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Turn the tv on to some dumb info-mecial get comfy, usally makes me doze off, prob. from boredom but it works for me.
Don't feel bad--I am exactly the same way! I can't sleep alone in our house no matter what and we have a rather expensive alarm system too!! Luckily my parents live nearby so when the hubby needs to travel for work, I go and stay there!! When we lived in our old house which was further away and I had to stay alone, the only way I could sleep was if I slept on the couch downstairs....Otherwise, I was coming down the steps every twenty minutes to check things out!! Don't feel bad...you're not the only wimp out there :) !!
@FutureMrsBLT - LOL! Wimp is definitely the right word! FI offered to get an alarm system installed but all I could think was "It doesn't help if the person is already in the house...". Seriously, this is why I won't let myself watch scary movies. *sigh* I thought about asking a girlfriend to stay over, but I didn't want to ask someone to stay over on a work night and screw up their routine. All three cats are sleeping so peacefully. Grrrrr.
Maybe you can stay at a girlfriends house instead?? So that their schedule remains the same?? I definitely feel your pain!
I know I'm late to this post, as it's 8:35am here, but I wanted to say that I'm the same exact way...except it's less murderers for me and more evil spirits (yeah, you can make fun if you want to). When my FI isn't home, I sleep in 1/2 hour spurts. However, the 1/2 hour spurts are better than no sleep at all! I usually keep one light on in my room and read for a while. When I start to feel the slightest bit sleepy, I cover my head with my pillow and tell myself it's time to sleep. Honestly, it's the only thing that works for me.
Now that I think about it, I never have problems falling asleep after eating a big turkey dinner...maybe we could both try eating turkey before our SO's leave for the night? Haha
@LindsayB - Turkey is a great idea! LOL! I finally managed to fall asleep at about 5 or so with the help of the History Channel ;) Woke up at 7:30 to put out the garbage. Fell back asleep until 9:15 to contact FMIL to cancel meeting with printer that was never confirmed. I'll try to sleep a bit more but I don't want to sleep the whole day and mess up my sleeping patterns entirely.
The funny thing is that the morning after a night like that I always think "See?! You stayed awake all night and NOTHING happened. No one tried to break in, no one came up from the basement with an axe. YOU ARE SAFE!!!" But I guarantee you if FI is gone again tonight, I'll do the same thing. Maybe I need to start watching Care Bears before bed or something...
How did last night go? Was your FI home or did you sleep through the night without him?
The History Channel is a GREAT idea! I never even thought of that. Then again, I'm sure the first time I try it, I'll actually get immersed in whatever program is on and I wouldn't fall asleep anyway. :P
Your comment about the basement reminded me: When we lived at a townhouse that had a basement, I would prop a chair under the doorknob to the door that led to the basement, like you see in movies. I'm not sure if it actually works, but it eased my mind for the night. Maybe you could try that!
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Okay does anyone else have this problem or am I the only one with a crazy overactive imagination?! FI is gone tonight, maybe tomorrow night and I'm home with the kitties. I can't sleep a wink. I wake up every thirty seconds to make sure there isn't someone standing in the doorway or over the bed (FI had this brilliant idea ages ago to tell me about a friend of his who actually woke up with a guy standing beside her bed with an axe and said "I've been living in your basement"). Paranoid much?! So basically every time I hear a bump or a click or a noise, I think there's someone out to get me. I have such a hugely overactive imagination, it drives me batty. We live in a really good neighbourhood, nothing ever happens here. There is zero reason for me to be nervous about being home alone, how the heck to I get my brain to calm the heck down?! It's 4:15, I haven't slept at all. I have to put the garbage out in three and a half hours. If I don't sleep my body pretty much goes into shock and it ain't pretty. Any tips other than sleeping pills?! This is ridiculous.