My head hits the pillow, I close my eyes and I slip into an 8 hour coma.
How Do You Fall Asleep?
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Well, precisely.
I don't fall asleep easily or quickly. It's not abnormal for me to lie in bed for 2, 3, or 4 hours before falling asleep, feeling miserable the whole time. I've had insomnia since puberty, and sometimes I feel that my body is just made for going to bed at 4am and getting up at noon -- I always seem to revert to that schedule no matter what I do.
However, I've been trying to improve my sleep hygiene these past few months, and it seems to be helping a little bit.
Usually I tell myself stories to stay entertained those long, long, late night hours. I can tell I'm about to doze off when my stories stop making sense.
However, I've been trying to improve my sleep hygiene these past few months, and it seems to be helping a little bit.
Usually I tell myself stories to stay entertained those long, long, late night hours. I can tell I'm about to doze off when my stories stop making sense.
this may sound strange but i've found that if the room is too quite i cant sleep so i have a small fan motor running.
Interestingly, I always find that whenever I go to bed in a different setting (camping, a bed that isn't mine, etc.) I have the most vivid dreams. Bizarre.
I still fall asleep through it though - I can't stand a background fan noise like an air conditioner for example when trying to sleep.
I have the same feeling too - experiencing silence so silent that it becomes deafening and distracting.
I still fall asleep through it though - I can't stand a background fan noise like an air conditioner for example when trying to sleep.
My goodness, I fit that profile perfectly! I developed the problem in adolescence, heck, they even used my own best sleep schedule, 4am-noon, as an example! I have to say "difficulty" waking up in the morning doesn't even come close to what I feel, though. Mornings are not only a struggle, they're downright painful. If I try to get up before 10 or 11 in the morning (which I have to do every weekday, of course) I can't think clearly, I lose my balance so badly that I have to keep my hand on the walls as I move about the house, I have a stomach ache and head ache, and the desire to go back to sleep is almost too powerful for me to fight against. It lingers too, for about 3-4 hours after I wake up in the morning. I doze off on the train on the way to work, and where I can't get to sleep for the life of me at bed time, I could conk out instantly between 6 (the time I have to get up for work) and 11am. Even as I sit on the train, all I can think about is going home and back to bed. I never want to skip work to go home and play, or go out shopping/eating/whatever, I just want to sleep. It's really horrible, and I've missed work in the past because I just couldn't get out of bed. No matter how miserably tired I am in the morning, though, I am wide awake and alert come the afternoon.
I've tried everything from rigorous sleep schedules, to cutting caffeine completely (I managed almost a month -- the most miserable of my life!), to drugs like Ambien and herbs like kava -- I don't take any sleeping pills anymore (they did scary things!), but once every month or so I do take some kava if I need it.
What irks me is that there's nothing physically wrong with me, in my opinion. If I had to be at work at noon instead of 8:30 I'd not have any trouble. Someday I'll be a writer. Writers can sleep late!
And just as you've settled down, you hear what you think might be a whisper from outside the tent, so you open your eyes and listen carefully, and wonder if anyone is outside. It might just have been the wind, but you never know.
After a few seconds you hear what sounds like a twig snapping and your heart starts racing because you begin to believe that someone may be outside and you want to be prepared just in case they are coming to get you.
A minute later a bird starts squawking for no apparent reason and it shocks you and you're wide awake and alert now. What startled the bird. Was it the person who trod on the twig and whispered? Should you look out? Would that draw attention to you if somebody was there? You want to look out secretly, so you turn around in your sleeping bag and unzip the tent slightly and peep out, but it's pitch black and you can't see a thing from this angle.
Then the sides of the tent start flapping atypically and it isn't the wind this time... panic!
What happens now?
Don't forget the OWL!
And just as you've settled down, you hear what you think might be a whisper from outside the tent, so you open your eyes and listen carefully, and wonder if anyone is outside. It might just have been the wind, but you never know.
After a few seconds you hear what sounds like a twig snapping and your heart starts racing because you begin to believe that someone may be outside and you want to be prepared just in case they are coming to get you.
A minute later a bird starts squawking for no apparent reason and it shocks you and you're wide awake and alert now. What startled the bird. Was it the person who trod on the twig and whispered? Should you look out? Would that draw attention to you if somebody was there? You want to look out secretly, so you turn around in your sleeping bag and unzip the tent slightly and peep out, but it's pitch black and you can't see a thing from this angle.
Then the sides of the tent start flapping atypically and it isn't the wind this time... panic!
On top of a pile of money, with many beautiful ladies.
(First one to get the reference earns a shiny nickel).
Seriously, I usually go through a chapter or two of whatever book I'm reading, and then I try to go to sleep... but it takes a while. I'm not sure how long, but it often feels like I'm awake for at least an hour before I finally fall asleep. I've always had a hard time getting to sleep... but on the plus side, once I'm there, I'm usually out like a light, until I'm either fully rested or something very loud wakes me up. I generally hope for the former... if I don't get at least eight hours, it'll put me off for the rest of the day.
(First one to get the reference earns a shiny nickel).
Seriously, I usually go through a chapter or two of whatever book I'm reading, and then I try to go to sleep... but it takes a while. I'm not sure how long, but it often feels like I'm awake for at least an hour before I finally fall asleep. I've always had a hard time getting to sleep... but on the plus side, once I'm there, I'm usually out like a light, until I'm either fully rested or something very loud wakes me up. I generally hope for the former... if I don't get at least eight hours, it'll put me off for the rest of the day.
It cost 80 million dollars to make.On top of a pile of money, with many beautiful ladies.
(First one to get the reference earns a shiny nickel).
ZR, standing in front of a brick wall for 90 minutes.
I take a bath, get into bed, and turn on AM radio with a pillow speaker. I generally fall asleep easily hopefully by 10PM, but I frequently awaken during the night, particularly in the early morning hours. I hate to dwell on work or personal problems at night, so I'd rather listen to the radio than fret about things. I get up at 430 AM which is easier on some days when I am already awake than on others when I have to drag myself from bed.
I always have vivid and very bizarre dreams, and remember them nine out of ten times.
It cost 80 million dollars to make.On top of a pile of money, with many beautiful ladies.
(First one to get the reference earns a shiny nickel).
ZR, standing in front of a brick wall for 90 minutes.
I knew that wouldn't take very long.
When I was in the Navy, we learned how to sleep under various conditions. One time, I put on the Mickey Mouse Ears (hearing attenuators) and went to sleep on a weather deck while listening to the jets launch and land. I was out for 2 hours. We would also be dead asleep no matter the nightly clanging, banging of machinery, or people traversing ladders; however, if the Boatswain's Mate of the Watch sounded Man Overboard we were quickly awakened and alert.
Last Christmas my sister and I were sharing the guest bedroom at my mom's house. One night, as we were laying in the twin beds across the room from eachother, I asked her, "Do you tell yourself stories at night to keep you entertained until you fall asleep?" "Yes," she answered, "Do any of them involve the Doctor?" I asked. "Yes," she answered. And I went to sleep remembering why she and I are the closest of our siblings.
Believe me, I don't do it on purpose. I'm fairly certain that my body and mind were simply designed to operate on a 30-hour day. I am physically incapable of regulating my sleeping schedule on a 24-hour day.
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