How Did You Sleep Last Night?

[TLight]

I haven't slept worth crap in decades.

Last night was no different. I feel terrible today. Spend my whole entire day trying desparately to relax enough to take a nap........but it never seems to work. In and out of bed trying to sleep. Seems this is what my life consists of.

Meds are helping anymore, again.

 

[Jim Stavros]

Sorry to hear that...I havent slept well in decades...I usually get 3-5 hours, restless, and I take a 1-5 min nap in afternoon....

 

[jasmin]

I am so tired all the time. I sleep but wake up many times and never really have any deep sleep. Today someone mentioned my eyes were puffy due to lack of sleep :( Anyone got any methods of getting a nice deep sleep?

Hey wish I could help you.. There are lots of methods out there to try and lull one into a sleep, I think it's just about finding what works best for you. Addy suggested meditation which is a good one. Also dim lights, relaxing music, a glass of warm sweetened milk or tea etc (This site has some good tips: [DLMURL]http://www.sleep-aid-tips.com/[/DLMURL])

I dreamed lots of things last night. One was that I had witness 2 murders.. I had recalled it and began trying to figure out what happened.. both victims had their hearts removed and placed atop of dressers or mantle pieces. My mother was dating a man named Adrian (my old supervisor) who murdered a man named Dave who was a friend of his. The other murder was committed by John (a real life workmate) I think the victim was a pizza delivery guy or something. The events themselves had taken place years ago but I had only just recalled and now these people (perpetrators) were out of our lives. I was flooded with guilt of having not reported the crimes and just stood by as they perished. Time sequences in the dream were muddled. It was all set in a house that seems so familiar but I do not know why.. I do not recognize it. I was the age I am now but living in a child's bedroom (a filthy cluttered room like the ones from my childhood) with a mattress on the floor.

Another dream was something about a bunch of old school mates blackmailing some company by moving all the Kangaroos to a small island outside of Australia. And starving another creature.. what were they? eels? Lizards maybe? I can't recall for what purpose but it was worthy.

Another dream about Mary Tyler Moore(?) being dumped by her husband because she could not wash a car (she only sprayed them with bitumen) and she worked in a little teeny box store that sold rare but useless artifacts and trophies.

Argh crap.. sorry about the long post. Haven't got around to whipping out my dream journal as of yet so I thought I'd just note it here and do the transfer when I have the time :/
Hope it doesn't offend.

 

[KP the nut]

I slept well despite having a 3 hour rest/nap in the afternoon.

I felt safe, warm and protected snuggled with my H

 

[Anna]

If find napping really helps as well :) I work shifts, so sometimes find it hard to get more than 5 hours of shut eye a night. Also I find it hard to fall asleep before 12am. My mind is spinning with thoughts. I wish we had an off button we could press!

 

[Lionheart]

I have chronic fatigue syndrome and suffer from hypersomnia. I have been keeping a sleep log and I average from around 10 and half hours of sleep to 12 hours per night. I am hoping that I am not having a relapse as it is nothing to sleep 14 plus hours a day, when the symptoms flare up. The good news is that I haven't had any nightmares in awhile and I am thrilled about that!!!:)

 

[AngelaMarie]

I am wanting to sleep all the time!! I could barely hold my eyes open all day. I know it's a sign of depression and running away from pain. I hope it gets better soon because my boys are soon out for summer vacation. Maybe having them around everyday will help me snap out of this a little bit.:confused:

 

[Crl1983]

Finally fell asleep at almost 5 a.m. Woke up about 15 minutes to 6, tossed and turned for a while and fell back asleep about 6:30. Slept til about 10:00 a.m., but woke up twice during that time. I'm running on dark, strong coffee.

 

[seedling]

I had a mostly restful sleep. I dreamed my morning vivid dreams and even had what is usually my scary "deep water" dream without a lot of emotion.

My deep water in the dream this time was a deep gray lake in Scotland under a cloudy sky. I walked up to the edge of the lake and could see distinctly under the water a huge orange patterned octopus. I remember saying "Who would ever expect to see a giant octopus in a Scottish lake"?! Maybe it wasn't scary because it seemed funny at that point.

The octopus did end up trying to grab me but I got its tentacles off of me and just managed to get away.

 

[jasmin]

Went to sleep around 3 (damn noisy housemates!) and slept through to 8. Could have gone for more but "meh"..
I had a night full of dreams, they were not really nightmares as I did not find them scary although the subjects themselves were terrifying. But I cannot recall what they were now.. RAWR! something about murder.

 

[Srain]

FIRECRACKERS!!! ... just as I was finally out of pain and sleeping those few precious hours I have until I am in all over again all day long...

What is wrong with these people??? There's been thunder and lightening every single afternoon, for over a week, beautiful and sizzling hot in the day! But it pours and crashes for hours so that once it stops I finally have the pups chilled out enough to allow myself to call it a day and get out of my misery. I get to try to catch that fragile body wave of my mine that allows one time a day, IF I'm lucky, for a few hours of sleep with the help of meds still. But even with those it's is never a sure thing so I'm hoping to not hear another storm.

KAPOW!! KAPOW!! BANG!! (I swear it's 2 doors down or right across the street.) I have earplugs in and jump up, I can't believe this, I'm nauseous the pain in my legs and gut are so bad :cry: but I'm so f**king furious!! All the little doggies have had to go through all these lightening storms, power outages, and crap for a week and now some foolish drunk and is starting this crap up again??? NOPE!!! I ran out the front door and screamed, "KNOCK THAT SH*T OFF NOW!!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!"

Apparently my assumption of who it was doing it was setting them off was correct because that was the end of that. but I hate that. My husband just sat that looking at me. :( I know I elevated my status as most hated in the neighborhood, but I was at least able to get a little more rest.

Raining on parades, though they are illegal

 

[seedling]

I've had a revelation about my octopus/deep water dream that I wanted to share.

I realized that the feeling I had during my trauma, when I was in the helicopter going with my son to the trauma center, is the same feeling I've had off and on during my lifetime when I've been swimming in dark, deep water and have to concentrate not to panic and lose control. The same feeling that I've had come up in my dreams of deep water. (I have no idea what the octopus represents!!)

In the helicopter I had some sense of a dark thing bubbling up inside of me and made myself talk and look down at the ground below to keep it under control. I think I really just wanted to scream.

Yay! A real, identified feeling connected to those dissociated moments of the trauma. Something to work with.