Sleeping, sleeping, slee....ah
November 8th 2008 21:23
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From: Healthjockey.com
Sorry but I could not copy any part of this article for you, but I thought it would be of great interest for those who are sleep deprived, or, alternatively think they can do well without it.
Do use the link, there is a lot there of interest.
link to help you with your sleep problems
Look forward to Brahms Lullaby, if I can find it, won't you?
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Comment by Lester Caudill
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It's so hard to get my mind to slow down long enough to rest. But I have noticed one thing though, when I am in the mountains I can sleep fall asleep easily. I don't nap during the day or evening, but I only sleep about 4 to 6 hours a day. I can tell the difference in my energy levels and mood when I sleep more.
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fire in your eyes - ink in your pen
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Comment by Dianna G
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We all know how I feel about sleep, but I took time out of my busy Nano schedule to read this because I was curious and I'm procrastinating. (I'm procrastinating sleep because I have to write a chapter or two before bed but I'm procrastinating that by reading this. Isn't that entertaining?)
Personally, I've been sleeping decently this month still, but I think 6 hours is a decent amount of sleep. Some people can run on less than others.
The hard part for me is that I have a lot of trouble sleeping at night; I'm more awake at night. And that makes school difficult.
Speaking of which, I'm failing again and have to go in and tell them that they need to make some sort of exception for me because otherwise I'm going to just fail over and over again. How fun.
Sorry if I'm rambly-one of the side effects.
Have you been sleeping well?
~Dianna
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Dianna, I sleep very well 95% of the time, the rest is due to my medical condition, all my life I have followed a very regular sleep routine.
Some of your problem is that you've fallen out of synch with the rest of the world, the rest of the world being mostly your school chums and teachers.
You spend too much time writing and despite your protests 6 hours at your age is not enough sleep.
I'm pleased to hear that you've been sleeping better, now you have to reset your clock. When you started here you were a top student, what went wrong?
I know you excel at writing, but education needs to be more comprehensive, and I think your writing career can wait and unless you get exceedingly lucky exceedingly early, you'll starve as a writer.
Remember you wanted to be rich? That is not my main purpose in life but it may well be yours, school is not going to adjust to you, it is you who is going to have to adjust.
Harsh words, but true.
You are certainly bright enough, but too often your brain won't work because you are sleep deprived during school hours.
Other that this I can't help, I wish I could, but life has no magical solutions, unless you believe in fantasy land.
All through life we need to adjust to the reality of our situation, no matter how irksome we find it.
I do hope you find a solution for your current situation, all I can suggest is write less and don't keep yourself awake by writing at the wrong hours.
Good luck and may God be with you whether you believe in him or not.
So ~Dianna, it is now up to you.
Comment by Dianna G
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I think you get the wrong impression. The reason why I'm failing this year is because I can't convince myself that school is worth waking up for, and because going is making me sick from stress. The school I go to is a horrible learning environment and I think the only people who are able to really get through it all right are the mentally stable ones and the ones who are so insane it doesn't matter anymore.
I would be passing if there weren't arrests every day and people getting into fights wherever you go, and my best friend's boyfriend the creep.
And school is going to have to adjust somewhat to deal with the fact that I've been sick on and off since it started from pure stress, losing weight, barely eating, and struggling just to make it through a day.
I can't stop what's going on in my mind, as much as I'm trying, and I can't stop how it's affecting my body either.
~Dianna
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I don't know where you live but perhaps you should find yourself better accommodation with another relative if that is possible.
You carry a huge burden for someone so young, but you are continuing, I can't see that school as doing much to help you.
Keep in touch.
katyzzz
Comment by Dianna G
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Unfortunately switching schools is not an option unless I pass; I've convinced my mother to harass the school with me when I'm feeling better to see if they're able to do anything.
There is no councilor I will ever trust enough to tell the honest truth to, the closest thing is my friends who I love to bits. My mother is even more useless because she's stuck in her own little hole of depression. She has no way to be responsible for herself let alone me.
Unfortunately the only other relative with whom I would live would be my grandmother, and for a number of reasons that is simply impossible for more than a month or two. The other relatives are all too big personality conflicts and/or don't have the space or money.
I'm stuck where I am until I can get out without outside help. It's an unfortunate situation but that's simply the way it is, the burden I bear and that I have come to live with; I have to be self sufficient in all areas of my life and I am trying very hard.
As for the eating, the sickness has also been affecting my eating habits.
~Dianna
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Comment by Dianna G
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No family doctor but I'm going to a walk-in clinic with her tomorrow because she bribed me. With chocolate.
~Dianna
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Love, katyzzz
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She is; but she has been trying and falling short her entire life. I will deliver the message, and thank you for the well wishes.
~Dianna