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Multiple Sclerosis => THE PRACTICAL SIDE OF BEING MULTIPLY SCLEROSED => Topic started by: agate on December 07, 2019, 05:51:40 pm

Title: Trying to fall asleep might be keeping you awake (Atlantic)
Post by: agate on December 07, 2019, 05:51:40 pm

As someone who's had MS for 40 years now, maybe I've learned a few ways of getting along with it. The most important lesson it has taught me, over the years, is that sleeping well is absolutely essential.  This article from the Atlantic includes the valuable notion that overthinking difficulty sleeping is a bad idea.

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Our health reporter Amanda Mull offers some advice from the experts: Don't fall into the anxiety cycle of desperately wanting to sleep. If you aren’t fully snoozing within 15 minutes, [/size]get out of bed and do something else (http://links.e.theatlantic.com/ctt?kn=32&ms=MjI1MzYyNDUS1&r=MzEwMTkxMTQyODU0S0&b=0&j=MTY0MDM3NzgxNgS2&mt=1&rt=0)[/color][/size].[/color]

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