Why do i not want to sleep?

Question

like..for the past few weeks ive been dreading going to sleep. its school time and this is really affecting me. i missed the bus this morning becauce i slept late..even though it was only an hour worth of sleep. seems like i just want to stay up.its an interesting matter. email me if you want to talk more on it

Answer 1

A: Your subconscious mind knows that as soon as you go to sleep, and wake up, it will be time for school, and your inner child would rather stay up, and play up. Use the following, and have a set routine: INSOMNIA: Exercise, but not within 2 hours of bedtime. Have a warm bath, or shower, an hour before bedtime, then a glass of very warm milk, possibly with Horlicks, or one of the herbal teas, below, and use dimmer lighting. Put your mind in a position where it wants to shut itself off, and sleep. See insomnia treatments, in much more detail than can be included here, in section 3, at ezy build, below. Use one of the relaxation methods, in bed, after lights out, on pages 2, 11, 2.c, or 2.i, but they can take some time to learn, (progressive muscular relaxation excepted) so learn and become proficient in their use during the day.

An alternative is to use the EFT, in section 53, and pages 2.q, and 2.o, saying to yourself: "Even though I currently have a sleep disorder, I deeply and completely accept myself." (or choose your own wording) while you use the acupressure tapping. Some more; quick, and easy to learn, are at http://www.umm.edu/sleep/relax_tech.htm The progressive muscle relaxation, (most easily learned) guided imagery, and mindfulness breathing are known to be effective.

Find out which works best for you, in the daylight hours, so you will be prepared, come bedtime. For many people, a good idea is to develop a set "wind down" routine for the last hour before bedtime, so your subconscious mind learns that it is time to put thinking aside, and prepare for mindfulness, (awareness, without cogitation/purposeful thought) or the EFT, in preparation for sleep, but the idea with mindfulness is to not even think about sleeping: just drift off, naturally, during exercising those techniques.

Avoid TV, computer, or anything exciting in this hour, although reading a BORING! book is a good idea. I suggest that you try using the EMDR variant, below, prior to the mindfulness, or the progressive muscular relaxation, but after the EFT, if that method is chosen. Experiment, to find which combination works best for you.

In section 3: INSOMNIA: PAGE O - INSOMNIA: A COMPREHENSIVE POST a variant of Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing therapy is shown, which has been used successfully for those people suffering from insomnia, depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and anxiety. It is easily learned, quick to use, yet can be very effective; although it is easy to be dismissive of such a seemingly unusual technique, give it a good tryout, for at least a few weeks, to see if it is effective in your case. I learned it from a book by a published clinical psychologist, and now use it every night, and find it works well.

Usually, I have a cup of chamomile herbal tea, an hour before bedtime, and employ many of the techniques in section 3. Others may prefer Sleepytime, by Celestial Seasonings, Relax, Be Sleepy, or valerian root, from supermarket tea, or health food aisles. Milk, or cream should not be used with herbal tea.

Answer 2

He ya, I am currently suffering from the same problem.

Keeping your mind active at night and stimulating it before you intend to go to bed can keep it from relaxing and letting you sleep,

You may think your getting more done in your day and getting more out of your day because your staying up, but you will soon find this isn't so.

Plan a time to sleep, and stick to it. If you keep these late nights up, you will upset your body's rest clock and you will find yourself suffering from insomnia. This is not a pleasant experience and is hard to reset your natural sleeping time for when you need the rest.

Try letting yourself relax and not stimulate your brain by eating, watching tv, listening to music or doing anything that involves interactive brain activity, at lease an hour before you plan to sleep.

These things should help let your body wind down and get ready to rest.

Good luck with the sleeping, work hard at it, because once you start getting good night sleeps your start feeling a lot better.

Answer 3

Maybe your dreading school and not sleep.

You probably realize, when you fall asleep, the next thing you know, it's time to get up for school.   You probably want to enjoy whatever little time is left at night.  School is back in session and you probably miss having so much time for yourself.  Good Luck and I hope you can get use to the back to school schedule.  

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Same thing happened to me.. but now that school is starting (and volleyball) i seem to be super tired and fall asleep right away. you have too much on your mind and need to get it out. hope this helps. thanks