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What Insomnia feels like!

Created for the April Art Journaling Sleep Challenge. I've struggled with sleep since I was a child. I've always envied people who can just lay down and go to sleep.

I used Rachel Jefferies Dreamscapes Kit and Rachel Jefferies Epic Cosmic Stuff.
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EvelynD2
This is an amazing layout! I once went ten days straight without being able to fall asleep until about two in the morning and I had to get up at six. I went to a sleep clinic and found out I had sleep apnea and a build up of caffeine in my system. This layout really depicts how someone feels when they can't sleep. You did an phenomenal job!
 
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EvelynD2 said:
This is an amazing layout! I once went ten days straight without being able to fall asleep until about two in the morning and I had to get up at six. I went to a sleep clinic and found out I had sleep apnea and a build up of caffeine in my system. This layout really depicts how someone feels when they can't sleep. You did an phenomenal job!
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Oh, Evelyn, thanks for sharing. People who can sleep just don't understand. I've never been able to go on "adventures" where people were required to "sleep on command". This is a problem that most people don't understand. I've recently started drinking a special herbal tea and it has helped me tremendously.
 
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Cherylndesigns said:
Oh, Evelyn, thanks for sharing. People who can sleep just don't understand. I've never been able to go on "adventures" where people were required to "sleep on command". This is a problem that most people don't understand. I've recently started drinking a special herbal tea and it has helped me tremendously.
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Oh, Cheryl! I completely understand! It starts to affect you psychologically. I thought "What if I can't sleep tonight". It was terrible! I am glad that you have found an herbal tea that can help.
 
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EvelynD2 said:
Oh, Cheryl! I completely understand! It starts to affect you psychologically. I thought "What if I can't sleep tonight". It was terrible! I am glad that you have found an herbal tea that can help.
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I totally get it! I lay there and think "why can't I go to sleep." It's a vicious cycle, isn't it??? I've been in this cycle since I was a child. I used to be the only one in the house who wasn't sleeping. It's crazy-making!
 
Susan - s3js
Ladies, I feel your agony. My sleep trouble started about 35 years ago and this LO is exactly how it feels! Sleep apnea was part of it and a bipap helps but I've only recently been able to get a full night sleep again - on and off. Baby steps! I found a tea that helps, too. Cheryl, thanks for shaing both yourself and your artistry!
 
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Susan - s3js said:
Ladies, I feel your agony. My sleep trouble started about 35 years ago and this LO is exactly how it feels! Sleep apnea was part of it and a bipap helps but I've only recently been able to get a full night sleep again - on and off. Baby steps! I found a tea that helps, too. Cheryl, thanks for shaing both yourself and your artistry!
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Thank you SO much, Susan and I'm sending you a big hug. I was afraid my LO would be off-putting to some people, but it's a terrible thing to not be able to "sleep on command". I've had this problem since i was a child and I can remember all the nights I was the only one in the house that was awake most of the night. I'm curious - what kind of tea do you drink? I drink a special herbal tea that my herbalist friend concocted for me plus I add Sleepy Time Extra. I have to stay up until I'm hitting the wall, but I'm sleeping for the first time in my life.
 
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@Cherylndesigns Cheryl, I also use Sleepy Time Extra but add Pure Peppermint and sweeten with Honey. It at least gets me started. Now I think on, I've had trouble since I was a kid, too. Used to lay in bed talking to my dolls that slept with me for hours until I finally went to sleep.
The only time I didn't have trouble was when I was stationed in England. The time zone was perfect for me. So frustrating now that I'm truly insomniac. No point in going to bed until I'm exhausted. I do fall asleep in my recliner for short stints but never restful and never long, just exhaustion. Bah! Humbug!
 
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Susan - s3js said:
@Cherylndesigns Cheryl, I also use Sleepy Time Extra but add Pure Peppermint and sweeten with Honey. It at least gets me started. Now I think on, I've had trouble since I was a kid, too. Used to lay in bed talking to my dolls that slept with me for hours until I finally went to sleep.
The only time I didn't have trouble was when I was stationed in England. The time zone was perfect for me. So frustrating now that I'm truly insomniac. No point in going to bed until I'm exhausted. I do fall asleep in my recliner for short stints but never restful and never long, just exhaustion. Bah! Humbug!
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Insomnia sucks!!! I used to lay there, as a kid, and cry some nights because I couldn't go to sleep. I never understood how everybody else could and I couldn't. That Sleepy Time Extra is what helps me, too. I use the double tea bags and I have a mixture of several herbs that I use in addition to that. I keep the mixture in a jar and buy the empty tea bags on Amazon and fill them with my "mixture". I haven't heard of adding peppermint, though. I mix equal amounts of about 4 different herbs, including lavender. I buy all of the herbs on Amazon.
 

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