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got paranoia and ur tryna sleep? yea mood me too

LUCKILY theres a few tips i have found that helped me so uhhhhh HERE WE GOOOO

1. first off, take some melatonin if u got that baybeeeeey its super handy and usually NaturalTM so it shouldn’t affect u negatively but idk im not a doctor so consult ur doc if u feel like u should yadda yadda. honestly i split those 3 mg fools into quarters and then just take a quarter and thats enough to help me get to sleep on a regular night but if its A Big Boy Anxiety night then i’ll take a WHOLE 1.5 mg LMAO

2. okay if that doesnt help then u KNOW ur having a Bad Night!!! welcome to how it be when u got mentol illnass xoxo, here is ur badge of welcoming and a hug/high five/friendly wave! okay jokes aside for tip number 2: guided meditation IF ur paranoia is cool with u blocking out ur surroundings!! its a nice thing to find a little count down meditation and u just focus on ur breathing and relax and let someone else direct ur thoughts for a bit !!

3. get urself a Protection Charm, whether its superstitious, occult, or just for fun! sometimes having something be a lucky charm can calm ur mind because its familiar and u have attached meaning to it! i have a few quartz rocks that i’ve found beside my favourite river beside my bed that i can hold and rub for a bit and they’re slowly getting smoothed down bc of it lol

4. if ur okay with getting out of bed and doing stuff for a while, CLEAN SOMETHING! listen to a podcast for background noise and do some cleaning bc in my experience it summons those happy chemicals and distracts the brain like nothing else LOL plus u have something nice and clean and it can put ur mind at ease when u finally go back to sleep!

5. read a book, preferably smth interesting but also kinda boring, if that makes sense. u dont wanna stay up all night (unless ur okay w that but it’ll mess up ur next day trust me, sleep is IMPORTANT) but u do want to get invested in the book so uh. yea reading is good especially when u got nothing else to do

6. make some art or do some writing if u can turn on a light on for it! sometimes its helpful to get the stuff out of ur brain and onto paper. sometimes its not. idk man just try it if u want

7. u got blankets? excellent! make urself a nice lil hidey hole nest. ur safe inside this now. congratulations u are a little sparrow hiding safe from the tiger!

8. get up and go to the bathroom and back. put water on ur face. wake urself up a little. put all the lights on and draw back the curtains so that nothing can be hiding. open up the cupboards! nothing is hiding inside here. usually bathrooms also have locks on the doors so u can lock it too!! ur safe in the bathroom! u got water and waste disposal in here, and maybe u can put some snacks somewhere sanitary in case of emergency (mostly just to put ur brain at ease. u can hole up inside the bathroom if u need to is the idea)

9. write out ur tasks for the next day, and plan out the steps u need to accomplish each task. sometimes paranoia is future-anxiety in disguise (and oftentimes its not! but occasionally it is lol). this might help!

10. u got a weapon or smth on hand? even just having a nerf gun helped me as a kid on some bad nights LOL but now i have a rad knife that i found in the graveyard that i keep nearby my bed

11. pray to whatever benevolent force might be watching over u to get u thru this night. this is cheesy and hopefully ur not one of those angry atheists but boy howdy even when i was in my angry atheist phase (im pagan now lol) this could help in REALLY bad nights where i was terrified of my abuser coming in and hurting me. didn’t help a lot but it eased it a tiny bit

12. have a runaway bag ready 2 go. idk what ur paranoia is caused by but if its abuser-based, this can help. i had (have) a backpack and a list of items to gather in order of importance so i can scrumble something together real quick in case of emergency

13. make use of any superstitions and folk beliefs. ur brain aint logical so u cant fight it with logic. gather some stuff together for protection or whatnot and maybe that’ll help

14. last thing! get ANGRY! remember how shitty life has treated u (if it has), and bare ur FUCKIN FANGS! u got CLAWS, u got SPITFIRE, u got ANGER, now use that!!! its not exactly sleep-inducing but it can help get rid of paranoia because for me personally my anger is BIG so its hard for paranoia to live inside me too while anger’s visiting. 

BOY HOWDY I DO HOPE SOMETHING HERE HELPS AND IF U GOT ANYTHING ELSE PLEASE ADD ON!!