My Boy

[Guest guest]

Hi,

My eldest son has asked me for help. He has a photographic memory and is very

intelligent, (He was invited to join MENSA at the age of 8..)

He finds it very difficult to sleep, as his mind keeps busy going over things

all the time. He often gets only a few hours sleep a night , and it is not

enough.

He is feeling constantly exhausted. He practises yoga, and although it calms

him, it does not help.

Like many young adults he has tried drugs and found that when he had a smoke his

mind slowed down, but this is not what he wants to do.

He is very active and spends a lot of time in the bush, as he is making

conservation his career, so it is not for lack of exercise. He tells me that

he can be physically exhausted, but his mind is racing and he cannot sleep. ( He

is not the best house guest to have, believe me!)

I know that frankincense is known to slow the mind, but wondered if anyone had

any tried and true blends that could be recommended

Regards

Jeanine

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

hey Jeanine, I'd recommend a little lavender and the following. It's a

great mind exercise when trying to sleep, it helps to focus the mind and

stop the racing thoughts... ask me how I know. ;-)

 

Lie in a comfortable postion in your bed. And count. only up to 5 (I go up

to ten and then back down again, but that's me). You focus on the numbers.

Draw the number one in your head, do it slowly and color it. Draw number

two in your head, make it fancy or make it plain, again color it but with a

different color, so on and so forth. The trick is to remember the color.

Then when you hit five (or 10. I find 10 helps a lot to focus the mind on

only the numbers) you go back down. but this time you draw the numbers in

your head backwards. IN other words, you start drawing the number where you

ended drawing it in the first go round. In other words... just to make it

super clear, when drawing the number five, one always starts a the top of

the number but when drawing it in reverse, one starts at the end of the

loop. So you're reverse drawing your numbers and you have to remember the

color you drew it with the first time.

 

And the real trick is, when the thoughts come crowding in, he has to learn

to push them away and concentrate on just the numbers. Did him make the

five fancy or plain. Did he color it blue or green?

 

You'll be surprised at how something this simple can help a person fall

asleep. But he's got to learn to push the thoughts away and focus only on

the numbers. It's hard at first, but after awhile it gets easier.

 

I hope this helps a bit.

 

Cheers!

Kathleen Petrides

The PurrfinickyQueen

http://www.fatcatcandleco.com

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> [Original Message]

> David and Jeanine Moss <dhm.jac

>

> 10/21/2004 1:02:31 PM

> My Boy

>

>

> Hi,

> My eldest son has asked me for help. He has a photographic memory and is

very intelligent, (He was invited to join MENSA at the age of 8..)

[Guest guest]

Jeanine,

There is an native American herb that does just beautifully for that

type of sleeping problem.

But that does not do you any good..

I would go with the old standbys, lavender and chamomille..

Also make him a sleeping pillow with lavender, chamomille and Saint

John's wort..

C-M

[Guest guest]

" David and Jeanine Moss " wrote:

> Hi,

> My eldest son has asked me for help. He has a photographic memory

and is very intelligent, (He was invited to join MENSA at the age of 8..)

 

 

My first questions are these: does he drink coffee or pop during or

throughout the day (tea also). Caffein can **really** contribute to

that! Find out if he does and have him quit ALL of it.

 

Next, has he had his thyroid checked? When I was over-active thyroid

(hyperthyroid) this happened to me all the time. I was physically

exhausted, but my mind would race and race!

 

And then, above all, treat all holistically if possible. If his

thyroid is a factor then I do have some suggestions on where to look

for naturopaths/chiropractors and other doctors (like my doctor -Dr

Mercola @ www.mercola.com for more info.

 

HTH!

Andrea

[Guest guest]

I have done something like this for my husband who is like you

described. I make him lie on his back. Then starting on the toes and

working up I make him tighten each individual muscle as tight as he can.

He has to focus on each muscle and picture it- driving any other

thoughts out of his mind. Every muscle, individually, needs to be

tightened and held until it starts to hurt a little and then relaxed

completely. Then when you have done all the muscles (and I mean every

one) then do the same thing only start at the head. Not only relaxes

the mind but relaxes the body. Tight body is a by-product of a tight

mind. Works wonders for my husband.

 

Karen J

 

 

Kathleen Petrides [PurrfinickyQueen]

Wednesday, October 20, 2004 10:19 AM

 

RE: My Boy

 

hey Jeanine, I'd recommend a little lavender and the following. It's a

great mind exercise when trying to sleep, it helps to focus the mind and

stop the racing thoughts... ask me how I know. ;-)

 

Lie in a comfortable postion in your bed. And count. only up to 5 (I go

up

to ten and then back down again, but that's me). You focus on the

numbers.

Draw the number one in your head, do it slowly and color it. Draw number

two in your head, make it fancy or make it plain, again color it but

with a

different color, so on and so forth. The trick is to remember the color.

Then when you hit five (or 10. I find 10 helps a lot to focus the mind

on

only the numbers) you go back down. but this time you draw the numbers

in

your head backwards. IN other words, you start drawing the number where

you

ended drawing it in the first go round. In other words... just to make

it

super clear, when drawing the number five, one always starts a the top

of

the number but when drawing it in reverse, one starts at the end of the

loop. So you're reverse drawing your numbers and you have to remember

the

color you drew it with the first time.

 

And the real trick is, when the thoughts come crowding in, he has to

learn

to push them away and concentrate on just the numbers. Did him make the

five fancy or plain. Did he color it blue or green?

 

You'll be surprised at how something this simple can help a person fall

asleep. But he's got to learn to push the thoughts away and focus only

on

the numbers. It's hard at first, but after awhile it gets easier.

 

I hope this helps a bit.

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Two of my friends have boys w/ Aspberger's syndrome. This is different from

what you are asking about I know. Aspberger is a spectrum disorder and one of

it's most common characteristics is brilliance and a need for routines.

 

One boy's brilliance is particularly high in math. The other in history. Both

of them must go through unwind methods that are completely different from those

which most of us folks are taught. Instead of going through a slowing down of

the brain they need to sort and put away everything they have absorbed

throughout the day.

 

In a very basic form it is experienced by many infants - ever had a baby that

goes through a " witching " (apologies to all) hour every night? My first son and

my second daughter both did this. Every night they literally cried and hiccuped

themselves unconscious for about 30-45 minutes. Too often well meaning folk

will tell you that you have a colicky baby. You do not. You have a baby that

is displaying their intelligence - soaking up EVERYTHING they experienced that

day. They just don't have the capacity to go from on to slow to off yet.

 

These two boys may never have that capacity. Their intelligence amazes me. One

got into a very long and thorough discussion with me about the history of the

warlords of China. They are 9 years old.

 

So, here is what their mothers relayed to me is what their boys do to 'wind

down' for sleep. The math wiz does algebraic and sometimes trigonometry

problems for about 30 minutes. It is the methodical process of solving the

'problem' and putting it away literally because it has been solved that starts

'closing' all the tangental thoughts.

 

For the other, he sometimes puts historical events in order spanning a century.

It is the process of having a start and finish that quiets his mind.

 

Your son must have a zillion threads that he could pick up and follow with his

thoughts forever as these boys could. It's my thought that perhaps he needs to

find a way to tie loose threads in the same manner these other boys need to in

order to quiet his mind for sleep.

 

Perhaps he can find similar mind work as above to help.

 

Dale