Sleepless in San Francisco

[mullivan]

Some nights I just can't sleep. I use to have more of these when I was in collage.

Maybe I ate too late tonight. Maybe I am ust too full with the ideas of a knew year. Maybe I am just insane.

Comments

[skerrington]

Man, I HATE insomnia. What did you do to cope with it?

[mullivan]

Cope isn't the right word. I just have less sleep and keep going until I get sick and then catch up on sleep.

Sure, I listen to soft music while laying in bed to calm me. I refuse to look at the clock because I will undoubtedly calculate how many hours of sleep I will now get. And I close my eyes and breath deeply so I can at least pretend I am at rest and the body and mind are getting some down time.

But these things don't really work, they are just mind games I play with myself to pretend everything is OK.

I like dreaming, warm beds, and feeling rested but I wouldn't be too sad if I could live without sleep. So much of my life is spent sleeping or preparing for sleep.

[skerrington]

I think that might be part of my problem too. Part of me really loves sleeping and dreaming, but part of me resents having to stop what I'm doing and do nothing for a while...and I've always been that way. I can remember being in kindergarten and trying to get to read books or talk to the teachers while the other kids were put down for their boring old nap.