Posted by:
BahBahBlacki
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Date: July 18, 2012 02:39AM
I do my research with them and know the pros and cons just fine. I live with chronic pain and sleep is a trial, not an escape for more than half the time. Sometimes I need need help and turn to a sleeping pill or Sleepy Time tea, but not enough to make it too habitual. My....dear...Mormon friends that still hang about even though I left the churh just can't understand me and my pain. "Oh, just go take a long walk before bed!" Yeah, great, I would LOVE to but right now walking is pretty difficult but I do what I can. They give me all these suggestions, like pray (haven't once since I left the church ), get a blessing (bad joke on their part), meditate.
My problem isn't so much going to sleep as it is staying asleep without my pain urging me out of it. When a long enough time goes by that I get less than four hours of sleep for a while, I turn to the Sleepy Time tea or some kind of pill from the shelves of Walmart. The second I do I get jumped on. Ooooh, the satanic addictiooon, the dependence! Good gawd...
And that is all without mentioning my meds (that I do noooot mix with teas or sleeping pills) that I try not to take much anyway. In their eyes, I guess this is all an excuse to get 'feel goods' since the mighty Blessing of Healing did not work on my faithless soul back when I was a member.
I have my own little system working out for me just fine, but the stupid comments about my 'habbits' never stop. Okay, so they arent in the friend list so to speak but....I'm sure there are others that are like me who have people in TSCC who look down their nose at you because pills work better than blessings.
(Posted with my phone; please excuse my mistakes )