In recent months I have a light sleeper. More than light. It is often absent. Butchered. Interspersed. Difficult, in short! I had to face facts: I suffer from insomnia.
I am not alone. The statistics say 30 to 40% of the population suffer from sleep disorders during a single year. Even Facebook told me: it’s crazy how many people I found in the middle of the night to talk, which are also taken by the neglect of Morpheus to take us in his arms (selective ugly god!). After overnight standing (almost), we see irritability and exaggerated reactions, physical pain (like headache!), Constant fatigue, drowsiness, difficulty concentrating, etc.. It is doubly loser! It feels to ruin our night and miss our day. Not easy!
Insomnia can affect us for a few days to several months. The worst is that when the nights begin to chained difficult, it is difficult to take over and get rid of our fatigue … which disturbs our fatigue, our stress levels and – of course! – Our sleep.
Unfortunately, the causes of insomnia are (trop!) many: anxiety, stress, emotional upheaval (bereavement, separation, illness, financial difficulties, etc..), Alcohol and caffeine, lack physical activity, time differences, certain Alteril medications, atypical work schedules, etc.. And I would add – as is my case! – A hamster running in my head constantly. Too many things. Too. Then must I manage to calm my hyperactive little beast to succeed in finding a truly restful sleep.
Except that the more I think about my desire to calm my hamster and then sleep better, plus I think the fact that I have trouble sleeping and I sleep less. What a mental battle, confess!
So I decided to trust my timer. I do not sleep well at night. Be. I repeat the day when I can. I will stop right away stress when I do not sleep. I’m not sure that I have to dig further the causes of my “no sleep”. That is the cata guaranteed! I will not sleep more!
To regain my sleep, I promised myself three things that I start right away: 1) more time clock that tells me next to my bed. 2) I’m from 20 to 30 minutes of exercise a day. 3) I keep my mp3 player with a short Audio Reports found on the site Passeportsante.net that helps me relax and fall asleep (jury: every time I put “deep relaxation or sleep readiness” I do not hear it in full! zzzzz!)
Still, these are not quick fixes. Far from it. Simply, I reduce the risk factors of insomnia. I lower my stress and I is a physical and mental relaxation. The rest? We’ll see.
While waiting to go back to sleep, around me, many suggestions are to avoid making the pancake in our bed until sleep returns: Man waking slowly and expect a level of “réceptibilité” to our caresses, read, watch TV, take the air out a few minutes or go running for others, meditate, drink a glass of milk, write, pay bills, folded a load of laundry and go for a ride on the Internet … to meet other insomniacs time to encourage each other to go back to bed!