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I haven't been getting enough sleep lately.
I have a conflicted relationship with sleep.
I get excited about life and projects and relationships and I don't want to go to sleep.
Or I go through horrific nightmare cycles when sleeping is my enemy rather than my friend.
Or I am called to do a lot of work in dream time by my deities of choice, ancestors or local wights.
All of these things have been in play in the last month. And despite my inhuman constitution, my lack of rest is catching up to me.
So, I must get more sleep.
I have a conflicted relationship with sleep.
I get excited about life and projects and relationships and I don't want to go to sleep.
Or I go through horrific nightmare cycles when sleeping is my enemy rather than my friend.
Or I am called to do a lot of work in dream time by my deities of choice, ancestors or local wights.
All of these things have been in play in the last month. And despite my inhuman constitution, my lack of rest is catching up to me.
So, I must get more sleep.
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Date: 2012-03-14 04:26 pm (UTC)From:I am a mess if I don't get between 7.5 and 8.5 hours of sleep. It's pretty impressive, the effect sleep (or lack thereof) has on our physical and mental states.
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Date: 2012-03-15 12:02 pm (UTC)From:I take a supplement called 5-HTP that helps with insomnia.
I try to go to bed at a reasonable time.
I wear earplugs so outside sounds don't pull me out of shallow sleep.
And I'm told by my doctor that as I get older, I will sleep less.