(Xposted in nostupidquestions) seems like it happens to too many people to just be insomnia?
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I’m no expert, but I personally think it has a lot to do with the habit of bringing up your huge amount of thoughts. When you’re up and doing things you’re typically thinking about…well…the things you’re doing. When you lay down to go to sleep for the night, you habitually start thinking about what happened during the day, what will happen tomorrow and probably what happened yesterday too. That’s a ton of information to process and likely triggers some type of anxiety that causes your brain to be on guard. As soon as I figured out how to meditate and focus on nothing but my breath, I’m able to fall asleep within a half hour every night, consistently.
Third time trying to post this question because the modbot kicked my ass for saying “dog tired”, and saying “evolutionary leftover?” . Please i just want to know things, bot.
Well, I learned years ago in my early 20s that we only require small increments of sleep in order to “re-up”. We can be hard core tired and we start drifting in and out of sleep. Our brains are grabbing at whatever it can get. It’s reached what it needs to work properly so BAM, wide awake again. I watched this thing on sleeping and people that believe they haven’t slept in months due to insomnia but in fact the brain actually turns itself on and off while their eyes are open etc. we don’t even realize it I guess. I’m just sharing what I remember about it and I’m not exactly right I’m sure.
If you’re not already in bed when you decide to give in to sleep, you have to stand up and move around. Even if you go straight to bed (as opposed to going potty, checking door lock, etc) the act of moving will increase your blood flow. This leads to more awareness and a more wakeful state.
*that’s off the top of my head, and should not be confused with an actual educated answer.
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