Worrying

USE THIS REMEDY IF:

You are so taken with an idea, or have worked so hard on a project, that when you go to bed you just lie there; your mind is racing and you are unable to sleep. Your body is tired but your mind can't quit. Perhaps you continue to get good ideas. Maybe you remember parts of the day's conversations. You think about what you said, or what you should have said. You make new plans for tomorrow, yet today isn't finished. Your mind won't let go of it.

Worrying is a form of pre-occupation that troubles many people, especially those who work too hard. If you have unwanted thoughts at night that prevent your sleep, try this remedy.

If your wake up worrying: get out of bed, put your robe on and make the remedy. Gently move around the house, make and sip this remedy. Immediately make and drink a second glass. Avoid the TV. Don't start to work. Your mind should relax after 2 or 3 glasses.

If your mind is over-active before bedtime: and you think you won't be able to sleep, before going to bed make and drink this remedy 2 or 3 times in succession. If your body feels keyed up, but not your mind, make and drink the remedy TOO KEYED UP, page 289, instead. Use whichever remedy which seems most appropriate at the time.

It's your day off, or you're on vacation, but you can't seem to relax? Still thinking about your work or personal problems? Try this remedy.

SPECIAL INDICATORS: (You may have one or more of these.)

Persistent, unwanted thoughts you can't get out of your mind
Pre-occupied, unable to concentrate on the subject at hand

HOW TO USE THIS REMEDY:

To get to sleep, make and drink this remedy 2 or 3 times in succession.

If you experience no improvement after 3 glasses of this remedy, switch to the most appropriate among the alternative remedies listed below, or use the RESISTANCE, page 229.

ALTERNATIVE REMEDIES TO CONSIDER:

Too Keyed Up, page 289
Sleeplessness, page 237
Jet Lag, page 173
Stress, page 261
Traumatic Events, page 297
(anguished) Ache, page 73

Worrying

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