Sleeping
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Yesterday, I had coffee for the first time ever in my whole life. Don't ask me why I never had it before yesterday, I just didn't. It tasted okay. It was really mild so it didn't really taste like coffee much. It was iced coffee, so the glass was like really big. Everything was normal and I was sitting there wondering whether or not I'd be tired throughout the day. I did normal stuff and had dinner and then after a while, it was 12:30 and I decided to go to bed. I was relatively tired ... OR SO I THOUGHT.
On good days, I fall asleep after say, 10-20 minutes or so. But today was not a good day. I lay in bed and closed my eyes and tried to sleep. I kept thinking of sleeping thoughts. Like, myself sleeping. But it obviously didn't work. Then I decided to just think about things until I got tired. So I just sad there and thought about things. I didn't get any more tired. I looked at the time, and it was 1:30. Trust me, I have even tried counting sheep.
I took out a book to read, and then finished the book, looked at the time and it was 2:45 == Then I got my iPod and listened to my I CAN'T SLEEP playlist which consists of like ocean music and nature sounds. It obviously didn't work. It was 5:30 and I was STILL LYING IN BED unable to fall asleep. I definitely blame the caffeine, seeing as I have been sleeping very well for the past few weeks. In the end, I got about 4 hours of sleep.
What I hate most is that feeling that you get, when you are really really really tired, and your eyes are tired, and everything is tired, but you still can't sleep for some reason. It's like your brain doesn't want to turn off or something. Its like you've closed all the doors in the house, but the lights are still on.
Anyway, I've done some research for myself and everyone else :)
LIST OF THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU CAN'T SLEEP :
- Make it very dark in your room. Close all the doors and block all the light sources
- Don't do anything too thought stimulating before you sleep, ie. Watch TV, go on the computer etc. Instead, relax or read (something boring I think)
- Apparently, you're meant to think of the colour purple. Or something. That reminds me of the time in PD last year when Davis tried to make us do that meditating thing and we had to lie on the ground for a whole period and listen to her 'soothe' us.
- Roll your eyes upwards three times because apparently, you do it naturally when you're sleeping, and it triggers some sleep chemical in your body
- Having a hot shower/bath/anything that lowers body temperature before going to sleep helps
- Lavender and Chamomile help apparently
- Don't drink a lot before going to bed (A mistake I make all the time. I drink 2 cups of water right before I go to bed. Don't ask why, its just a habit)
- Only sleep at night. If you have daytime naps, limit them to 20 minutes
- Only use your bed for sleeping (and sex apparently, but I don't think that applies to most of us)
- Don't consume caffeine (==)
Have a good sleep guys! :)
- tonia
