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Hello Jillity,
Maybe the following will be of some practical help to you as it is to me.
Night time is difficult when unable to sleep because of pain--and probably similarly difficult if unable to sleep for other reasons. At night time the feeling of isolation is, I find, more profound when all else sleeps. This is when I listen to the radio. Music especially, all sorts, but usually "classical" with choral music a favourite as it is possible to imagine being in that choir in that place. If not choral,--which is usually the case as the majority of transmission is of instrumental--then listening and trying to see if there are clues in the music as to what the music is about and where it might describing is a sort of semi absorbing exercise. The station I usually listen to gives particulars of the performance etc after the event--otherwise of course no such game possible. Also if you are--as you may well be--already familiar with such music and thus know the "answer" beforehand then your appreciation will likely serve to substitute for the absorption which this little game offers.
Another thing which you might like to try concerns perception--particularly perception of self. If this sounds cranky, zany or crazy, don't get too alarmed! It's easy--especially when all is quiet ( coincidentally proving that every cloud does indeed have a silver lining !)--All you need to do is to think--I am not simply a body passing through this life, but I am life passing through this body.
This simple exercise I find useful personally but realise it is not every ones cup of tea. Speaking of which, there's something else to try--though there may be too much pain involved in getting up to make the tea, and also trying to do so quietly without dropping the tea spoon in the sink and waking up sleepers.
Anyway, I am now going to attempt to do exactly that, and shall raise a cup to your good health. Redbush for me,--being naturally caffeine free and so not causing what it is trying to solve. So if you should hear a little slurping--as discreet as possible--do not be too surprised. pete
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