Do you have trouble falling asleep?
thirstyfishinfo says:
It is ironic that I found this article given that I have had trouble sleeping the last few days. My problem is not that I can’t go to sleep, it is that I wake up early and then can’t go back to sleep. I use relaxation exercises, visualization and even a warm rice pack but to no avail. When I go on vacation, I sleep in every day with no problems. There is probably an insight to be gained there.
Do you have trouble falling asleep? What do you do to get a good nights rest?
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As a chronic insomniac, I’m always a little disturbed when I learn about the lingering cognitive effects of a bad night sleep:
In a study at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in 2003, for example, scientists examined the cognitive effects of a week of poor sleep, followed by three days of sleeping at least eight hours a night. The scientists found that the “recovery” sleep did not fully reverse declines in performance on a test of reaction times and other psychomotor tasks, especially for subjects who had been forced to sleep only three or five hours a night.
My problem with these studies is that they make me less likely to fall asleep. To understand why, let’s play a simple game with only one rule: Don’t think about white bears. You can think about anything else, but you can’t think about that. Ready? Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and banish the animals from your head.
insomnia is my white bear. My conscious goal is to fall asleepRead more at scienceblogs.com
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Eric Goldstein on Twitter November 5, 2009 4:56 pm
RT @thirstyfishinfo Do you have trouble falling asleep? http://amplify.com/u/tjw Sleeping is 1 thing that has yet to prove challenging for me
thirstyfishinfo on Twitter November 5, 2009 11:27 pm
Re: http://amplify.com/u/tjw @egoldstein I used to be that way too…I can go to sleep ok but keep waking up too early!
merriemarie November 6, 2009 4:15 am