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chhotiiOK, OK, I admit, insomnia sucks.
Leading insomnia researchers say, if you don't
fall asleep in half an hour, get up and do something.
Not watching television, that's too stimulating.
Surfing the web and reading LJ are like TV, so
those are bad things to do when you have insomnia
too.
So what to do? Being sick is boring enough during
the day.
Reading is the best activity for passing time
during insomnia. It's distracting, worthwhile,
and doesn't interfere with drifting towards sleep
when your brain is ready to do the sleep thing.
But there's no printed material in the house I'm
interested in reading right now, because being
sick makes me feel too scatter-brained to follow
anything complex. Anything requiring brain-power
is out because I feel like my brain is dripping out
my nose, anything remotely relating to politics is
out because remembering Tuesday causes great
emotional anguish that's way worse than boredom,
baby books are out because I read Dr. Spock for
2 hours before bed and I'm sick of reading advice.
Other good thing to do when you have insomnia, if
you can't stand to read, is useful stuff such as
housework. I could fold the laundry. I feel too
physically tired to do housework, though. I want to
lie down until the battle against the virus has
turned. It's just so boring to lie there when my
brain won't go to sleep, and emotionally distressing
too when, having nothing to distract, fruitless
thoughts about politics or other such frustrating
things start going around in circles.
I thought I'd be able to sleep after the election,
once that little voice that would prod me awake
saying you should write please-vote letters to
600 potential swing-state voters would just have
to shut up because the game is over. But no, it's
almost 3:30 and I've been awake for 2 hours. OK, OK,
I have learned helplessness like a good little
electrified rat, can't I at least sleep now?
Starting to feel great sympathy for people who
resort to meds to sleep. Unfortunately, I can't
make use of any such options right now, and have
to deal with my disfunctional brain chemistry as
it is.
Leading insomnia researchers say, if you don't
fall asleep in half an hour, get up and do something.
Not watching television, that's too stimulating.
Surfing the web and reading LJ are like TV, so
those are bad things to do when you have insomnia
too.
So what to do? Being sick is boring enough during
the day.
Reading is the best activity for passing time
during insomnia. It's distracting, worthwhile,
and doesn't interfere with drifting towards sleep
when your brain is ready to do the sleep thing.
But there's no printed material in the house I'm
interested in reading right now, because being
sick makes me feel too scatter-brained to follow
anything complex. Anything requiring brain-power
is out because I feel like my brain is dripping out
my nose, anything remotely relating to politics is
out because remembering Tuesday causes great
emotional anguish that's way worse than boredom,
baby books are out because I read Dr. Spock for
2 hours before bed and I'm sick of reading advice.
Other good thing to do when you have insomnia, if
you can't stand to read, is useful stuff such as
housework. I could fold the laundry. I feel too
physically tired to do housework, though. I want to
lie down until the battle against the virus has
turned. It's just so boring to lie there when my
brain won't go to sleep, and emotionally distressing
too when, having nothing to distract, fruitless
thoughts about politics or other such frustrating
things start going around in circles.
I thought I'd be able to sleep after the election,
once that little voice that would prod me awake
saying you should write please-vote letters to
600 potential swing-state voters would just have
to shut up because the game is over. But no, it's
almost 3:30 and I've been awake for 2 hours. OK, OK,
I have learned helplessness like a good little
electrified rat, can't I at least sleep now?
Starting to feel great sympathy for people who
resort to meds to sleep. Unfortunately, I can't
make use of any such options right now, and have
to deal with my disfunctional brain chemistry as
it is.
