Dear Meg:

What I suggested will work on the conscious, meaning you bring the past to your awareness for the purpose of –

– connecting your present-time fear of your neighbors’ sounds to your past-time fear of your father’s sounds.

Reads to me that your Trauma of childhood was that your father greatly disturbed your life for a long time. You feared him and therefore, your brain amplified his sounds so that you know what he is doing and protect yourself.

Fast forward, you are an adult, and your neighbors disturbed your sleep for a long time. Daily or nightly you fear that they will disturb your sleep yet again. Your brain does what it did before- amplify their sounds.

When you go to sleep tonight, simply have in mind the memories of childhood when you lay in bed and you heard your father come in the home, go  into his room, whatever it is that you heard. No need to analyze anything, to overthink- remember, that  is all.

Do not have any expectations of anything, just remember and try to relax into those memories.

I will be looking for your next post and we can continue to communicate as long as you want to.

anita