A helpful coping mechanism for insomnia

Whenever you can’t fall asleep after a long time trying, it is said that getting up and doing something else for a little while and then coming back to bed really helps you fall asleep.

Lately, whenever this happens to me, I have been getting into making collages, inspired by lyrics, by my own thoughts, or any anxiety that has been keeping me awake. And it does work, as I am able to fall asleep almost instantly after it.

Making art as hobby and as a way to vent means I should keep my perfectionist tendencies at bay. I have only just started, and we never start out perfectly at something. But it doesn’t really matter if my collages are great art because making them has been very helpful both to my mental health and to my insomnia. So, I’d like to share them with you: