Valerian root & Melatonin

I’m not insulting your beliefs! I’m worried about this portal situation!

It's not a portal! Shadow work is where I'm trying to find and integrate my more negative impulses

What’s that mean?

It means I accept the flaws I have and bring them back to myself

Bring them back from where?

From my subconscious. I have rejected my less than desirable traits but to be whole again I need to recover them

Counseling can help with that.

Already tried that. Didn't work enough

Counseling is not a thing that “works”, as if it will “cure” something.

Well, I'm giving this a try

Okie dokie

It will work

I've never heard of valerian root. I do take melatonin. It seems to help a little. I've been thinking of dropping the melatonin to see if I can get by without it.

I’ve tried melatonin for months. I could never tell a difference so I stopped taking it. I took sleep medication for a little while but I was so sluggish the next day, it wasn’t worth it. It took a while but I eventually got my sleep under control.
I learned my lesson with valerian root so, no more of that for me. Ive met other people who take it with no problems. Now that I think about it, I have not met anyone that it effects the way it did me.

One thing I need to work on more is being away from all screens at least a couple of hours before bedtime. I installed Redshift on my PC, but sometimes I wonder how well it really works.

Yeah screens can keep you up for a while.
I found some sleep-sounds (like rain and brown noise) on you tube. That helped me sometimes. Sleep talk downs have helped too.

I have a pre bedtime ritual I do to help me sleep