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Basic tips

Avoiding stimulating substances (caffeine, nicotine, amphetamines)

Minimizing alcohol intake

Physical aspects of sleeping (bed firmness, temperature, noise)

Minimize stimulating activities at night

Going to bed only when really sleepy (yawning, nodding off, droopy eyelids); fatigue not necessarily same as sleepy; time to bed and waking up time are highly individualised

Consistent time in getting out of bed

Avoid doing anything else in bed- just sleep and sex

Calm and focused mind

Learning mindfulness

Focusing on the present moment

Full attention to your current activity

Not judging, just observing

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A pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image and affects, as well as marked impulsivity, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by >=5 of the following:

I mpulsive – Impulsivity in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging (e.g., promiscuous sex, eating disorders, binge eating, substance abuse, reckless driving).
M oodiness – Affective instability due to a marked reactivity of mood (e.g., intense episodic dysphoria, irritability or anxiety usually lasting a few hours and only rarely more than a few days).
P aranoia/dissociation – Transient, stress-related paranoid ideation, delusions or severe dissociative symptoms.
U nstable self image – Identity disturbance: markedly and persistently unstable self-image or sense of self.
L abile intense relnships – A pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluation.
S uicidal gestures – Recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, threats or self-injuring behavior such as cutting, interfering with the healing of scars (excoriation) or picking at oneself.
I nappropriate anger – Inappropriate anger or difficulty controlling anger (e.g., frequent displays of temper, constant anger, recurrent physical fights).
V ulnerable to abandonment- Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment.
E mptiness – Chronic feelings of emptiness.

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Revenge of the cradle by Mark Broatch

FRANCE AND Belgium are moving to ban the full-face burqa. Coming from the opposite direction, the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams provoked horror and dismay by floating the idea that aspects of sharia law might be allowed within English communities. Elsewhere in Britain, men have been thrown out of swimming pools because Muslim women were there. … Read More

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