Why Should I Envy Those Who Fall Asleep Easily?
By keshlois143
@keshlois143 (713)
Philippines
June 6, 2011 4:40am CST
Ever since I was a grade schooler, I had to sleep only during the night. yes, even Saturdays and Sundays I had to stay awake for the whole day because I was trained to really do the household chores at early age which of course I would never be regretful of because such training has been helping me a lot now that I am growing. I have been living out this system of sleeping only at nighttime throughout my college years and even until I had my day job. I never have a problem about this pattern of my sleeping time. I feel strong, kicking and sound everyday. However, my current situation does not allow me to really sleep well at night. I am nursing a kid whose sleep is not really constantly regular. I still do not sleep during the day and yet I used to have a choppy sleep during the night. I has been hard for me to perform well in the house and even in taking care of the kid. I feel seemingly weak physically because I do not get enough amount of sleep and rest.
Well, I supposedly to have a rest time in the day.That is when the kid sleeps. However, I really do not fall asleep easily. Usually, I have to have a prelude for at least one hour before I really fall to sleep. When I already sleep for a half hour, the kid wakes up and so, I have to get up too. This is difficult. I see others who can sleep anytime and no matter how choppy their nap time is. And I wonder what makes them that way and what makes me hard to adjust my sleep pattern?
2 responses
@cowboyofhell (3063)
• Philippines
6 Jun 11
I have the same problem not being able to sleep when desired. The result is that I escape criticism because it was true my poor performance came from my sleep irregularities so no one can put a finger to me that say i did not bring my best.
@megamatt (14290)
• United States
6 Jun 11
Well I don't know if I could say that I fall asleep easily. To me, falling asleep easily means that I am out like a light the second that my head hits the pillow. Then I remain out for eight hours of interrupted sleep. That is the ultimate level of just having sleep. There are a lot of variables in between. The ultimate bad night of sleep would not being able to get to sleep for hours and hours, until we are able to get to sleep and even then, we're not really asleep. We're just in that state to say the very least.
I think that most nights, I'm out within about fifteen to twenty minutes to say the very least. Therefore, I think that I get to sleep very well. It just really depends on my mood and how troubled my mind is. It is really a huge thing to try and get me to a state of great sleeping. Then again, I'm on a strict sleep pattern, have been so for at least the past fifteen years. If I stay up an hour later, then I know there is going to be trouble and I might as well just not sleep that day. I only take naps when I am sick.
