Posted on 07/20/2007 2:09:28 PM PDT by tlj18
I have a question for you all. I'm kind of curious. I have a tendancy to sleep for very long periods of time when I don't set my alarm or sleep through my alarm. I will almost always sleep for around 12 hours without an alarm. I can get up no problem without the alarm. Normal people might sleep for 8 hours. Two nights ago I slept for about 15 hours, although I was up for 34 hours before that (that has made this whole week hard to keep track of what happened in what day :-) ). Yesterday I was up for 15 hours, then slept for 11 hours. Yeah, 34 hours is a lot, but still that amount of sleep is typical, unfortunately. I have enormous resistance to seek medical help, considering my occupation (Soldier) and my aspirations (U.S. Army Special Forces). I suppose it could be stress-related. I'm somewhat vulnerable to stress, but I will get the mission accomplished, no matter the stress level or other intervening stuff.
Any ideas?
Well, though, I must admit that I am more of a night person than a morning person. In the morning, I may have faster reaction times, but in the evening, I can think much clearer.
Do you work in the Power trades?
True, although external cues (daylight, temperature changes, birds making noise, etc.) are a natural part of our sleep/wake cycle system, so I don’t know that the results one gets when they’re removed provide any reliable information about what amount of sleep is “natural”. And of course, at the turn of the century, the vast majority of people were still spending most of their day engaged in fairly vigorous manual labor of one sort of another, and quite possible needed more sleep than if they’d been leading a less physically demanding life.
One thing that is certainly natural is to sleep more in the winter (i.e. when nights are longer), and less in the summer. That is a factor that’s been pretty much wiped out by the combination of convenient electric lighting everywhere, and work and school schedules which are fixed year-round.
Power trades?
Scared the crap out of my wife who had never seen me curl up into a fetal position because of pain...
If you work your a@@ off for about ten hours a day this problem will subside.
bflr
OOps. Big mistake. Saw that you are a soldier. Withdraw my comment. Hope you find relief.
Make sure you sleep uncomfortably. Like where your ribs hurt and your knees jam up and your arm falls asleep . I used to be able to get up early before I fell into this despicable bliss.
I recently got a new pillow top mattress, firm underneath and some high count cotton sheets (1000 count from Sam’s club) FABULOUS sleeping now.
I always dream in color (peas in a pod, no?). Flight dreams are the best. Although I do really enjoy underwater dreams. Remember you are in control in your dreams. When you forget that they become nightmares. You might find at times that you are partially awake when you start to take control. Just relax, take control and enjoy the show. Please fell free to laugh at my analogy, but I liken it to the Matrix. You are the One.
Don't mention it. I would have responded sooner, but I just woke up.
Although, I had a generally intellectual AIT, so you got sleepier a lot more. Some people would take caffeine pills and the like. I strongly resisted energy drinks until the very end (Full Throttle was my specialty). But I quit it on the very last day of school, and won't touch it again unless I have to (I mean, really have to). If you sit down in front of a computer dispassionately for many, many hours, the sleep monster will get you. Guaranteed. Especially when concentrating on what you're doing is counterproductive (i.e., copying Morse Code)...
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