Has Anybody Ever Done This Before?
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 8:35 pm
This is kinda embarrassing for me to talk about, but since I was diagnosed with rls I've been thinking a lot about things I did as a child that may have been a sign I had rls even back then. From the time I could walk until too old to want to admit, whenever I had what I called pent-up energy that I needed to unleash, I would get on my favorite sofa (actually it was a love seat) and tuck my legs under me and bump against the back cushions of the sofa over and over again. Especially at night I would do it for hours and hours until I could finally fall asleep from sheer exhaustion. I would listen to music while doing this and it would help me relax in a strange way. Even today, I will sit on pillows on my bedroom floor after everyone is asleep and listen to music to try and fall asleep while rocking back and forth. I don't know but I think I did it to get rid of the "uncontrollable jitters". I hope I'm not the only one in the world that has ever done this. I know my mother did it when she was a girl, but her mother would scream at her to stop. OK I don't talk about this part of my childhood to anyone. I feel better already!