Wow I am tired! This is definitely the most sleepy I have felt after my core. I'm wondering if the extra 8 minutes I had past 3:30 hours was enough to push me into deep sleep, because this is seriously uncomfortable!
Normally when I wake up from my core I am a bit groggy, and I have a desire to go back to sleep. Today I am having to try extremely hard to fight off sleep: If I were to lay / sit down I would be asleep in seconds.
I also am switching from black to green tea after this sleep for the first time, to try and reduce the amount of caffeine in my system.
Now I'm off to listen to loud music and do the washing up!
Sleep 2
06:13
to 06:38
(0:25 hours)
I was extremely tired this morning: I think this was one of the toughest nights yet.
I was planning on taking this nap at 6:30, but I was so tired that I couldn't stay awake and I thought it's better to take my nap a little early than to fall asleep randomly without an alarm.
I napped on the sofa down stairs, and surprisingly it took a few minutes to fall asleep. I feel better than before my nap now, but I still feel very sleepy.
The weird thing is that when I was laying down to sleep, my heart seemed to be beating hard and fast. Today I had a green tea instead of a normal tea, so I should have less caffeine in my system. It felt very much like I had taken some kind of stimulant...
Sleep 3
12:30
to 12:55
(0:25 hours)
Today I started the process of pushing this nap back towards 1:00pm.
This morning I felt really tired - it feels like a real step backwards from yesterday. I cycled home at lunch time and passed out on my sofa.
I feel better now but still not 100%.
Sleep 4
16:58
to 17:23
(0:25 hours)
I had been taking this nap earlier each day, and I have been struggling to stay awake at the end of the day. I have pushed this back to 5:00pm in the hope that it will help me have more energy at night.
Sleep 5
23:29
to 02:52
(3:23 hours)
Last night I went to bed at 23:30 and fell asleep pretty much straight away, only to be woken by a horrible dream.
I dreamt that I was outside and walking through a park, and I walked up to a group of people that I knew and started talking to them. They all gave me a really odd look, and then their faces morphed into complete strangers. I thought I was awake and this was happening, and that my sleep schedule had made me hallucinate, which made me wake up instantly.
I opened my eyes and could see my bedroom, but I was sliding slowly to the right, towards the edge of the bed. I tried to stop myself but couldn't, and was uncontrollably sliding. I tried to make a noise but I couldn't at first, and then eventually I think I made a little groaning noise and woke up properly.
I'm not sure if I was still dreaming the last bit, or experiencing some kind of sleep paralysis.
I looked at the clock and it said 20 minutes had passed. At least I know now that I am getting some REM, even if my dreams are not very nice!
Dreams:
Hallucinating
Dream: Friday 31 August 2012 02:52
Hallucinating
I dreamt that I was outside and walking through a park, and I walked up to a group of people that I knew and started talking to them. They all gave me a really odd look, and then their faces morphed into complete strangers. I thought I was awake and this was happening, and that my sleep schedule had made me hallucinate, which made me wake up instantly.
I opened my eyes and could see my bedroom, but I was sliding slowly to the right, towards the edge of the bed. I tried to stop myself but couldn't, and was uncontrollably sliding. I tried to make a noise but I couldn't at first, and then eventually I think I made a little groaning noise and woke up properly.
Dream: Friday 31 August 2012 02:52