tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814771751990061325.post5226558519625315988..comments2023-11-26T01:21:35.860-07:00Comments on Mormon Mommy Writers and Friends: The Sleep Dilemma: Why I Love and Hate Being a Night OwlMarianne (Mare) Baker Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03663143060069193124noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814771751990061325.post-66056696090163562892014-05-04T23:23:39.640-06:002014-05-04T23:23:39.640-06:00You are just like my husband. Hopefully mornings a...You are just like my husband. Hopefully mornings are just as productive for you.Lacey https://www.blogger.com/profile/00821814832469246760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814771751990061325.post-59607007014398978422014-05-04T02:22:15.599-06:002014-05-04T02:22:15.599-06:00There is no way I will ever be a night owl I am in...There is no way I will ever be a night owl I am in bed bloody early most nights some nights it is an effort to stay awake till 8pm Jo-Anne's Ramblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11418152399382818709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814771751990061325.post-51913619405978912012014-05-03T18:49:57.642-06:002014-05-03T18:49:57.642-06:00I am not an insomniac but it does take me quite aw...I am not an insomniac but it does take me quite awhile to fall asleep at night. I love sleep and I try to get 8 hours a night, because without it I am short-tempered and spacey. My husband makes me so jealous- he can fall asleep at the drop of a hat. My side of the family calls him a narcoleptic. He actually once fell asleep in the middle of saying a prayer- yes, HE was the one saying it. He paused in a sentence and then started snoring. If we go to bed at the same time, I can literally say goodnight and then count down from 10 and by the time I hit 0 he is snoring. Which also doesn’t help me getting to sleep. ;-)<br /><br />Two things that help me- 1. Prayer. I always have a good long talk with God as I’m lying there. Helps me relax. 2. I once read a trick that works well for me- you imagine that someone is pumping sleeping gas through the vents in your house, so that every time you breathe in you are getting sleepier and sleepier. You can kind of trick yourself into falling asleep. Crazy.<br /><br />I think it’s a writer thing, though. We just can’t turn our brains off. KaseyQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18394640941485859111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814771751990061325.post-21968327164886495022014-05-03T09:21:32.077-06:002014-05-03T09:21:32.077-06:00Oh boy, I definitely understand how you feel about...Oh boy, I definitely understand how you feel about this! This happens to me all the time. I often show up at work with only 3 hrs of sleep. One night a few months ago I went to work with 0 hrs of sleep. Occasionally I actually get something done staying up, mostly if something is weighing on my mind I will try to finish that task in the hopes that I'll be able to sleep afterwards. I actually did finish writing my romance novel on one of my insomniac nights. But usually I just lay in bed and practice breathing slowly and allowing myself to relax. Someone told me that a friend of hers was an insomniac, never really sleeping more than an hour or two at a time. The dr told her that just laying down and resting could be just as rejuvenating to her body as sleeping as long she rested for several hours. This has helped to take away my stress as I lay in bed staring at the ceiling. As my mind wanders from this thing to that thing, I remind myself that this is my chance to rest and not stress about anything. It's my time for quiet interflection. It's still annoying not to be able to sleep when I'm extremely tired. But instead I try to listen to my thoughts and see if the Lord is trying to tell me something. I usually read scriptures and spend a lot of the sleepless nights in prayer. This means those sleepless nights are my chance to reconnect with myself and my relationship with God. So I'm learning to be thankful for them and hate them a little bit less.Nikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16328973674012805812noreply@blogger.com