do you like to sleep?

[rae121452]

i fucking hate it. i have 2 sleep modes: in the first, i sleep for short periods of time before jerking awake in full panic, for reasons i'm not aware of. this goes on all night.

the other mode is probably driven by exhaustion or booze. i sleep very deeply while having surreal dreams of great discomfort. in those situations i try to pull myself awake and usually fail until i literally sit up or throw myself off of the bed. the next morning i'm usually groggy and have a hell of a time even getting up.

i fucking hate it all. after all of this time you would think they'd have come up with a better alternative.

 

[Saint_Ann]

After work I walked the 20 steps from my office to the couch, turned on a movie and slept thru it. That's how exciting my day was.

 

[silver gurl]

Nothing worse than waking up and seeing only 20 minutes has passed. Lately, I have been getting 2-4 hours of straight sleep.

 

[Saint_Ann]

Nothing worse than waking up and seeing only 20 minutes has passed. Lately, I have been getting 2-4 hours of straight sleep.

Michael Jackson found propofol to be quite effective.

 

[butters]

i sleep a lot but seem to be dreaming for most of it. and since my dreams have always been (sensory-wise) almost indistinct from being awake i can wake up already having done a ton of stuff all night long! if they sold stuff to knock me out with dreamless sleep, i'd have to be very careful not to get addicted to it.

been under full anaesthesia twice... loved it. so restful!

 

[Lady2020]

Of course. Working on increasing my 2-hour sleep range.

 

[CarlyAnn]

I've slept for 3 to 4 hours every day since I was a kid. Doctors always say, "You need to sleep more". Actually I don't.

 

[FataMorgana]

I usually get a good 7 or 8 hours a night, if I don't I'm like a stunned cunt at work. I dream a lot too, can normally remember 3 or 4 dreams each morning.

So yes, I love sleeping. Insomnia must be horrendous.

 

[FGB]

i fucking hate it. i have 2 sleep modes: in the first, i sleep for short periods of time before jerking awake in full panic, for reasons i'm not aware of. this goes on all night.

the other mode is probably driven by exhaustion or booze. i sleep very deeply while having surreal dreams of great discomfort. in those situations i try to pull myself awake and usually fail until i literally sit up or throw myself off of the bed. the next morning i'm usually groggy and have a hell of a time even getting up.

i fucking hate it all. after all of this time you would think they'd have come up with a better alternative.

PTSS?

 

[FGB]

I've slept for 3 to 4 hours every day since I was a kid. Doctors always say, "You need to sleep more". Actually I don't.

I like to get six but four or five works.

I can nap for twenty minutes and am refreshed.

 

[ElizaBennet33]

When I'm asleep, I don't want to wake up. When I'm awake, I don't want to sleep. So to answer the question, I have no effing idea.

 

[Biggs_Darklighter]

Sleep is easy. Work, avoid caffeine later in the day, exercise, eat reasonably well.
There is always a reason someone can't sleep or can't sleep enough. Anxiety is a bitch but even that can be overcome for the purposes of sleep.
Most people don't think about their diet when it comes to sleep but if you aren't eating right, taking in too much caffeine, etc then your sleep is gonna suck. A healthy diet does wonders for the body and mind.

 

[LupusDei]

Good sleep requires research, discovery, understanding and training.

Such a waste of time, not really. I'm of opinion that forced sleep does no good and have willingly stayed (mostly) awake for over 160 hours... let's just say, I think I understand just why sleep deprivation is an element in torture and brainwashing techniques.

Left entirely to my own devices I would likely sleep 6 to 8 hours out of every 26-30. Normal enough? Nope, I'm an alien, apparently. I can function flawlessly on 3 to 5 hours of sleep for prolonged periods, but not indefinitely. Adaptation of this to normative 24 hour schedules means, I skip at least one night every other week so a slight deprivation would reset my sliding schedule to something more socially appropriate. Usually it has no noticeable impact.

I used to have nasty nightmares. Recurring, unexplainable. Until I learned to fly. Lucid dreaming can be trained and is liberating. Surely, my nightmares didn't just go away, they transformed in complex narratives that couldn't be easily cheated even with godlike powers over the environment. Of course, too much applied willpower wake up the dreamer, but even that have the advantage of possibility to recover memories of said dream, often achingly beautiful and seemingly meaningful to a degree for a time I almost believed series of such dreams are the real purpose of my existence.

Falling asleep is still a fearful moment, but I have learned to define reasons to wake up next morning every night. I know it's probably delusional to think I wouldn't otherwise, but I'm not inclined to test that anytime soon.

Just to add, religions would be of no function if people were rational creatures. Only by realizing one's own irrationality it can be mitigated.

