Sleep . . .
Posted on June 16th, 2008 by Devin
There is so much value in getting regular, restful sleep. Sleep feels good. It’s healthy and necessary. Just because we promote healthy sleep habits for children doesn’t mean we should neglect it ourselves. If you’re having trouble sleeping, ask for advice. Then try things out until you create a comfortable sleeping environment, and protect that sacred sleep time as well as you can.
I’ll work on a follow-up to this at some point that deals specifically with insomnia. I’m off to bed now.
Sleep is one of the most important day to day activities in life. Less sleep could cause illnesses in long term. It affects your brain up to some extent. So sleep right and keep it tight!!
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Bhathiya Senanayake
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Heya Devin
*soft sigh* - yep I remember good nights of sleep.
Unfortunately, this is somethign I struggle with at the moment - I have a chronic cough that’s been with me since January, and is currently defying medical and specialist knowledge to find a cure for.
There’s nothing like waking up in coughing paroxysms every 45-60 minutes to make you appreciate a night where you *only* wake up coughing three or four times over the course of the night. And to make you look forward to the next night you get where you don’t wake up at all till the alarm goes off (that’s just an exercise in faith right now, but I have good a good doctor and specialist, and between them, they’re working through the various medical possibilities with me, so even if they can’t wave a magic wand and make it go away, there’s some hope there at least)
And there’s nothing like waking up every hour coughing to underscore to your conscious mind just how intertwined good sleep and being able to function well while you’re awake are.
I’ll look forward to reading the insomnia post when you write it - in the meantime, I’m practicing my mindfulness by noticing when I *have* had a better night’s sleep, and being grateful for it - and aiming not to allow that gratitude to be diluted by the frustration of knowing that it means nothing about whether I’ll have a good night’s sleep tonight. And then, when I do have a really bad night, practicing again by separating out what happened (I slept very brokenly, and woke up coughing frequently) from my reactions (it’s terrible that I can’t sleep, I’m going mad from lack of sleep, I can’t cope, I can’t function, I’m terrified the cough means I’m dying of some scary disease, blah blah blah blah…)
No, I can’t do manage to do it all the time, or perfectly, but that’s why they call it ‘practice’
Blessings
Starfire
Bhathiya - Thanks for the comment. I like your last sentence; it’s catchy!
Starfire - I’m starting the to think I’ll write the insomnia wihen I’m having trouble sleeping AND have some useful energy to collect my thoughts. Thanks for stopping by!