I’m dreading trying to go to sleep tonight. I haven’t been sleeping very well over the last few days … a combination of my husband snoring and making weird sounds in his sleep, it being too hot upstairs and uh … bad dreams.
Last night when I finally did fall asleep I had a dream about the pain clinic I used to work in for close to 10 years as a nurse. I loved the job but I hated my boss – the “nurse” manager who was a complete twit, and the owner – a doctor that had very questionable morals and who took human growth hormone regularly. Most of the other doctors and nurses were ok to work with, but not those two .. and unfortunately they ruled the place.
My old boss literally made it a point to pick on a nurse each day or week … she wasn’t happy until she had one of us crying and then of course she’d try to comfort who ever she’d hurt. She wasn’t happy unless she had total control over each of us. Needless to say there was a very high staff turn over there. I’m not sure how I made it through close to 10 years! I was the longest working employee there at the time that I left.
The owner of the company was smitten with her for some strange reason … we all suspected that they were having an affair or that the nurse manager had something on the company owner that she could use to hurt him.
I don’t know why I dreamed about that awful place, but I did. I was assisting in a procedure in my dream and things started going terrible wrong and my ex bad boss started screaming at me and the other nurses. Then I woke up.
Anyway .. hopefully I have a good sleep tonight! No bad dreams, no weird snores from my husband. I’m tired enough that I should sleep well … but who knows!
I’m sorry to hear that you’ve been having a rough time sleeping. When you wake up from a bad dream, you don’t really feel the “good effects” of sleeping. It’s like you stayed awake all night long. It really helps to at least calm down before sleeping. Try drinking chamomile or lavender tea or listening to good music. Or you can also try putting on your feel-good perfume. Since you mentioned having bad temperature in your bedroom, make sure your room is well-ventilated. Or try changing your mattress. Some mattresses fail in regulating temperature. As a result, the mattress can get really warm during summer season.
Yikes. It’s possible that you have some stressors in your life right now that are surfacing similar feelings of oppression that you may have felt when you were working at your old job. (Kudos to you for sticking it out for 10 years!!)
I have some sleeping issues myself, and I can usually tell when I’m not going to be able to go to sleep. The primary issue for me is that I have too much on my mind and can’t stop thinking about it. I usually try to take a warm shower an hour before I go to bed. It relaxes the body and it’s usually in the shower where I get most of my thinking done. Going out for a run or doing some sort of physically activity either before or after dinner is a good way to get yourself physically exhausted before bed as well. I would also avoid eating large meals for supper and drinking coffee anytime after 6. Instead treat yourself with a decaffeinated tea, as Zach suggested. I’m a big tea person, and the 2 that I recommend are Lemon chamomile and peppermint.
I would suggest those nose-strips for your husband, and keeping a window open at night to let the air circulate. Having the blinds drawn during the day is a good way to keep your room cool and in the shade.
hi…great article… thanks Tricia for sharing this info… dreading sleep is a most problems but we have fortunately product to have a good sleep ^^