Okay, I have a few test coming up..papers due and a career change coming very soon. Anyway, i'm a bit stressed.
Sometimes when I try to sleep I can't help but think about everything I need to do. I can't stop. ...it's a cycle, when I swim, i'm less stressed, but when it does creeps up on me I don't swim in he morning because i'm too tired in the morning to go, and I need to be rested for work which just makes me antsy the next day and so on. Well, I end up skipping days and days at the pool. Frustrating.
Swimming in the morning is usually the only time to go to be sure I can get a spot. How can I get myself to go in the morning, how can I sleep better at night? Have any of you come up with any strategies for this?
Cheers, :coffee:
Eric
Funny to see this post today as I had a horrible night last night. Took me 3 or 4 hours to get to sleep. This seems to happen in cycles for me. Haven't had a bad one in awhile--but I'm pretty sure it's hormonal. As soon as I lay down I feel something like an adrenaline rush, it's nuts.
Don't hormones and age just suck? I always know it's AF (for Kirk) time when it's impossible to fall asleep. I've been tossing and turning like crazy lately, but I'm currently blaming it on lack of real exercise.
Eric, I always have much more vivid dreams too! But I ALWAYS feel better when I exercise even if I feel like crap in the am. So try to force yourself to go. If you're tired in the afternoon, have a little (but not too much!) caffeine.
Funny to see this post today as I had a horrible night last night. Took me 3 or 4 hours to get to sleep. This seems to happen in cycles for me. Haven't had a bad one in awhile--but I'm pretty sure it's hormonal. As soon as I lay down I feel something like an adrenaline rush, it's nuts.
Don't hormones and age just suck? I always know it's AF (for Kirk) time when it's impossible to fall asleep. I've been tossing and turning like crazy lately, but I'm currently blaming it on lack of real exercise.
Eric, I always have much more vivid dreams too! But I ALWAYS feel better when I exercise even if I feel like crap in the am. So try to force yourself to go. If you're tired in the afternoon, have a little (but not too much!) caffeine.
