Nate Berg is slowly losing his mind
ugggg
3 weeks ago
so the doc gives me valiums…i eat them…no sleepy…bullshit..what is wrong with me?
How to improve my sleeping habits
It made me
Exhausted 
"The longest road I've been on. "
How I did it: It takes discipline to truly handle this "thing".
Lack of sleep is terrible. And it's very hard to overcome.
First I had to try a bunch of tricks:
- Work out more to exhaust myself. Kinda worked.
- No caffeine drinks after 1 PM. Very hard.
- Go to bed at the same time every night. Get up at the same time every morning. Nearly impossible.
- Reduce stress. This is a real suggestion given by doctors, chiropractors and sleep specialist. The catch 22 is lost of them. I wouldn't be stressed if I could sleep.
- I journaled.
- I cut out noise.
- I cut out light.
Lessons & tips: I really didn't know why I couldn't sleep. Once I tried the numerous steps to better sleeping habits, I figured out what was keeping me awake.
I personally didn't go to bed at a consistent time. I would be completely overstimulated late at night then expect to turn off the lights and go to bed. You get the picture. By eliminating things, trying out some steps for two weeks at a time, I figured out what worked.
The best thing to do is reduce your stress. It's like being kissed by angels when you finally do this and get a full night of sleep.
I go to bed at a regular time every night. I've been doing this for one month and get sleepy about a half an hour before my "bedtime". I don't answer the phone, I turn off the TV and log off the computer. Tuning out helps.
Resources: Too many books, pamphlets and articles to help. Ask your doctor then research the hundreds of books out there. Some were too fluffy for me, but you might be the fluffy type. Some were really therapy driven, and you might hate that. Pick an expert who analyzes the problems and has solutions based on your likes.
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Nate Berg is slowly losing his mind
ugggg
3 weeks ago
so the doc gives me valiums…i eat them…no sleepy…bullshit..what is wrong with me?
theloveismultiple feh.
IM GIVING UP
6 months ago
CAN’T DO IT.
or to be more precise, I can do it, I have done it, but I only end up fugging up my sleeping habits again shortly afterward.
Trauma_Junkie needs to clean up her goals list.
COmpleted
2 years ago
this one. i really think It was just the changes in schedule that were killing me. Now and then I expect to have a few more sleep problems but none as severe as when I adopted the goal.Yay
Trauma_Junkie needs to clean up her goals list.
I've been doing
2 years ago
quite well on this again. But now it seems I may be sleeping a bit too much. Working nights is difficult, I just get so tired!
THe actual being at work is not the problem its the day after, when I just want to get up and eat and then go back to sleep.
Trauma_Junkie needs to clean up her goals list.
Arrrrugh
2 years ago
I had a feelign this might happen.
With the switch to nights, I have been sleeping well during the day, except now on my days off, I also want to stay up all night and sleep during the dy. This usually occurs for a week or two. Luckily I don’t have too much going on so I can adjust a little, but it is annoying to be feeling this sleepy and getting my 8 hours in small chunks…...
Trauma_Junkie needs to clean up her goals list.
I think my
2 years ago
disturbed sleep is a thing of the past now. It may have been related to my less than ideal living situation, less than ideal work situation, comign together. Now I am working night shift which presents a new and different set of challenges. I’ll leave this up for a week or so to make sure I am sleeping well and the i hope to say, “I’ve done this!”
Trauma_Junkie needs to clean up her goals list.
finally
2 years ago
I had a really good nights sleep yesterday. I am so so delighted that I did because now I can cope with all the crud that is going on with housing for my next contract.
Trauma_Junkie needs to clean up her goals list.
darn it all
2 years ago
this just isn’t working. I believe it might be the constant changing of my shcedule and shift. Today I got called at 11:22 am to come in at 12 noon. I made it but I was certainly annoyed ALL day long, as well as tired out.
Tomorro I got to work at 7 am…
New schedule coming on up in October. So yay.
