Insomnia Support Group
Insomnia is a symptom, rather than a disease, and is characterized by inadequate quantity or quality of sleep. People with insomnia complain of difficulty falling or staying asleep, which results in significant impairment of daytime functioning. Insomnia is categorized as transient (shorter than one week), short-term (one to three weeks) or chronic (longer than three...
Kind of not directly on topic with insomnia but since stress is definitely a component of sleep success, I thought I'd ask.
For the record, by definition, I have slept good the last about week. Last night was my worst night and it wasn't horrible other that I woke up at 3:57 A.M. momentarily because of a noise(I woke up with one of my ear plugs out of my ear and I could hear what I believe was a mouse in the noise :(). Anyway, I fell back asleep in about 2 minutes once what ever it was stopped.
Even though by definition I'm sleeping good, I always wake up feeling tired and unable to get moving for over half hour. I think I'm either in serious sleep debt(I haven't been making it up; I've only slept how much a normal person would), or I'm not sleeping restorative. So I really don't know what to do about my energy level.
School also has started and I'm already starting to feel stressed out. Some of it is just because it's week 1 and I have to get all my course materials, register for billions of things on top of doing the actual work. Basically Monday-Thursday I'm on the total move all day from going to classes, working out , doing my online classes, and doing the homework for all classes. I'm struggling to say the least; I'm usually exhausted by around 3 or 4 P.M and actually want to go to bed(I don't but it definitely is my lounging hour...usually just lay down and rest but don't sleep).
But yeah, does anyone have any tips about stress management? 5 classes is 2 more than I've ever done at a time and I can see myself having another insomnia period if I don't start feeling calmer.
For the record, by definition, I have slept good the last about week. Last night was my worst night and it wasn't horrible other that I woke up at 3:57 A.M. momentarily because of a noise(I woke up with one of my ear plugs out of my ear and I could hear what I believe was a mouse in the noise :(). Anyway, I fell back asleep in about 2 minutes once what ever it was stopped.
Even though by definition I'm sleeping good, I always wake up feeling tired and unable to get moving for over half hour. I think I'm either in serious sleep debt(I haven't been making it up; I've only slept how much a normal person would), or I'm not sleeping restorative. So I really don't know what to do about my energy level.
School also has started and I'm already starting to feel stressed out. Some of it is just because it's week 1 and I have to get all my course materials, register for billions of things on top of doing the actual work. Basically Monday-Thursday I'm on the total move all day from going to classes, working out , doing my online classes, and doing the homework for all classes. I'm struggling to say the least; I'm usually exhausted by around 3 or 4 P.M and actually want to go to bed(I don't but it definitely is my lounging hour...usually just lay down and rest but don't sleep).
But yeah, does anyone have any tips about stress management? 5 classes is 2 more than I've ever done at a time and I can see myself having another insomnia period if I don't start feeling calmer.
There are many, many other ways. Previously mentioned gross physical impact activity, like punching or kicking the big heavy cylindrical punching bag. Especially good at relieving stress.
Of course one of the best ways is to understand stress is really more of how we react to perceived stressful events rather than the events themselves. Our reactions are something we can control.
But I have an idea that as you settle into your school lifestyle you will be so busy during the day that you will naturally start sleeping better at night. Just try to keep your regular sleep-wake schedule best you can to help regulate and synchronize your circadian rhythm and sleep drive. And don't worry if you have a restless night now and then. No one sleeps perfect all the time. You'll be fine.
Good luck. Thanks for update.