 

[silver gurl]

Sleep is easy. Work, avoid caffeine later in the day, exercise, eat reasonably well.
There is always a reason someone can't sleep or can't sleep enough. Anxiety is a bitch but even that can be overcome for the purposes of sleep.
Most people don't think about their diet when it comes to sleep but if you aren't eating right, taking in too much caffeine, etc then your sleep is gonna suck. A healthy diet does wonders for the body and mind.

I do all that.

And nope,still can't sleep. But thank you.

 

[LupusDei]

On another more practical hint, mostly regarding difficulties to wake up: sleep cycles. Beyond power naps I try to plan my sleep in 90 minute increments. It's utter torture to try to wake up in a wrong phase, and an additional half hour can often lead you right there. Sure, it's also individual.

 

[Bad_Egg]

How many hours of gay sleep do you get?

Nothing worse than waking up and seeing only 20 minutes has passed. Lately, I have been getting 2-4 hours of straight sleep.

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[phrodeau]

...the innocent sleep,
Sleep that knits up the raveled sleeve of care,
The death of each day’s life, sore labor’s bath,
Balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course,
Chief nourisher in life’s feast.

— Macbeth, Act II Scene 2

 

[Comshaw]

Sleeping is one of those things I do easily. Do I like it? If I need it, yea. I've slept in some pretty uninviting places, so I can usually sleep almost anywhere. And when I do have them, even nightmares don't seem to affect the quality of my sleep.

When I go to bed I'm usually asleep in less than 5 minutes and sleep for 6 to 8 hours. At my age I wake every hour or so to turn over (old injuries and stiff joints need to be accommodated) but I'm right back to sleep within a few seconds. I don't nap much either. 3 or 4 a year is all.


Comshaw

 

[juttjaw]

Sleep has been a struggle for me since I started my job over 20 years ago. Being on call 24/7 with fuck some circadian rhythms up! I had used alcohol to make myself obliterated enough to fall asleep. That didn't end well. Now? A regular schedule, eating better, getting plenty of physical activity and no more alcohol have done wonders! That and I still take a shit ton of prescription sleep medication.

To the OP, I know exactly what you're talking about. When I was snuffing my life with alcohol, that is how I slept daily. It was more my body going into detox and needing some alcohol. When I had tried to stop drinking times before, it was horrible horrible nightmares. So real, that I swore they were life. Then again, when I was awake, hallucinations were a pretty normal thing.

I'm certainly not implying our problems are the same, just that I know what it is like. It's hell.

 

[neci]

i love sleep. curled up in bed with fluffy blankets and soft pillows. it is harder for me to fall asleep now than when i was younger. body aches and all that jazz. i've always been a side sleeper, now i need to sleep on my back. then there are times my brain won't shut off. melatonin seems to help me with that. no alcohol before bed, water only. my secret pleasure is day napping. i don't get to indulge very often, but when i do... it's magical.

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[Bad_Egg]

Your self-portrait explains why people have problems with you. Thanks!

Sleeping is one of those things I do easily. Do I like it? If I need it, yea. I've slept in some pretty uninviting places, so I can usually sleep almost anywhere. And when I do have them, even nightmares don't seem to affect the quality of my sleep.

When I go to bed I'm usually asleep in less than 5 minutes and sleep for 6 to 8 hours. At my age I wake every hour or so to turn over (old injuries and stiff joints need to be accommodated) but I'm right back to sleep within a few seconds. I don't nap much either. 3 or 4 a year is all.


Comshaw

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[Jasminelit]

I have a love hate relationship with sleep. I, usually, sleep very well. I also can induce lucid dreams, which is helpful when I start ruminating about work or whatever other stressor there is. I just don't like to go to sleep because when that time of night finally comes, I'm usually trying to wind down and still want some more time to myself.

 

[Fermina_Daza]

I love sleep. It seems a little hit and miss with me. I’ve had bouts of insomnia since my teens, sleepwalk, talk in my sleep, sleep paralysis, and night terrors. Not all the time. I did the overnight sleep study for sleep apnea (which was normal) and so got to stay for an MSLT.

As someone else said, it’s a lot of research. No access to electronics 90 minutes prior to bedtime, meditation techniques, routines. I refuse to take any sort of sleep medication. But I can get 9 hours on a good night and 4 hours on a bad one. I also take a 30-minute nap every day now too since the MSLT.

 

[MNGuy]

I love sleep. I didn't used to, I was tired all the time, and never felt rested.

Then I got diagnosed with sleep apnea. I got a CPAP machine, and love it.

I strap that mask on like a fighter pilot getting ready to take off. I turn off all electronics at least an hour before bedtime, read, sometimes have a bit of dark chocolate with milk, and I doze off pretty quickly.

Now with the CPAP, I'm not constantly waking up, and I dream again. I think I've had more vivid dreams in the past year than in the last ten without the CPAP.

I just wish I had a facehugger alien to put on my CPAP mask and hose.

 

[rae121452]

my dr. wanted to get me a cpap. fuck that. my cpap is vodka or gin.