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[Hekate]

5. Both of you, get some rest. Let someone else stand guard tonight....

When you've eliminated caffeine as a cause of insomnia, physical and/or mental pain is left. I speak from experience. Try an over the counter med for pain, change out your pillow, that kind of thing. Avoid more than one dose of alcohol, for obvious reasons.

For stress/mental pain, what I did a couple of years ago was listen to Hawaiian music on my iPod in bed, specifically the soundtrack from The Descendants, which is just an outstanding compilation of the masters. I was living through a heartbreaking situation with an old friend, and as soon as I lay down every night it would just flood me. That music helped me through it. Some of Carlos Nakai's Native American flute music works too.

The other thing I did was look up hypnosis CDs on Amazon. After listening to some samples for a voice I liked I chose Roberta Shapiro's "Sleep Solutions". She has a relaxation routine that works about 98% of the time for me, in that I almost never consciously hear the end of it.

Love ya both. Please don't burn out, sisters.

Hekate