basis of this book. I am still envious of friends who fall asleep as soon as their hair hits the pillow. I am especially jealous of people who can sleep anywhere, even on a plane (how do they get comfy?!). But now I know how to calm and manage my mind, and can get the sleep I need to enjoy life again. I follow the 'sleep hygiene' rules when I can - no screens in bed, for example - but I am no longer a slave to those rules. And the best bit? I now have pleasant dreams again :-) Sarah Plater --- Sophie Carpenter is a talented illustrator and graphic designer. She has tied the tips and advice together into a beautifully visual and tactile book.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mr & Ms Creative
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1527205924
• ISBN 13: 9781527205925
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible