One night, almost 1:00 am, I was about to turn off the lights and go to bed, when suddenly the emergency room called, saying that a woman named Ye Zi (a pseudonym) had severe insomnia and asked to see a doctor immediately. I immediately put on my white coat and hurriedly ran to the emergency room. When I arrived at the emergency room, I saw a woman dressed in professional formal wear and fashionable pacing back and forth outside the clinic, during which she was stroking her watch from time to time, and I could tell by her attitude that she was very anxious to wait. ”I heard that you have a lot of insomnia, is that right?” I asked with concern as soon as I sat down. ”Yes! Yes! Doctor, I haven’t slept much for several nights! Quickly save me!” As soon as Ye Zi spoke, she just kept begging. ”There’s no rush, there’s no rush! You first talk to the doctor in detail about your specific situation!” I said soothingly. ”The situation is like this: more than 1 month ago, I was promoted to the department head. Since then, I have been feeling very stressed. Especially in the past 10 days, the unit to promote to meet the audit, I am the head of the department, is a must, naturally busy. But this daytime busy even if, at night also think about this thing all night long. Especially before going to bed, either to think back on what did not do well today, or to plan what should be done tomorrow, how to do, in short, is to think ahead and back, the brain can not stop. The result is insomnia, at first barely half an hour to slowly fall asleep, but then, almost all night, full of thoughts are work. If this continues, I think I’m going to go crazy. This evening, I tossed and turned in bed for more than an hour and still couldn’t sleep, so I had no choice but to come to you for help ……,” Ye Zizi said her “miserable experience” in a series of shots. ”I can see that you are a person who is very dedicated to your work ……” “Doctor, you should not compliment me!” Ye Zi said with a bitter smile. ”Work on the heart can only show that you have a strong sense of responsibility, but it does not mean that you have a strong ability to work!” I turned my words sharply. ”Doctor, that’s not very nice of you to say!” Ye Zi looked a little unhappy with my first praise and then depression. ”Do you remember what Mao Zedong once said, ‘A person who can’t rest is also a person who can’t work’?” ”Never heard of it. But that seems to be somewhat true!” Ye Zi’s unhappy expression was slightly soothed. ”To rest is to work better. I think you should not disagree with this point. But the problem is that you inadvertently let your work violate your rest, so that the rest in turn retaliates your work with insomnia.” I further analyzed. ”Doctor, why is that so? I actually want to rest well too.” Ye Zi was anxious to defend himself. ”The reason is actually very simple, mainly because you still carry a heavy burden of thought for yourself before you sleep. Under heavy pressure, how do you tell your soul to sleep peacefully? Just like a person who is carrying a backpack and still wearing thick layers of clothes on his body, can he sleep peacefully?” ”Then what should I do?” ”To put it simply, learn to de-stress before bed so that sleep can be ‘light’.” ”The reasoning seems simple, but the key is exactly what to do?” ”First, one has to carve out an exclusive zone for sleep, that is. In time and space to sleep to make an exclusive location, to this location, consciously put aside all the chores of work and life, tell yourself, ‘time to rest’, and resolutely not to work on the arrangements, life worries to bed.” ”Sounds quite reasonable, but sometimes, that there is to say that you want to throw away.” Ye Zi retorted. ”The reality is also true as you said, sometimes, the line between work and sleep may not be clear-cut. Because of this, it is necessary for us to set up a buffer zone between the two. This buffer zone is to help you reduce stress and buffer the impact of daily work and life on sleep.” ”How can this buffer zone be set up?” Ye Zi asked. ”Is to do something to relax the nerves, relieve stress, how to do it depends on personal interests, hobbies. For example, some people like to listen to music, some people like to read the news for a while, some people like to read for a while, while some people like to chat with their beloved for a while …… but these activities, on the one hand, the time can not be too long, generally to about 10-15 minutes is appropriate; on the other hand, should not give their On the other hand, should not bring too much impact on their emotions, such as listening to music, should listen to some of the more moderate rhythm, and should not choose such as rock or more sentimental songs. Another example is chatting, you should talk in a low voice, but not in a loud and loquacious manner, in order to avoid your heart ebbing and flowing and sleeplessness.” ”Doctor, are there any other things to note?” ”The last point is to develop an open-minded and confident attitude towards life. The endless memories and reflections of the past and the inexplicable worries and fears about the future are due to a lack of self-confidence and a lack of open-mindedness in matters of gain and loss. Only an open-minded and confident person can be ‘spoiled’, ‘stay or go without any intention’, can always keep the peace of mind in the torrent of life, can easily unload all the pressure before going to sleep, as peaceful as a dream… …” “Oh! ……” Yezi nodded gently, seemingly slightly enlightened. When I returned from the emergency room, I habitually browsed the Internet for the day’s news, and then went to bed with my clothes (because I was on duty and had no choice), but soon, I gently fell asleep.