What a vicious cycle not being able to sleep is. The longer it takes you to get to sleep, the more annoyed you get thus making sleep harder.
Another point about it is that it never seems to happen on the weekend or on a quiet day. Whenever you cannot sleep you always have something to do the next day. There is always a reason why you have to get up then next morning whether it be work, wedding, sporting event, meeting the in-laws! It never seems to happen when it doesn’t matter. Who cares if you can’t sleep but don’t have to wake up for any particular reason the next day.
If you check the clock next to the bed and see that it is 438am and you have been lying in bed since 12, yes it is frustrating but, if you have nothing to do the next day just sleep in. or get up do something go back to bed or have an afternoon nap (best feeling ever by the way).
There are many ways that people suggest getting to sleep. Just relax is my favourite one. What do you think I have been trying to do for the past 5 hours…run a marathon!!! Close your eyes and relax, now really what type of advice is that? I thought that was what sleep was meant to be, you know the thing that I am currently unable to do!!! There is the famous counting sheep, having a shower, having a wank, having a read, everyone has a different way that they believe is the best way. There isn’t a good way, you just have to hope that you become so tired after a while with the days exertions that you just fall asleep.
The worst is when you are too hot to sleep. Now that is a nightmare. You are lying there, sweating, conscious of the fact that my god you are hot. You have a cool shower, you get back onto your bed, and then the sweating starts up again, what can you do? Your predicament seems hopeless. Even when you lie in the position that you normally fall asleep in you start to feel little discomforts. Why do these always get magnified tenfold. Only the night before you went to sleep in the exact same position and had a glorious 8 hours. Now you are trying to get to sleep having lay in that position for 3 hours and it is soooo uncomfortable, how the hell did I do this last night?! Then the tossing and turning starts. This leads to more frustration. No position you lay in is comfortable long enough to send you off to sleep. With the tossing and turning comes the grunts. The grunts of frustration and annoyance at why on earth can you not get to sleep. Now your partner (if you are lucky enough to have one) is also awake. They will be thrilled with you too, not only can you not sleep now neither can they. Two birds, one stone. When you do eventually get to sleep and your alarm rudely awakens you from what you have worked so hard to achieve, do you actually know if you have been asleep. Maybe you just rested your eyes and then your alarm went off, that is the worst bit. How long did I actually sleep for, trust me the less you think about that one the better you will feel the next day.
Lastly, why when you can’t sleep does everyone else in the house seem to be having the deepest sleeps of all time. Your partner is making some serious snoring noises, your housemates are dead to the world when you try and rustle up some support, your parents won’t wake up. It is just you against the sleep depriving demons, it is a long hard battle but you will eventually win. If you don’t then gutted you will be knackered for the whole day.
So next time you can’t sleep just shhhhhh, relax and shut your eyes, it’s as easy as that, ha! That is the thought for today, tune in tomorrow for something different. Laters
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