Sleeping Difficulties

I have trouble going to sleep and finding a comfortable postion to lay in which makes me take almost an hour to finally sleep.

Also when I do sleep it feels like I have no control in my dreams when a while ago I used to control them better and now, it seems like my dreams are controling me when I'm asleep.

Also I'm right handed if that afects how I should be sleeping.

Oh, please don't post stupid reasponses, this is an actual problem I've been dealing with since I was ten and now I'm in my late teens.

Okay, you can't 'control your dreams' but I can give you a few 'hints' on 'falling asleep easier' that should also make your dreams 'less out of control' ...

You may have 'insomnia' when you are trying to go to sleep, but I have the feeling that it's not 'clinical insomnia' but is simply because you have been 'obsessing about trouble falling asleep.' This can also affect the 'way' you dream.

First, don't drink anything with any 'caffeine' in it after 3 in the afternoon, if you want to go to bed at 10-11 at night. Don't drink 'too much' of anything after 8 p.m. No more than one or two eight ounce glasses/cups of drink, preferably plain water.

Try setting aside at least an hour BEFORE you get into bed ... and use that hour to 'wind down slowly' ... and the 'first thing' you should do for now is take an 'analgesic-sleep inducer' pill ... one with 'acetominophen' (the ingredient in Tylenol) and an 'antishistamine' (one like Benadryl) an hour before you get into bed. Make taking that pill (those pills if you take two) the 'start of your routine.' Next, change into something 'totally comfortable to wear' ... a tee shirt and lounge pants or boxers should work if they are COMFORTABLE. Then sit on something that is 'flat' and 'fairly soft' ... use a 'folded up blanket or two' and the floor beside your bed. Sit 'cross legged' with your back 'totally straight' and put your hands 'palms up' on your knees. Close your eyes and 'think about' something that is both 'totally beautiful' and 'serene' ... a meadow full of pretty flowers and butterflies, perhaps. If you prefer to think of 'water' it must be 'quiet water' like a 'pond' or 'slowly meandering stream' and not a 'fast river' with rocks. Sit 'quietly' and just 'visualize' this 'quiet place' for ten minutes at first ... building up to twenty minutes in two weeks. After you have 'meditated' you should stand up, stretch, and sit in a 'comfortable chair' in the bedroom and 'read' something that is 'quiet' and calming ... and you don't have to 'understand it' or even TRY ... and read it while sipping a cup of 'herbal tea' like Chamomile or any of the 'premade mixes' that have a 'sleepy' name, like 'Sleepytime tea' or 'Get your ZZZs'.