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I call that the 3am curse. Go to bed at 10 or 11 and wake up at 3am. Exhausted, but not at all sleepy. Prevention seem to be the key. Once I let the thoughts of not being able to get back to sleep creep into my consciousnesses, its game over. If I’m lucky, I’ll drift off for 20-30 minutes usually after hours of fighting to get back to sleep, but restful sleep is over for the night.
The thing that seems to work is to lay back down, get comfortable and let my mind go blank. Sometimes I will also start thinking about what I was last dreaming about if I can remember.
I feel like not being able to sleep has just become a habit. One that I am desperately trying to break.
On a typical night, I will lay down after 30-45 minutes of no electronics and limited light. Sometimes I fall asleep within 15-20 minutes, but sometimes it takes a couple of hours. Either way I always get up at least once to use the bathroom. Lately I have been going back to sleep after, but there have been times when I could not go back to sleep at all or will fall asleep for only 30-60 more minutes before I have to get up. Even on nights that I would estimate close to 7 hours of sleep, I often get up feeling wiped out and feel tired and cloudy all day long.
Today’s email definitely describes the process of NOT being able to fall asleep. As soon as I think about it, it’s game over. There are things I used to DO that would lead to sleep like counting sheep, picturing a happy place, etc. that used to get me to sleep, but after spending so much time laying awake doing those things, they don’t work anymore. I need to figure out how to stop the thought process that leads to laying awake for hours before it starts.
