Oof, insomnia is a bitch. Ive suffered from it off and on through my years. Worse when i was younger. Melatonin helped me, didnt work for everyone, but in my case, after a while…i didnt even need to take the melatonin, i just needed it near me. If it was near/easy to get, i would think, ‘well the melatonin is right there…dont need it now…but if i do i can just go get it. Somehow just knowing i had it, relieved the fear that i was going to have a night of mind wrenching insomnia.
Lol, now id like to mention a thought about dopamine release, basically that thought about the melatonin being near, elicited a chemical reaction that allowed me to sleep. Finding ways to hack into the chemical releases that are natural and health based has become a key for me lately.
Hacking or retraining my brain is something that interests me greatly.
Ive tricked my brain into enjoying cleaning and staying organized, my wife is pumped that i seem to love washing dishes. ‘I dont’. But i have a song i sing when i wash the dishes, it is funny and fun and meaningful to me… so because i have linked it with washing dishes…now i have come to almost enjoy my dish washing sessions.
Lol, long response, but you triggered these thoughts so i want them out.
I guess, i mention all these little details so as to talk about the relief that 1 beer gave you. That weight being lifted from your shoulders, those are dopamines and other chemicals being released.
The trick is finding the thing that releases those chemicals to be grounded in joys.
I spent years talking about the relief a beer gave me when stressed about whatever thing. But that was a story in my case. An excuse to drink. My brain eventually linked beer with stress release. This was an issue in my existence.
Alcohol is one hellish cunt of a therapist, that bitch be going cray some days. I fired my booze therapist. I feel better for it now.
Ha ha… but dude, enjoy that morning relief beer… if it is truly just 1 😉