The importance of sleep
Sleep and the energy gained from it are one of those things I really struggle with. One of the main issues of CFS / ME is the inability for your body to replenish the energy you use up each day, as you sleep at night, which to me has really shown me the importance of getting a good night’s sleep.
I remember in my teens I could quite easily pull an all nighter and in fact I would very rarely go to bed before the early hours and still be up nice and chipper before the clock stuck noon, oh how I miss those days where I took energy for granted.
Of course my struggles with producing enough energy to see me through the day are just an exacerbated form of that for everyone else. Each day we are given an amount to work with and getting a good night’s sleep can help most people replenish that energy used with ease.
Time4Sleep recently got in touch with me and challenged me to see how a good night’s sleep would affect my day to day routine, I have to admit for me it’s hard, if my body decides not to produce much energy I could sleep for a good 10 – 12 hours and still wake up fatigued.
However I do need to make sure I always get a good night’s sleep, as if I don’t, well even the small amount of energy my body may produce that night would be for nothing.
The energy produced from a good night’s rest, can not only help us through the day doing our normal activities but can really affect our mood and the way we interact with those around us. So when you head to bed tonight, don’t just think of it as something we do because we have to, but think of all the good it does, how it allows us to be sociable and enjoy the little things so much more.
Do you often manage to get a good night’s sleep?
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I really struggle with sleep I am afraid to sleep if that doesn’t sound silly
my sleep seems to be all over the place at the moment, something to do with DH leaving incredibly early in the morning for work methinks zzzzzz
I love my sleep – could so easily do 10 hours if I could! Wish I could, but everyone else in the house are early risers!
After years of trial and error I have found that even too much sleep for me can be detrimental it’s really annoying.. I don’t have that problem though unless I have something else going on like a bad virus .. usually it’s a couple of hours here and there before pain wakes me up lol oh the joys, eh? *gentle hugs*
I very rarely get a good night’s sleep, I need around 9-10 hours I think and I’m lucky to get 6 most nights! xx
I read just about everything I see about sleep since mine has always been erratic or absent. Sleeping properly for at least 6 or 7 hours is such a blessing and life always seems better the next day.
I generally sleep quite well (now I no longer have a stressful office job). I like to unwind a bit before bed time.