Need sleep !

ok i have a couple things you could try; first, whatever room you are in, turn the radio and tv on if you can, and leave them on all day, just loud enough to be annoying to you, for, oh, the next three days let's say...

srsly though, there are "noise cancelling headphones," a decent pair can be had for +- $200, here's a review,
https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,28...pIxYQVtxBHIbiVYH0thxXddzinDQc5v0aAn3JEALw_wcB

the best (Bose, by most accounts) is nothing short of witchcraft, go try them at Best Buy or wherever

Grams said:

I have no radio and no TV......

Oh ! Can not afford that !

But thanks for trying !!!!!!!!

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ok, then back to method A, works the best anyway, just substitute the youngest child banging on some pots for the day if you like lol

another method might be to start avoiding sleep entirely, at your age you should need like, what, 5 hours a day or something right.
So, this is just a mental exercise, that i even hesitate to relate bc it can create a monster lol, but it does work--stop seeking sleep, and turn around and go the other way for a while, a week or whatever. Seek "being awake" iow; blue lights, fluorescents at night, big cuppa coffee at 8 pm, whatever it takes.
i know it sounds weird, but it is really just a variation of the youngest child therapy above; iow wake up your inner little children, so to speak, and let them bark at the moon a little. Find a vision to occupy you for this exercise, doesn't really matter what, crochet a blanket, write a book, develop a new chicken hybrid, whatever

My mom hasn't been to sleep since i turned her on to this a couple of years ago, but remember the point is to find a sounder sleep right. It will work for that too, gotta admit she sleeps great now, etc

Grams said:

My husband and I move in with our son and wife and there 8 children.

I did not understand he was thinking of me ! I thought he wanted help for his pain in trying to

move around. But it was for me , that I would not have problems living alone.

This all happened 3 years ago...... Well He is gone now ....... and I of course miss him.

But a new problem. Now with 8 children... the 2 older ones are ok ! But the rest ! ? !

Of course they are children........ They home school, so all day they are here.....

Well, my son goes to work early and I am a light sleeper, so I hear him and have to get up.

So I figure I will take a nap and most of the time, its impossible because of the noise.

Even in school.......... I use ear plugs , but they are not enough........

I just seem to hear all noise , just walking around I hear.... wood floors, cant have carpet

with so many children and the mud they bring in........ so what can I do to keep the

sound down for me............. with out causing problems with the family...... Children of course

will be children and I cant blame them............ any ideas ?

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Grams: So you are now the sole guardian of the 8 children..there's no other adult in the house then?

APAK

Is there a place outside, on a porch where you can get some peace and solitude, even few an hour or so during the day?

Is there a place you can go to outside the home to get a change of scenery, with a friend or neighbor that you know...?

APAK