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Sleep with a tired mind wake with a tired mind
Sleep with a smile wake with a smile
Sleep with a sound mind wake with a sound mind
Sleep looking forward to tomorrow wake feeling great about today
To me it is all about quality of sleep, and especially pre-sleep quality, which is a work in progress for me. But I have observed that wakefulness and energy is not all to do with how much sleep we have, but it does help to sleep when our body says sleep. And I know that because, hasn't everyone experienced where they felt sluggish but something made them feel perfectly awake like some good news, or something exciting that popped up?
I think the quality of energy we have during the days goes far deeper than the amount of sleep and diet. I always look at the spiritual more than the physical, because I know, that the physical wraps around the spiritual, right? You can try and prescribe a sleep pattern, or sleep so many hours every day, or change your diet, but these don't necessarily affect the spiritual, but they do allow us to align ourselves spiritually more easily.
Sleep with a smile wake with a smile
Sleep with a sound mind wake with a sound mind
Sleep looking forward to tomorrow wake feeling great about today
To me it is all about quality of sleep, and especially pre-sleep quality, which is a work in progress for me. But I have observed that wakefulness and energy is not all to do with how much sleep we have, but it does help to sleep when our body says sleep. And I know that because, hasn't everyone experienced where they felt sluggish but something made them feel perfectly awake like some good news, or something exciting that popped up?
I think the quality of energy we have during the days goes far deeper than the amount of sleep and diet. I always look at the spiritual more than the physical, because I know, that the physical wraps around the spiritual, right? You can try and prescribe a sleep pattern, or sleep so many hours every day, or change your diet, but these don't necessarily affect the spiritual, but they do allow us to align ourselves spiritually more easily.
There was a piece in our paper recently about how aging affects our ability to
produce/create the brain chemistry required for sleep, stating that it was
previously thought you needed less sleep as you age, simply because older
people do sleep less overall, but the study finding suggested it was simply
harder to get the proper amount of sleep as you age. I can certainly attest to that
In the last twelve years I doubt I have had eight hours of uninterrupted sleep once,
and getting eight hours is pretty rare. Normally I will go to sleep and then wake up
a couple of hours later, maybe three, and then I will be awake for two or three hours,
before getting two or three more hours of sleep prior to having to get up and be about
my day. This will happen regardless of how tired I am. Five hours sleep is my average,
but I can function on much less for at least a day. Going to bed early does not often help.
Napping is such a guilty pleasure because it seems I can always nap well, but then if
I do, it wreaks even more havoc with my nightly sleep. Last night I got up twice during
the night to take a bath, which sometimes helps me go back to sleep. One night this week
I may have actually gotten eight hours sleep because I went to bed at nine o'clock at night.
I awoke at one in the morning and again around four, but was in bed for more than ten hours
to get that eight hours of sleep. Most of the time I cannot do that... but that was after having
a night where I hardly got any sleep at all, only knowing I slept because I had dreams.
Even when I was on pain meds recently for shingles' related neuralgia, they definitely helped
me sleep, but it was still interrupted, though not as much, and the waking intervals were of
much shorter duration. I was only on that med for a short time and then weaned myself off,
because I detest the thought of being med dependent. I met a woman at my weekly NA
meeting just last week who was in terrible shape from her prescribed meds, and she was
terrified that the meds were going to kill her before she could properly wean herself off
of them. Coming off of them too quickly could kill her, too. She was basically incapacitated.
Almost three in the morning, but today is a holiday, yay! Sweet dreams, y'all
produce/create the brain chemistry required for sleep, stating that it was
previously thought you needed less sleep as you age, simply because older
people do sleep less overall, but the study finding suggested it was simply
harder to get the proper amount of sleep as you age. I can certainly attest to that
In the last twelve years I doubt I have had eight hours of uninterrupted sleep once,
and getting eight hours is pretty rare. Normally I will go to sleep and then wake up
a couple of hours later, maybe three, and then I will be awake for two or three hours,
before getting two or three more hours of sleep prior to having to get up and be about
my day. This will happen regardless of how tired I am. Five hours sleep is my average,
but I can function on much less for at least a day. Going to bed early does not often help.
