Smarter Sleeping 101

This week’s Insomnia Story comes from Laura Davis at the Liverpool Daily Post:

“‘WHY do undertakers have a preference for yellow cars?” I wonder during the early hours of the morning, after awakening from fitful sleep for the umpteenth time since I had gone to bed the night before.

The obvious reason would be that they are tired of wearing black and driving hearses but, on the other hand, police officers tend to go for blue cars, so maybe they quite like the colour of their uniforms.

Inane I know, but it was the best I could manage at that time in the morning, my limbs too exhausted to lift but my brain whizzing manically like a kid on Sunny D.

Pointless surveys aside, there is no shortage of absurd subjects to consider when it’s too late to get up again but there’s still ages before the central heating comes on.”

Read the rest here.

I’d like to start a new series called ‘Insomnia Stories.’ Each week I will post a story regarding an experience with acute or chronic insomnia. Many of us have stories we want to share about what keeps us up at night and how we’ve conquered it (or rather seeking advice on how to conquer it). If you would like to share your story on the Smarter Sleeping 101 blog, please email me at patrick@smartersleeping.com. Our first story comes from the fountainside blog:

“Based on everyone’s advice, I was really strategic about my bedtime last night. Comfy clothes, no TV, fluffy yet not too enthralling book (The Nanny Diaries) at the ready, a mindset to rest and not fall asleep.

The first half hour was great; I hit the pillow and five minutes later was asleep. According to Sam I was even snoring, which is brilliant (for me, obviously not for him).

Enter our neighbour’s muffler.

Words cannot describe how much I hate our neighbour’s beat-up old car. I dream about smashing in its windows and letting out its tires. This car not only causes its fair share of air pollution but makes a horrific, earth-shattering noise when it revs, like a succession of lawnmowers amplified by ten, always at odd hours of the night.”

Please continue with reading the rest of the story by visiting the fountainside blog here.