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So, for most of my life I've suffered from a very mild form of onset insomnia: I can fall asleep, it just takes me longer than average. (Average is 20-30 minutes; it usually takes me about an hour to force my brain to shut down.) Compared to the insomnia suffered even just by some of my friends, this is absolutely nothing. But it does make me think a lot about how people get to sleep at night.
When I first lay down I usually start thinking about stuff I need or want to do the next day. This kind of thinking is what I can NEVER fall asleep during, because my brain just keeps flitting from this to that and trying to keep track of everything. Eventually if I think on it without distraction I start to run out of things or else I just start getting distracted, and then I start thinking about...well, anything. Stories I want to write, conversations I've had, conversations I WANT to have, whatever. I do some of my best thinking here, but unfortunately I can never write any of it down because then I'd NEVER get to sleep!
And so, I eventually wind down. (Though sometimes if I get jolted back to full-consciousness right as I'm drifting off, I remember the weirdest dreams...or thoughts? I'm not sure if I'm asleep enough at that point for it to be considered a 'dream.')
Of course, my process is very different from a lot of people, especially my age-- not just because of the insomnia (actually, I think a lot of my peers have similar or worse problems falling asleep), but because I'm pretty consistent about when I get to bed and when I wake up...usually I go to bed around 11 or 11:30, and wake up around 8, even on weekends, unless something special's going on. Not exactly typical for a 24-year-old, but I like to think I'm better rested than many of my peers. ;)
Because of my mild insomnia and another sleep-related problem I suffer from (sleep paralysis-- only very rarely now, but man, few things are as creepy as having your brain wake up before your body), sleep and sleep habits have always been of great interest to me.
So how about you? Have you ever even thought about it, or does sleeping come naturally to you (for lack of a better way to put it)? Do you have a process, or difficulties, or anything? What do you think about when you're trying to get to sleep? Anyone?
...Bueller?
When I first lay down I usually start thinking about stuff I need or want to do the next day. This kind of thinking is what I can NEVER fall asleep during, because my brain just keeps flitting from this to that and trying to keep track of everything. Eventually if I think on it without distraction I start to run out of things or else I just start getting distracted, and then I start thinking about...well, anything. Stories I want to write, conversations I've had, conversations I WANT to have, whatever. I do some of my best thinking here, but unfortunately I can never write any of it down because then I'd NEVER get to sleep!
And so, I eventually wind down. (Though sometimes if I get jolted back to full-consciousness right as I'm drifting off, I remember the weirdest dreams...or thoughts? I'm not sure if I'm asleep enough at that point for it to be considered a 'dream.')
Of course, my process is very different from a lot of people, especially my age-- not just because of the insomnia (actually, I think a lot of my peers have similar or worse problems falling asleep), but because I'm pretty consistent about when I get to bed and when I wake up...usually I go to bed around 11 or 11:30, and wake up around 8, even on weekends, unless something special's going on. Not exactly typical for a 24-year-old, but I like to think I'm better rested than many of my peers. ;)
Because of my mild insomnia and another sleep-related problem I suffer from (sleep paralysis-- only very rarely now, but man, few things are as creepy as having your brain wake up before your body), sleep and sleep habits have always been of great interest to me.
So how about you? Have you ever even thought about it, or does sleeping come naturally to you (for lack of a better way to put it)? Do you have a process, or difficulties, or anything? What do you think about when you're trying to get to sleep? Anyone?
...Bueller?
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