Originally Posted by midnightfire
I wear the cheese, it does not wear me.
*Takes off hat
*Bows
Another thing to look at if you are always waking up groggy is that this could be due to many different hormonal imbalances in the body or adrenal fatigue. If you are the type of person who gets stressed and anxious or is highly strung this could accumulate over years to cause these problems which make it extremely hard to ever feel refreshed no matter how much sleep you get.
Yeah, I think you kinda highlighted what might be the most important thing--I have always been a very anxious person. I think perhaps my life has been so comfortable that for much of it, the anxiety didn't come through as insomnia--I never had trouble falling asleep. But now I do, somewhat regularly, and I think that messes up my lofty sleeping goals. When I first started getting interested in dreaming a few years ago, I started finally sleeping consistently 8 hours a night, and I never felt better (I had gotten by magically on 5 hours a night in high school). Getting that consistency back isn't any more complicated per se these days, but it feels almost more complicated for some reason, like I can't just decide to go to bed early and actually expect to fall asleep
But I am anxious, not to a degree that a doctor would medicate, but certainly to a degree that has me occasionally compulsively thinking about insecurities, risks, and potential horrible situations.
Somehow, some way I must be generally burning myself out, or not getting good quality sleep...? Last night I slept 7 and a half hours (according to Sleep Bot), but woke up feeling like absolute s***. However, I was over a friend's house, so I came back and didn't go to sleep until after 11, and I think I hit snooze over and over between 5:30 and 6:50, which is a disruptive way to sleep (awkward 10 minute increments).
I think at the end of the day I only have my decisions to blame, but it's hard to really stick to what you said you'd do, when what you said you'd do doesn't seem to work when you do it anyway...
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