sleep hygiene

Insomnia locks me to the couch, my eyes closing, my head bobbing. Sometimes I wake up suddenly with my forehead resting on the coffee table, or with my computer on my lap and nothing but gibberish and excessive punctuation looking back at me on the monitor. I know that I am tired, as I can barely move or keep my eyes open. My body is begging for rest, but no matter what I do, I cannot shut off my mind. It races with thoughts of the day, the days to come, and the ones that have past. The moments that have inspired and encouraged me, along with the ones that incited fear, shame, and heavy emotion are what keep me awake. It all twists and turns in my cranium, and the inability to put myself to bed without passing out in a sitting position with the lights and TV  still on. Believe me, that level of sleep is barely satisfactory and takes away the rejuvenating aspect of laying down in bed and essentially floating. Instead, my body poses in an unattractive twist, my neck is sore from hanging my head,

I am dedicated to learning how to better my life by improving my sleep hygiene. I never knew how significant sleep is until I seemingly lost the ability to do so.
....Aaaannnnnnd, my head is nodding, so I am going to practice what I preach and let my body and mind relax