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One thing is for sure: Reading stuff like that won't help me sleep any better. I have no problems falling asleep, but I keep waking up after five and a half ho
by oyvindeh 14y ago
One thing is for sure: Reading stuff like that won't help me sleep any better.
I have no problems falling asleep, but I keep waking up after five and a half hours. For periods, I can easily go back to sleep, but when I worry about waking up, I often can not got back to sleep.
I've just started reading "The Happiness Trap"[1]. It's about accepting the ups and downs of life as normal, but at the same time it tells how to handle negative thoughts and feelings better (without getting rid of them). A former Buddhist monk recommended it to me, and my girlfriend (who is a psychologist) also liked it. The title kinda sucks though. Let's see if it helps.
[1] http://www.amazon.com/The-Happiness-Trap-Struggling-Living/dp/1590305841/ http://www.amazon.com/The-Happiness-Trap-Struggling-Living/d...
- ralph 14y agoI recently read a news article that said making roughly in the middle of a night's sleep is natural and you should just expect to doze off again rather than worry about it occurring.
- EliRivers 14y agoThere is an argument that it's historically common. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segmented_sleep#Segmented_sleep_as_a_historical_norm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segmented_sleep#Segmented_sleep...
- oyvindeh 14y agoYes, I am aware of it. It's called segmented sleep[1]. Some think it is natural, but not everybody agrees[2]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segmented_sleep http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segmented_sleep [2] http://www.supermemo.com/articles/sleep.htm#Myths_and_facts http://www.supermemo.com/articles/sleep.htm#Myths_and_facts
- hkmurakami 14y agoI tend to wake up within the first 3 hours of falling asleep, and wake up 3-5 times over a 8 hour period. (When I had serious stress/anxiety issues, I'd wake up every night 1 hour after falling asleep). I haven't found a good remedy other than eating well and relentless exercise.