Thursday, October 13, 2005

When It Goes, It Goes Far Away

When you are in the groove...the sleeping groove...you can just put your head down, and you are asleep in seconds and you are out all the way until your alarm goes off 7 or so hours later. When you are in the groove, you think, man, I really sleep well, I feel sorry for those people who can't. Why can't those other people just relax? 'cause I have no problem with this. I do this well. You go to bed, you fall asleep, you stay asleep, you wake up.

As if you are making some sort of decision about it.

And then you lose the groove. Sometimes you can't fall asleep. Other times you wake up early. Still other times you'll be awake in the middle of the night for a few hours. Confusion strikes. What is going on here? I'm tired, I'm resting, I should sleep. Can't sleep. Hmmmmm. Sometimes it's a tossy-turny thing, sometimes you are perfectly comfortable, but you are just awake. And you think, what am I doing differently? Why can't I cool off? These pillows suck! And they were expensive! 4 hours...3 hours...ackk!

And there is clearly nothing decision-like about it.

8 Comments:

At 10/13/2005 8:51 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I lost the groove about a month ago for a couple of weeks and it was awful! Because after a while it's like when baseball players get psyched out - you start thinking about it too much and then it only gets worse. Fortunately it seems to have passed. Getting up before the sun shines seems to help, because by nine-thirty I can barely keep my eyes open.

 
At 10/13/2005 8:59 AM, Blogger Teodoro Callate said...

I'm in that psyched out mode. Last night I was entirely focused on how my head was too hot, and I couldn't cool it off.

My head. I was trying to cool off my head.

There's an important metaphor there.

 
At 10/13/2005 9:28 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I've been thinking about this too!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circadian_clock

 
At 10/13/2005 10:19 AM, Blogger Teodoro Callate said...

DNA - I've long thought that I'd do better...physically, emotinoally, cognitively...on a 25-hour schedule. Though recently, all that would mean is an extra hour to stare at the ceiling at 3 in the morning.

 
At 10/13/2005 2:02 PM, Blogger Kevlar Pinata said...

I go through bouts of insomnia. I'm not in one now, but that just means that one is around the corner. I know it doesn't work for many people (and apparently incites nightmares in some), but melatonin has been a great help to me during my insomniac times. Its efficacy has been the subject of many debates, but it does seem to work for me.

"Melatonin Nightmares" would be a great band name. (Teo: That was for you.)

 
At 10/13/2005 3:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

What did I hear about melatonin that made me start taking it? Oh yeah ... that it promotes the growth of facial hair. So I stopped.

 
At 10/13/2005 3:01 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

STOP taking it. Hearing that made me STOP taking it. Apparently, I should go look for coffee.

 
At 10/14/2005 9:34 AM, Blogger Vinnissimo said...

Try a nice calcium kool-aid cocktail.

works everytime


((ha ha ha ancient Canadian secret))

 

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