No sleep makes me cranky
This morning, my bf has to wake up before I do. Being the increadibly light and paranoid sleeper, I get up an hour before he does, monitor the clock and let him know that it's time to get up when the alarm fails to go off. OK, the alarm worked, but the volume knob is funny, so if it's not turned up loud enough, it makes a soft whining sound instead of the loud alarm sound.
I turn the sound up, hit the snooze, and then inform him each time the alarm goes off. He might have noticed himself, but I'm awake anyways and he claims to not know how to use an alarm clock. One day actually let the alarm go for a couple of minutes before I hit the snooze and told him the time. I really did try to ignore it, but I can't sleep through anything.
This is coupled with the fact that he cannot go to bed before 1 am. I cannot sleep very well if I know he's still awake in the next room unless I'm dead tired, so I almost always stay up with him.
After he left for work this morning, I get back to a fitful sleep and have this intense dream. It was a really weird dream. I kept seeing this huge bright pink "bug" (in my mind, it was an alien bug) that I was scared to death of. But my bf is playing some computer game and completely ignores my screaming. He is too engrossed in his game. And since he never sees the bug, doesn't believe it even exists. Then he throws a magazine at me, probably to get me to stop bitching about the bug. But he somehow wrapped the bug inthe magazine without seeing it, and I freak out.
I go over to him and just start pounding on him. I don't think I registered his response, I just remember my fists hitting him over and over again.
I wake myself up, and am really concerned. One, he would never act like he did in my dream. Another, why the hell would I dream about beating him up. That is just really really disturbing. But then I realize I have to stay up and actually get ready for work. And I'm still so very tired.
I think the dream was a visceral response my body was having to being so tired. I felt the need to hit something. I tend to feel that way when upset or cranky- I never hit anybody, but a few inanimate objects have fallen victim to my moods. And getting upset at somebody who isn't you is easier in a dream, I think. Even though it is really my own fault I don't get enough sleep.
Moral of the story- I need more sleep. I don't function well mentally without it.
I turn the sound up, hit the snooze, and then inform him each time the alarm goes off. He might have noticed himself, but I'm awake anyways and he claims to not know how to use an alarm clock. One day actually let the alarm go for a couple of minutes before I hit the snooze and told him the time. I really did try to ignore it, but I can't sleep through anything.
This is coupled with the fact that he cannot go to bed before 1 am. I cannot sleep very well if I know he's still awake in the next room unless I'm dead tired, so I almost always stay up with him.
After he left for work this morning, I get back to a fitful sleep and have this intense dream. It was a really weird dream. I kept seeing this huge bright pink "bug" (in my mind, it was an alien bug) that I was scared to death of. But my bf is playing some computer game and completely ignores my screaming. He is too engrossed in his game. And since he never sees the bug, doesn't believe it even exists. Then he throws a magazine at me, probably to get me to stop bitching about the bug. But he somehow wrapped the bug inthe magazine without seeing it, and I freak out.
I go over to him and just start pounding on him. I don't think I registered his response, I just remember my fists hitting him over and over again.
I wake myself up, and am really concerned. One, he would never act like he did in my dream. Another, why the hell would I dream about beating him up. That is just really really disturbing. But then I realize I have to stay up and actually get ready for work. And I'm still so very tired.
I think the dream was a visceral response my body was having to being so tired. I felt the need to hit something. I tend to feel that way when upset or cranky- I never hit anybody, but a few inanimate objects have fallen victim to my moods. And getting upset at somebody who isn't you is easier in a dream, I think. Even though it is really my own fault I don't get enough sleep.
Moral of the story- I need more sleep. I don't function well mentally without it.