I couldn’t sleep last night and I think it is because I have so much to do today. Instead of getting a restful night’s sleep to energise me and prepare me for the day ahead I awoke at 1:0oam after a “luxurious” one hour sleep and did absolutely nothing on the internet.
At first I started with purpose, I looked at websites that I assured myself were actually helpful to me, that would help me in deciding exactly where I am going to shop for the million things that I needed to buy, but I quickly realised that I didn’t actually need to buy anything at all and I was just shopping in bed (as is my want).
Then by mistake I started reading stuff that really irritated me – particularly an ad for an editor which used the worst grammar I had come across in a while. I was seething with the anger that only a person who has just read an ad that switches back and forth between first and third person knows. This ensured I stayed awake even longer being absolutely pissed off with the writer of the ad which is probably the biggest waste of being pissed off that you could imagine.
Talking of editing I then read an article on Mashable that clearly wasn’t yet ready for publication. I took a snapshot of it imagining the fame and fortune that would be bestowed upon me for spotting the error. It was at this point that I realised brains really do need sleep to function properly.
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I went downstairs to quench my thirst and put ice on my head (someone suggested it might help me sleep) and became overwhelmed by a damp smell in the kitchen that I have been unable to locate. I walked around smelling every corner and crevice in the kitchen and adjoining rooms sure that I was about to pounce on a forgotten dishcloth. But nothing. The smell seemed to follow me upstairs to the point where I now believe that the inside of my nasal passages smell like a wet dishcloth and I might as well have my nose removed. Although another hint I got to help me sleep was holding my left nostril which would be much trickier without a nose.
At about 2:45am the rain started and I wondered if it was responsible for the damp smell.
I thought about how tired I was going to be today and how I would not be able to go to the gym or concentrate or do any of the million things that I really need to do and so I panicked more ensuing further loss of sleep. I secretly loved the way I thought about gym at such a ridiculous hour – it shows a commitment that my body does not honour during the daylight hours.
Back to the internet to find news stories that may interest the Kidspot readers in the morning. More reading about babies dying, children being fined for not attending parties, hormonal pregnant women, teenagers fighting and mothers with cancer. No wonder I can’t sleep.
I thought about doing something practical – like putting my photos into albums because worrying that my photos are not kept somewhere safe is one of the things that keeps me up at night but I just didn’t have it in me to do it which is why it keeps me up at night.
Then I read my friend Kerri Sackville’s blog about her flight home from Bali and I really felt every word, I also felt grateful to be in bed. With space for my legs.
Eventually I wrote this blog post and I think I may have bored even myself to sleep. But thank you for keeping me company during this very long night.
Do you ever suffer from the inability to sleep? How do you cope?
I’m afraid I’m the opposite – I’m a really good sleeper…
I do recommend the following:
– keep to a sleep routine.
– start to wind down and switch off around 2 hours before you go to bed. For me that’s my 8pm InterWebs curfew. This is especially important because more and more studies are showing that using electronic devices before you go to sleep interrupts your body’s sleep patterns
– also be aware that it’s natural to sleep in two halves, so if you wake up in the middle of the night, don’t stress it… it’s perfectly normal… get up and do something, but again try and avoid bright lights…
That’s it really… 🙂
I get the sleeping in two halves thing – except I am only getting one half and I am greedy! 🙂
I find the shittier I get about not sleeping the less I sleep, so instead now I have self directed beautiful fantasy stories in my head. If I cant sleep and dream at least I can visit wonderful images and ideas and I can be sure of no nightmares. It’s not as good as a full 8 hours – not even sure what that is, but it ain’t half bad.
Enjoy the error/s
I bloody love the sound of the fantasy stories. I am going there TONIGHT!
Awwww hope you manage to catch up tonight. I had insomnia last night too. Wanna know what I tortured myself about? My three year old’s toilet training. WTF. Like I don’t spend enough daylight hours trying to help with that. I was almost all out panicking. Idiot.
Sadly, I was actually inspired and it has paid off today. Which means that I am not at all learning my lesson about switching off and that the worry doesn’t get you anywhere…sigh.
This is the plight of the mother hey? We worry even when we are meant to be asleep! Good luck with the toilet training
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You know what? I really think it might be all the reading you have to do for Kidspot. Reading that stuff would definitely lose me sleep 🙁
I am laughing out loud. Seriously. I can SEE you doing all of that. And the seething and the triumph and ALL of it. YOU BE FUNNY!!!!!
So many people are having trouble sleeping.
Done the get-readyfor-bed routine. Done the warm milk or glass of (insert choice of alcohol). Done the warm bath with/without oils ….. the only thing that worked for me was my GP suggesting lack of sleep was more harmful than a short course of sleeping pills (half a tablet every other night for 2 weeks).
I gave in.
It helped …. didn’t cure but made a huge difference.
Haven’t felt the need to take a second course but if I did I wouldn’t hestitate.
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I think your GP was 100% correct – glad it helped you even if it didn’t cure you xx
Sleeping tablets! – get some pronto. I used to always do the ‘can’t get to sleep’ thing when I had a big or stressful day the following day, or else I would get to sleep and then have a very fitful/wakeful night where I felt as though I’d had no sleep at all by the time I got up in the morning. And of course on the ‘can’t get to sleep’ nights I would lie there alternating between anxious and angry about the fact that I couldn’t get to sleep and how important it was that I should get my sleep because I would suffer for it the following day etc etc. I went to the doctor & got some sleeping tablets and now I always take them on nights when I have something big happening the following day that I know I might stress about during the night, or which may hinder me from getting to sleep. They are the best! I would probably take an average of only one a month but I promise they are so worth it.
Sounds like very sound advice! xx
I’m a bit sleepy right now, so thanks for that ;). That Mashable story made me LOL. Makes me happy that I don’t do stuff like that. At least, I’m fairly certain I [INSERT MUCH WITTIER COMMENT HERE]
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