Day 223: I can't sleep

So sleep is something we all do, whether you enjoy sleeping or not, we all require it naturally, as a form of stasis where the immune, nervous, skeletal and muscular systems recuperate. This also comes with the added benefit of recharging neurons, and helping proliferate brain cell growth.

Once we are asleep we begin to flow between NREM (Non rapid eye movement sleep), and REM (Rapid eye movement sleep). Dreams and Nightmares happen during REM sleep, while NREM is considered to be the deepest part of sleep, where no eye movements or muscle paralysis occur.

Then what is encompassed in our unconscious mind can come through during sleep, where certain unresolved long standing issues we are dealing with in our life can determine what type of dreams/nightmares we have. As many other people experience I haven't had a dream in a long time, and there is plenty of chemicals and technology that can affect what a person will or will not experience when they go to sleep, which we will cover further in future posts.

But what can help us get to sleep easier? And what can stop us from getting to sleep in the first place? Well there are many things, again many chemicals and technology can affect how easily you can get to sleep. But what I want to focus on within this post, is the effects of things we cause ourselves,

meaning our own thoughts.

I have always been a night owl, where going to bed at 2 am is considered an early night for me, many have called me an insomniac, and while there are often many work related factors as to why I sleep so late, but sometimes it is because of cycling through thoughts, as well as just disregarding and almost avoiding sleep.

I wired myself years ago to be completely comfortable just having 4-6 hours of sleep every night. But in more recent times I have been struggling to get to sleep more consistently, and when I get to sleep I don't want to wake up.

Sleep deprivation is a serious problem, and if you do your research you can find our about all of the side effects of not sleeping. Many Scientists and Governments around the world have documented and disclosed information about the serious effects of sleep deprivation.

I have found that as more responsibility has grown in my life, as I have aged, I have built more stress, more things to take care of, more people to look after, and 24 hours in a day seems to be more crammed.

I mean i don't get physically tired easily in the first place, but then when you add in too much thinking, then its obvious why I have been struggling to sleep.

But I am not willing to continue to allow thoughts in my head to dictate when I sleep, so I am in the process of learning to change my mind in relation to sleep, to support my body through making sure I maximise my sleep and I give myself 4-6+ hours every night comfortably.

So if you have also been having sleep issues, then join me next week as I continue to explore this and change what I can here, to be whats best for all.