As a light sleeper for the last 5 years

Basically get by on 5 hours max, this heat is ******* killing me.

But my tan is ******* immense.

 

I sleep from about 1:30am to 6am on school nights. 4am to 10am on rare days off.

Unhealthy by all accounts getting so little kip.

 

I get ya mate. I'm 4 hours at the moment. And thats including now getting the affliction of dad p1ssing at 4am every night.

 

I just can't sleep until I'm physically knackered.

Although in fairness, I enjoy life too much to sleep it away.

Chuff knows.

 

Crease one off Terry always helps me, if you're in the living room though don't forget to put it back onto itv for when she wakes up and switches the tv on.

 

Can't remember the last time I had more than four hours sleep. About ten years ago I think. Getting to sleep is easy, staying asleep is impossible. I live alone, I can go days without interacting with another human being, I'm awake 20 hours out of every 24, the only company I've got is my own and I hate myself. It's a ******* nightmare.

 

Jay, given our spat the other day please don't take this as patronising or anything. I'm also sure you've got the nous to have tried every solution that I can come up with and I don't know your personal circumstances......in fact with all that being said I should probably keep my gob shut
However, you're clearly an intelligent bloke and well capable of being engaging in what you say. Sometimes, myself included, you can catastrophise everything in your head until you fulfil your own prophecy.
In short you seem more than capable of interacting with any number of folk and I hope you find a solution.
Again, apologies if that might sound glib and patronising. It's not meant to be.

 

I often have issues staying asleep and getting back to sleep, and it's not nice. It can lead to me having a rotten day at work and being very short with my missus the next day. Sometimes breathing exercises and reading a good book can help, but not always, especially if I know I have to get up early the next day. Clearing the clutter from my head can be very difficult.

However, I am very disturbed to read the other stuff in your post. I don't know you personally but I know people who do, and I know how highly though of and respected you are. I'm absolutely sure that if needs be, there are any number of people, on here or otherwise, who would be more than happy for you to drop them a line, me included, if there's an issue you're struggling with. As another poster said, I don't wish to sound patronising or clichéd, but I've known too many people who didn't drop somebody a line or pick up the phone when they were struggling with something. Please take care of yourself mate.

 

Thank you to both of you for your concern, but before this goes any further, the above wasn't a cry for help. While what I said is true - I do live alone, I do only sleep 4 hours a day and I often go days without seeing another person - the pay off was supposed to be a joke at my own expense, apologies if it was ill judged, I can have a dark sense of humour. I've always been open on here with the fact that I suffer from depression (I'm not embarrassed about it, I believe it should be something that can be spoken about and by doing so I think it can help people) but I'm not struggling at the moment and I'm not about to do myself a mischief.

 

Jay, thanks for this. Good to hear that you're fine, and no worries about the initial post at all! Things are always open to interpretation once they're in written form, especially without any of the non-verbal clues we get in face to face conversation.

 

The one frustration I have in life is lack of sleep, it can make me feel like **** for days on end.

Originally, it was a work thing. I tend to have roles that involve hundreds of people and because I’m one of those people that like to get close to my teams I can have a million things going around in my head before I go to bed, I found writing lists of things down before I try and get to sleep helped massively.

Problem is now I haven’t worked for 8 months (setting up my own business at the moment though), my sleep health is now stuck in a pattern. No matter how tired I am or what time I go to sleep, I will still wake up at 6am and that’s me. Having kids hasn’t helped either, my youngest who’s 7, still wakes up early and even if she sleeps in till 7+, I’m wide awake at 6.

I can’t remember the last time I slept until 7 or later.

Some days I feel unbelievably anxious and snappy with anyone in my path and I hate myself for it. Probably need to get myself some help.

 

If sleep is the main problem, I'd recommend your GP referring you to a company called Sleep Station. It's about £150 to do privately but if you refer via GP it's free. They offer therapy online and via telephone- sleepstation.org.uk

If the main problem is anxiety or depression and sleep problems are a byproduct, please consider referring yourself to the local IAPT for psychological therapy. If anyone wants any further info happy for you to PM me if you like

 

Have you ever spoken to a therapist or a counsellor or psychologist or whatever you want to call them? Some people find they help enormously, other not so much, but it definitely won't hurt.

 

I’ve been on 4 or 5 hours a night for a good few years and as Terry says the 4am dad pissing doesn’t help. I drop straight off but am usually awake in a couple of hours. Makes me tetchy and a misery on occasion. At the the minute I’m just absolutely knackered all the time. I feel out of my depth with life like Tom Kennedy playing football.

 

I'd sleep 12 hours every night if I didn't have to get up for work. If I have less than 8 hours I'm a right maungy **** the next day

 

To whom it may concern..

Ed.. Deleted video.. Sorry, maybe a bit too deep for here

 

Sums me up most of the time does this....

 

I remember well the days when the alarm used to wake me up at around 7am, and then I'd hit snooze and wish I didn't have to get up.
How times have changed. I don't remember the last time I set an alarm even on work days because I'm awake at 5am or earlier and already thinking about what I need to do for the day.
Definitely all related to increased responsibility, anxiety and a work-life imbalance that doesn't give me adequate time to relax.

 

Two nippers under the age of 3 means sleep is the rarest of commodities in our house. I used to lose whole weekends to hangovers and sleeping during the day. I miss those days.

 

Better tan alert!