dying from insomnia?

Because the people who are deprived actually do have the ability to fall asleep. They will get a bit of REM sleep.

The others (I've had this) can NOT get a wink of REM sleep. That will mess you up in many ways.

my sleep is real poor the past few weeks, even my cpap seems to not be helping, everymorning I wake up and feel like I just came in from running a marathon, aching, sore, and tired.

maybe that's just part of getting older ;(

I have bypassed this until such time as I am forced into some ordinary room and cautioned to go to sleep, in which case I suppose I could get increasing agitated to the point of ...


But, anyway, me, I sleep because I finally figured out that it was turning the light out that woke me up.

So... I leave it on.
Over time, I've decreased the wattage. Say, a 40 watt bulb in a nearby lamp.

I admit I have no bed time lover. I know this is a ghastly idea for many here, but y'all ought to figure on it happening sometime.

So, as it is now, I can wake up and read and fall asleep again within seconds. No adjusting to do.

Mostly I just fall asleep, but the latest New Yorker is right there. And if I read it, it is only a page, plunk.....

So, in this routine, which I presume is obnoxious to many... I haven't missed sleep for a few decades.



On the other hand, my ex, when he couldn't sleep, would purposely get up and start working, say at 2:45 a.m. He'd use the energy... as it were.

Hard for me to understand this with my own body of not wanting to get up and work, but it seemed to work for him, when it happened.

But, he'd never even try to read a book. Awake, and up he'd go....



We are all different, differenter as we speak, and even more different tomorrow....