A Sleep Theory

[drgnfl2078]

I've looked at other's posts and I am glad to hear others sleep a lot too! I've been sleeping a lot lately...even went in to do a sleep study. ::rolls eyes:: I slept there over night then did a multiple sleep latentcy test...their findings were this: You have excessive daytime sleepiness. Really? No sh*t sherlock that was my complaint when I came in. Anyways...

I have a theory about why I'm sleeping so much. I've heard that new borns sleep so much because their neural pathways in their brains are being created. I feel like I'm learning a new way of thinking...perhaps people with PTSD sleep a lot because we are re-writing our neural pathways in our brains. Learning how to cope and deal with things in a correct way...perhaps thats why we sleep so much. Perhaps sleeping is healing.

Another sleep question...when I sleep I dream SO vividly. The sights, sounds, smells are so very real. And I think I feel more in my sleep than I do while awake. Does anyone else dream so vividly?

 

[OKRADLAK]

If I could sleep, I could heal!!

 

[drgnfl2078]

Ambien is my friend. We are very close!

 

[Gamereign555]

Yes I have had some quite vivid dreams as well, I take restoril every few days and it makes me sleep a lot. If I don't I hardly sleep at all if I go too long without taking it.

 

[seedling]

I have vivid dreams frequently, often in color. They used to be more chaotic but now (after a year of therapy and some processing) they are like a long story of what I'm currently dealing with. I like it when I can remember at least some of them so I can think about what it means.