I don’t know your situation specifically, but as someone with PTSD who occasionally gets insomnia because of it, my lack of sleep comes from my brain getting too active in the night and not shutting up.
If I really need to sleep, I’ll distract myself by pulling up my tablet and either idly browsing my news feed or reading some digital comics. Anything to get me focused on anything besides whatever topic my brain has decided to hyperfocus on that night.
After a bit, I’ll put the tablet down and attempt to sleep right away. Usually it works, but if my mind switches back to it’s worrying topics, I’ll go back to the tablet and distract again.
Usually it doesn’t take more than an hour to fall asleep like this. Not ideal if you need to sleep ASAP, but better than getting no sleep all night.
I don’t know your situation specifically, but as someone with PTSD who occasionally gets insomnia because of it, my lack of sleep comes from my brain getting too active in the night and not shutting up.
If I really need to sleep, I’ll distract myself by pulling up my tablet and either idly browsing my news feed or reading some digital comics. Anything to get me focused on anything besides whatever topic my brain has decided to hyperfocus on that night.
After a bit, I’ll put the tablet down and attempt to sleep right away. Usually it works, but if my mind switches back to it’s worrying topics, I’ll go back to the tablet and distract again.
Usually it doesn’t take more than an hour to fall asleep like this. Not ideal if you need to sleep ASAP, but better than getting no sleep all night.