so its 5 am on a monday morning have to be at work in about 3 hours and have not got a wink of sleep since around 11 am sunday morning... so far I have watched 2 movies, the oriley factor, and now on to huckabee, a lot of facebooking, and .oRging.... So what do you all do when you cannot sleep?
Nick,
I have this problem often, and I used to beat my head on the wall when I was 16 yrs old trying to knock myself out, drove my parents crazy.
I then just started realizing I am not just a night owl, but that I have insomnia.
My best friend whom I grew up with had Narcolepsy and could not go into the armed forces because of this.
It is just one of those things that we have to deal with. I usually do not get to bed before 11pm and wake up B/4 the alarm clock at 4am, I am then on the Busa and out the door at 5am and get off work at 5pm.
I am the slacker of the family, My Wife is even more active.
I just allow myself the time in bed to reflect on the people around me and do not worry too much about the sleep. It will come when you need it.
There are times on the weekend when your body says "I am just going to sleep in today" and you rejuvenate the sleep pattern.
Bottom line: Do not think you can Will yourself to sleep, it just makes it harder.
Bubba
PS. Go to Fussen and the Southern Castles of the German area and Austria, Great landscapes to fall asleep to!