Napping is such a guilty pleasure because it seems I can always nap well, but then if
I do, it wreaks even more havoc with my nightly sleep. Last night I got up twice during
the night to take a bath, which sometimes helps me go back to sleep. One night this week
I may have actually gotten eight hours sleep because I went to bed at nine o'clock at night.
I awoke at one in the morning and again around four, but was in bed for more than ten hours
to get that eight hours of sleep. Most of the time I cannot do that... but that was after having
a night where I hardly got any sleep at all, only knowing I slept because I had dreams.
Even when I was on pain meds recently for shingles' related neuralgia, they definitely helped
me sleep, but it was still interrupted, though not as much, and the waking intervals were of
much shorter duration. I was only on that med for a short time and then weaned myself off,
because I detest the thought of being med dependent. I met a woman at my weekly NA
meeting just last week who was in terrible shape from her prescribed meds, and she was
terrified that the meds were going to kill her before she could properly wean herself off
of them. Coming off of them too quickly could kill her, too. She was basically incapacitated.
Almost three in the morning, but today is a holiday, yay! Sweet dreams, y'all
D
I never notice your age until I read this. Unless something is physically wrong with you, (which is why hubby needs more), you should be good with 8-9 hours. More than that hints there might be something wrong with you.
We used to laugh because I was always cold, hubby was always hot (99.5 degree temperature was his norm), so he was great to cuddle with and put my feet on at night. Ten years later we found out he had a temperature because he had a life-threatening infection hiding in him. After getting treated for it, he's to regular temperatures again.
Sometimes too-much-norm is hiding something else inside you. Maybe you really are just someone who needs 10 hours sleep, but... what if you're not? No harm in talking to a doctor about this.
We used to laugh because I was always cold, hubby was always hot (99.5 degree temperature was his norm), so he was great to cuddle with and put my feet on at night. Ten years later we found out he had a temperature because he had a life-threatening infection hiding in him. After getting treated for it, he's to regular temperatures again.
Sometimes too-much-norm is hiding something else inside you. Maybe you really are just someone who needs 10 hours sleep, but... what if you're not? No harm in talking to a doctor about this.
D
Here are the numbers needed:
Lots of sleep as a baby and toddler.
Down to nine hours from toddler to first grade.
Eight hours from first grade to puberty.
Nine hours from puberty to early 20's.
Eight hours from 20 to about 60.
Nine hours after that.
As for those who don't sleep enough, why not? What is so almighty important that you won't give your body the rest it needs?
Take it from a chronic insomniac with a bad back -- it WILL catch up to you! AND, although it may not bother you, ask the people around you how it affects them. (Others can tell, way before we notice.)
Lots of sleep as a baby and toddler.
Down to nine hours from toddler to first grade.
Eight hours from first grade to puberty.
Nine hours from puberty to early 20's.
Eight hours from 20 to about 60.
Nine hours after that.
As for those who don't sleep enough, why not? What is so almighty important that you won't give your body the rest it needs?
Take it from a chronic insomniac with a bad back -- it WILL catch up to you! AND, although it may not bother you, ask the people around you how it affects them. (Others can tell, way before we notice.)
I felt totally wiped out last night and so went to bed just after eight, and initially slept for an hour and a quarter, after which time I awoke, had a bath to help me go back to sleep, and returned to bed around ten thirty, sleeping again until four in the morning. It is now six in the morning and I have had another bath but not any sleep since four, though I am hoping to before getting about my day around eight this morning.
So I have had six and three quarters hours sleep so far
Average over last three days equals five hours and fifteen minutes each day
So I have had six and three quarters hours sleep so far
Average over last three days equals five hours and fifteen minutes each day
