Does laying in bed awake make you less tired?
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I've often wondered the same when I've had a late night or an early start and when given the opportunity to 'catch-up' on my sleep I can't nod off.
I reckon that it's rest for the body certainly, so can't be bad but unless you're actually asleep you're not really resting your brain, so won't necessarily be any less tired than if you'd been up and about during that time.
I reckon that it's rest for the body certainly, so can't be bad but unless you're actually asleep you're not really resting your brain, so won't necessarily be any less tired than if you'd been up and about during that time.
tom2019 said:
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Just seems ive had 4 hours sleep and now im wide awake.., and hungry. But i do t really want to go do a 12 hour shift with just 4 hours sleep!I never could however get more than 4-5 hours during the day its why I hated working shifts. Is it new to you? You may settle down over time.
If not I used to find putting on a film that I had seen before (so didn't really need to concentrate on) would help me doze off
t night's 'light sleep' with not sleeping at all, to my mind I was laying there for 8 hours 'day dreaming' or staring at the ceiling - but 8 hours is a ftom2019 said:
Just seems ive had 4 hours sleep and now im wide awake.., and hungry. But i do t really want to go do a 12 hour shift with just 4 hours sleep!
I do it all the time at the mo'. I have a regular midday to midnight shift but when I get home I can't go straight to bed, so I watch telly, eat and have a drink. Usually in bed by 2am but up at 6.30am to start getting the kids to school.4.5 hours sleep a night with long days is making me very crabby and tomorrow I have a 4am start just to mix it up. I'm off today but there is no way I can persuade myself to go to bed at 10pm ish.
Yesterday I actually, for the first time, went back to bed around 10.30 in the morning for an hour's fitful sleep before going to work. That really feked me up for the rest of the day. Made me feel really disconnected and a bit like I was coming down with the flu.
I think it depends on what you're doing in bed. If you're lying there thinking about things, then you're stimulating your brain and you won't be resting. If you're just lying there and not thinking plus have your eyes shut, it's not ideal but better than your mind being really active and solving world hunger.
If you want to try there are 3 things to have a go at, you need to be in a nice dark room, comfy and tired(ish)
1) The simplest - Count backwards from 99 - 1, nice and slowly, breathing in and out slowly
2) You are the mayor of a settlement town, you need to decide what facilities you will build and in what order, so schools, hospitals prison etc
3) This one is of my own creation but I will often imagine a scenario that I am marooned on a desert island and how I would prepare shelter for myself, get rainwater etc
They all work on the same basis, to slow your mind down and get it off any thoughts that are keeping you awake, it takes some practice to keep focussed on them but they really do work, I had years of not being able to get to sleep (once I am asleep I am fine) due to my mind racing.
The first 2 were told to me by a guy who did hypnosis, they are a mild form of self hypnosis and he used to teach them to people who ran Dive schools as they would normally be hyped up after a days work and needed to rest
1) The simplest - Count backwards from 99 - 1, nice and slowly, breathing in and out slowly
2) You are the mayor of a settlement town, you need to decide what facilities you will build and in what order, so schools, hospitals prison etc
3) This one is of my own creation but I will often imagine a scenario that I am marooned on a desert island and how I would prepare shelter for myself, get rainwater etc
They all work on the same basis, to slow your mind down and get it off any thoughts that are keeping you awake, it takes some practice to keep focussed on them but they really do work, I had years of not being able to get to sleep (once I am asleep I am fine) due to my mind racing.
The first 2 were told to me by a guy who did hypnosis, they are a mild form of self hypnosis and he used to teach them to people who ran Dive schools as they would normally be hyped up after a days work and needed to rest
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I do a similar thing, but plan a Go-Cart grand prix around my local roads - think about the start line, best chicanes, use of different roads and potential obstacles etc.If Bernie decides to run a Hertfordshire Street GP series, I have the best tracks laid out for most major towns!
phil1979 said:
I do a similar thing, but plan a Go-Cart grand prix around my local roads - think about the start line, best chicanes, use of different roads and potential obstacles etc.
If Bernie decides to run a Hertfordshire Street GP series, I have the best tracks laid out for most major towns!
If Bernie decides to run a Hertfordshire Street GP series, I have the best tracks laid out for most major towns!
Liking that one a lot
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Another successful one, if you're in a darker mood, is planning the perfect assassination of an enemy - the approach, the act, the getaway, hiding evidence. It's quite fun in a macabre sort of way, and you can get quite inventive! Before you turn in to the Zodiac killer, you're usually asleep dreaming about kittens etc.Gassing Station | Health Matters | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff