Comments on: what’s your relationship to sleep?

By: Temperature Check: What’s Your Quality of Life? | Life After College

Temperature Check: What’s Your Quality of Life? | Life After College — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:34:28 +0000

[...] at work lately, which has negative ripple effects on all the other areas of my life. In a recent White Hot Truth article about our relationship to sleep, the author quotes the following message: “Tiredness is a [...]

By: Zura

Zura — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:36:56 +0000

I have never slept much. All my life the people around me, and society in general have tried to make me believe i need to sleep more. I"m almost 60 yrs old and i still stay up all night at least once a week because I get started on something and don't want to go to bed til I finish it.

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By: SAS

SAS — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:40:46 +0000

Hmmm. This is a really good thought, almost obvious -- yet I haven't quite connected the dots on this before. I love this. Thank you!!

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Danielle LaPorte has major style - Cool Tweeps on Twitter: MaTweeps — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:46:39 +0000

[...] just has that effect on people. She helped me realize that I’m largely driven by pain, that I sleep too much, and that I already have the [...]

By: Suzyn

Suzyn — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:49:16 +0000

Since I'm still nursing my 17-month-old 2-3 (ok, sometimes 5) times a night, I'd characterize my relationship with sleep as a flirtation! When I explain to my non-parent friends that I haven't gotten more than 5 straight hours of sleep for over a year, they look appalled!!! I can't say I'm at the top of my game, but I'm not babbling in a corner, either... most of the time! ;) I find that my feelings about my "sleep deprivation" vary wildly depending on how I choose to think about it. If I get into a grumpy spiral, I can get a fair ways down the "oh, woe is me, I'm going to get seriously ill" path before I snap out of it. But when I choose to focus on the fabulous cuddles I get all night, and the benefits to my little guy's health, I'm just as energetic as I was when I was single!

By: Vi

Vi — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:21:02 +0000

I get irritable when I don't sleep enough. Sleep is very important for my well-being and for the sanity of my husband. It's true that sometimes, I will remain awake for a certain situation or project that I truly care about. But it's unsustainable for me. You can only run on adrenaline for so long before you crash.

By: Safina Ruda

Safina Ruda — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:56:24 +0000

I experience the same relationship with my sleeping patterns. Lately I've been stressed out and find myself going to bed much earlier than normal but just last week when I was working on something I was passionate about I went to bed at 3am! Thank you for sharing the link to Brahma Kumaris :)

By: Kristin Silveira

Kristin Silveira — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:19:44 +0000

I am an on call nurse for a home care agency. I frequently get calls in the night to help families in crisis. It is not hard to get out of bed and go to make that visit when I know I am going to help them when I get there. Not that I don't need to catch up the next day though...

By: Pearl Mattenson

Pearl Mattenson — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:09:20 +0000

I guess I am in a "yes and..." place about this. For me, when I am truly engaged in something with every fiber of my being and passionate, I don't need as much as sleep and the work, task, living, energizes me. AND, I need a loty of sleep. My rhythm is that I rise early and go to be early and when that rhtym gets disrupted for too long,,,I crave that 14 hour sleep that I aced when I was a teenager.

By: Metaphysical Junkie

Metaphysical Junkie — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:23:41 +0000

Thanks for posting this! I need to read this the next time I start complaining about being tired.